Skylarking (remastered)

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Annotation

Copyright: ℗ 2001 Virgin Records Limited

Annotation last modified on 2026-05-26 04:15 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Summer's Cauldron engineer and producer: Todd Rundgren guest drums (drum set): Prairie Prince guest melodica: Todd Rundgren lead vocals: Andy Partridge recording of: Summer’s Cauldron lyricist and composer: Andy Partridge	4	3:20
2	Grass engineer and producer: Todd Rundgren guest synthesizer: Todd Rundgren lead vocals: Colin Moulding recording of: Grass lyricist and composer: Colin Moulding	4.5	3:06
3	The Meeting Place engineer and producer: Todd Rundgren guest drums (drum set): Prairie Prince lead vocals: Colin Moulding publisher: Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd. recording of: The Meeting Place lyricist and composer: Colin Moulding publisher: Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.	4.5	3:14
4	That's Really Super, Supergirl engineer and producer: Todd Rundgren guest drums (drum set): Prairie Prince guest synthesizer: Todd Rundgren lead vocals: Andy Partridge recording of: That’s Really Super, Supergirl lyricist and composer: Andy Partridge	3.5	3:21
5	Ballet for a Rainy Day engineer and producer: Todd Rundgren guest drums (drum set): Prairie Prince lead vocals: Andy Partridge recording of: Ballet for a Rainy Day lyricist and composer: Andy Partridge	3.5	2:50
6	1000 Umbrellas engineer and producer: Todd Rundgren guest violin: Dick Bright and John Tenney lead vocals: Andy Partridge strings arranger: Dave Gregory (XTC) recording of: 1000 Umbrellas lyricist and composer: Andy Partridge	3	3:44
7	Season Cycle engineer and producer: Todd Rundgren guest drums (drum set): Prairie Prince lead vocals: Andy Partridge recording of: Season Cycle lyricist and composer: Andy Partridge	4	3:22
8	Earn Enough for Us engineer and producer: Todd Rundgren guest drums (drum set): Prairie Prince lead vocals: Andy Partridge recording of: Earn Enough for Us lyricist and composer: Andy Partridge	3.5	2:54
9	Big Day engineer and producer: Todd Rundgren guest drums (drum set): Prairie Prince lead vocals: Colin Moulding recording of: Big Day lyricist and composer: Colin Moulding	3	3:32
10	Another Satellite engineer and producer: Todd Rundgren guest drums (drum set): Prairie Prince lead vocals: Andy Partridge recording of: Another Satellite lyricist and composer: Andy Partridge	3.5	4:16
11	Mermaid Smiled engineer and producer: Todd Rundgren guest drums (drum set): Prairie Prince guest percussion: James Mingo Lewis (percussionist, worked with Santana) lead vocals: Andy Partridge recording of: Mermaid Smiled lyricist and composer: Andy Partridge		2:26
12	The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul engineer and producer: Todd Rundgren bass guitar and finger snaps: Colin Moulding electric guitar and piano: Dave Gregory (XTC) guest bongos and guest percussion: James Mingo Lewis (percussionist, worked with Santana) guest drums (drum set): Prairie Prince lead vocals: Andy Partridge publisher: Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd. recording of: The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul lyricist and composer: Andy Partridge publisher: Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.	2	3:24
13	Dying recording of: Dying lyricist and composer: Colin Moulding		2:31
14	Sacrificial Bonfire engineer and producer: Todd Rundgren guest drums (drum set): Prairie Prince lead vocals: Colin Moulding recording of: Sacrificial Bonfire lyricist and composer: Colin Moulding	3	3:50
15	Dear God mastering: Ian Cooper (UK mastering engineer) engineer and producer: Todd Rundgren guest vocals: Jasmine Veillette lead vocals: Andy Partridge strings arranger: Dave Gregory (XTC) part of: VH1’s 100 Greatest One‐Hit Wonders of the ’80s (number: 62) recording of: Dear God lyricist and composer: Andy Partridge publisher: BMG Platinum Songs US and BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! see annotation)	4.35	3:39

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Release

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Release group

associated singles/EPs:	Dear God Earn Enough for Us Grass The Meeting Place

part of:

Paste: The 50 Best New Wave Albums (number: 7) (order: 7)
Paste: The 50 Best Post‐Punk Albums (by Josh Jackson 2016‐07‐13) (number: 25) (order: 25)
Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the Eighties (published November 16, 1989) (number: 48) (order: 48)
Rolling Stone: The 50 Greatest Concept Albums of All Time (2022-10-12) (number: 48) (order: 48)
Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s (number: 133) (order: 133)
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005 edition) (number: 578) (order: 579)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/71079 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/albums/Xtc/Skylarking [info]
reviews:	https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/xtc-skylarking/ [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/xtc/skylarking/ [info] https://www.musik-sammler.de/album/66233/ [info] https://www.spirit-of-rock.com/en/album/Skylarking/4654 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000650999 [info]
Wikidata:	Q367220 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 00602557412673
Format:: Digital Media
Length:: 49:29

Additional details

Type:: Album
Packaging:: None
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Release events

[Worldwide]

Release group rating

3.5 (see all ratings)

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