Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977–92

Tracklist

• Digital Media 1
• 1
  Science Friction
  3:14
  4.5 ★
• 2
  Statue of Liberty
  2:52
• 3
  This Is Pop?
  2:40
  4.0 ★
• 4
  Are You Receiving Me?
  3:04
  4.6 ★
• 5
  Life Begins at the Hop
  3:47
  4.5 ★
• 6
  Making Plans for Nigel
  4:12
  4.5 ★
• 7
  Ten Feet Tall
  3:13
  3.0 ★
• 8
  Wait Till Your Boat Goes Down
  4:20
• 9
  Generals and Majors (edit)
  3:41
  5.0 ★
• 10
  Towers of London (edit)
  4:38
• 11
  Sgt Rock (Is Going to Help Me)
  3:36
  4.0 ★
• 12
  Love at First Sight
  3:07
  4.0 ★
• 13
  Respectable Street
  3:07
• 14
  Senses Working Overtime
  4:34
  4.5 ★
• 15
  Ball and Chain
  4:29
  4.5 ★
• 16
  No Thugs in Our House
  5:10
  4.5 ★
• Digital Media 2
• 1
  Great Fire
  3:50
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Wonderland
  4:15
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Love on a Farmboy’s Wages
  3:59
  4.5 ★
• 4
  All You Pretty Girls
  3:59
• 5
  This World Over (edit)
  4:45
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Wake Up (edit)
  3:40
• 7
  Grass (edit)
  2:42
• 8
  The Meeting Place
  3:13
  4.5 ★
• 9
  Dear God
  3:37
  4.4 ★
• 10
  Mayor of Simpleton
  3:57
  4.5 ★
• 11
  King for a Day
  3:36
  4.0 ★
• 12
  The Loving
  3:54
• 13
  The Disappointed
  3:38
• 14
  Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead
  5:03
  5.0 ★
• 15
  Wrapped in Grey
  3:47
  3.0 ★

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Release credits

• Andy Partridge
  acoustic guitar [16], background vocals [1.6, 1.16, 2.15], electric guitar [1.3, 1.6, 1.15, 2.14], guitar [3-4], harmonica [14], lead vocals [2.1, 2.3, 2.9, 2.14-15, 1.3-4, 1.16], other vocals [14], percussion [15], tambourine [14-15]
• Barry Andrews
  keyboard [3-4]
• Bill Price
  engineer [3]
• Bob Sargeant
  producer [1]
• Colin Moulding
  background vocals [1.15, 2.15], bass guitar [2.14-15, 1.3, 1.6, 1.16], electric bass guitar [4], fretless bass [15], lead vocals [2.8, 1.6, 1.12, 1.15]
• Dave Gregory
  12 string guitar [15], Hammond organ [14], background vocals [1.15, 2.15], electric guitar [2.14, 1.6, 1.16], other instruments [14], other vocals [14], piano [15], strings [9], synthesizer [2.15, 1.15-16, 1.16]
• Dave Mattacks
  drums (drum set) [14-15], guest [14-15]
• David Lord
  producer [4]
• Florence Lovegrove
  guest [15], viola [15]
• Gavyn Wright
  strings [1]
• Gina Griffin
  guest [15], violin [15]
• Gus Dudgeon
  other vocals [14], producer [13-15]
• Howard Gray
  assistant [15-16]
• Hugh Padgham
  additional [15], engineer [6, 9, 12-16], guest [15], producer [14-16]
• Ian Cooper
  mastering [9]
• Jasmine Veillette
  guest [9]
• John Leckie
  engineer [3-4], producer [1, 3-4]
• Mark Dearnley
  mix [1], recording [1]
• Martin Rushent
  producer [4]
• Nick Davis
  mix [14-15]
• Nigel Warren-Green
  strings [1]
• Pete Phipps
  drums (drum set) [1, 3]
• Phil Thornalley
  mix [4]
• Phil Wainman
  producer [7]
• Prairie Prince
  drums (drum set) [8], guest [8]
• Robert John “Mutt” Lange
  producer [3]
• Rose Hull
  cello [15], guest [15]
• Steve Lillywhite
  producer [5-6, 9, 12-13]
• Steve Nye
  mix [3], producer [3], recording [3]
• Stuart Gordon
  guest [15], violin [15]
• Terry Chambers
  background vocals [15], drums (drum set) [3-4, 6, 15-16], percussion [15]
• Todd Rundgren
  engineer [8-9], producer [8-9]
• XTC
  producer [2.1, 2.3-4, 1.14-16]
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Issues

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  (Combined release view)
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  F
  Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977–92

  2x CD
  16 September 1996
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  F
  Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977–92

  2x CD
  1996
• 

  F
  Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977–92

  2x Digital Media
  30 October 2009
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  F
  Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977–92

  2x CD
  21 July 2014