Explode Together: The Dub Experiments 78-80
Explode Together: The Dub Experiments 78-80 is a compilation of songs by English rock band XTC, released in 1990 by Virgin Records. It includes the Go+ EP (included with initial LP pressings of their second album, Go 2) as well as the Take Away / The Lure of Salvage LP (released by XTC frontman Andy Partridge as "Mr. Partridge"). Recorded during sessions on various breaks for the albums Drums and Wires (1979) and Black Sea (1980), the album consists of remixes of tracks recorded for the band's first three albums, with additional overdubs—and sometimes new vocals and lyrics—recorded by Partridge.[2]
| Explode Together: The Dub Experiments 78-80 | ||||
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| Released | 1990 | |||
| Genre | Dub | |||
| Length | 54:32 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Producer | John Leckie | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Select |   [1] |
Track listing
Track notes adapted from XTC: Song Stories (1998), by XTC and Neville Farmer.[3]
All tracks are written by Andy Partridge, except where otherwise indicated
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Dub mix of | Length |
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| 1. | "Dance With Me, Germany" (Go+) | "Meccanic Dancing (Oh We Go!)" | 3:31 | |
| 2. | "Beat the Bible" (Go+) | "Jumping in Gomorrah" | 2:20 | |
| 3. | "A Dictionary of Modern Marriage" (Go+) | "Battery Brides" | 2:40 | |
| 4. | "Clap Clap Clap" (Go+) | Colin Moulding | "I Am the Audience" | 2:26 |
| 5. | "We Kill the Beast" (Go+) | Moulding | "The Rhythm" | 2:20 |
| 6. | "Commerciality" (Take Away) | "Refrigeration Blues" | 3:07 | |
| 7. | "The Day They Pulled the North Pole Down" (Take Away) | Partridge, Moulding | "Heatwave" | 3:51 |
| 8. | "The Forgotten Language of Light" (Take Away) | "Millions" | 4:19 | |
| 9. | "Steam Fist Futurist" (Take Away) | "Real by Reel" | 3:10 | |
| 10. | "Shore Leave Ornithology (Another 1950)" (Take Away) | Partridge, Moulding | "Pulsing Pulsing" | 5:34 |
| 11. | "Cairo" (Take Away) | "Homo Safari" | 1:52 | |
| 12. | "The Rotary" (The Lure of Salvage) | "Helicopter" | 3:20 | |
| 13. | "Madhattan" (The Lure of Salvage) | Partridge, Moulding | "That Is the Way" | 3:17 |
| 14. | "I Sit in the Snow" (The Lure of Salvage) | "Roads Girdle the Globe" | 3:14 | |
| 15. | "Work Away Tokyo Day" (The Lure of Salvage) | Partridge, Moulding | "Red", "Day In Day Out" | 4:04 |
| 16. | "New Broom" (The Lure of Salvage) | Partridge, Moulding | "Making Plans for Nigel" | 5:27 |
- Harrison, Andrew (October 1990). "XTC: Explode Together - The Dub Experiments '78-'80". Select. No. 4. p. 135.
- Twomey, Chris (1996). XTC: Chalkhills and Children. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-2758-8.
- XTC; Farmer, Neville (1998). XTC: Song Stories. London: Helter Skelter Publishing. pp. 57–58, 83–86. ISBN 1-900924-03-X.