Explode Together: The Dub Experiments 78-80

Explode Together: The Dub Experiments 78-80
Explode Together: The Dub Experiments 78-80
Compilation album by XTC
Released	1990
Recorded	1978–1980
Genre	Dub
Length	54:32
Label	Virgin
Producer	John Leckie
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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]

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.

**Go+**
No.	Title	Dub mix of	Length
1.	"Dance With Me, Germany"	"Meccanic Dancing (Oh We Go!)"	3:31
2.	"Beat the Bible"	"Jumping in Gomorrah"	2:20
3.	"A Dictionary of Modern Marriage"	"Battery Brides"	2:40
4.	"Clap Clap Clap" (Colin Moulding)	"I Am the Audience"	2:26
5.	"We Kill the Beast" (Moulding)	"The Rhythm"	2:20

**Take Away**
No.	Title	Dub mix of	Length
6.	"Commerciality"	"Refrigeration Blues"	3:07
7.	"The Day They Pulled the North Pole Down" (Partridge, Moulding)	"Heatwave"	3:51
8.	"The Forgotten Language of Light"	"Millions"	4:19
9.	"Steam Fist Futurist"	"Real by Reel"	3:10
10.	"Shore Leave Ornithology (Another 1950)" (Partridge, Moulding)	"Pulsing Pulsing"	5:34
11.	"Cairo"	"Homo Safari"	1:52

**The Lure of Salvage**
No.	Title	Dub mix of	Length
12.	"The Rotary"	"Helicopter"	3:20
13.	"Madhattan" (Partridge, Moulding)	"That Is the Way"	3:17
14.	"I Sit in the Snow"	"Roads Girdle the Globe"	3:14
15.	"Work Away Tokyo Day" (Partridge, Moulding)	"Red", "Day In Day Out"	4:04
16.	"New Broom" (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.

[1] Harrison, Andrew (October 1990). "XTC: Explode Together - The Dub Experiments '78-'80". Select. No. 4. p. 135.

[Twomey-2] Twomey, Chris (1996). XTC: Chalkhills and Children. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-2758-8.

[Farmer-3] XTC; Farmer, Neville (1998). XTC: Song Stories. London: Helter Skelter Publishing. pp. 57–58, 83–86. ISBN 1-900924-03-X.

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v t e XTC
Andy Partridge Colin Moulding Terry Chambers Barry Andrews Dave Gregory
Studio albums	White Music Go 2 Drums and Wires Black Sea English Settlement Mummer The Big Express 25 O'Clock Skylarking Psonic Psunspot Oranges & Lemons Nonsuch Apple Venus Volume 1 Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)
Compilations	Waxworks: Some Singles 1977–1982 Beeswax: Some B-Sides 1977–1982 The Compact XTC Chips from the Chocolate Fireball Explode Together: The Dub Experiments 78-80 Rag and Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts and Leftovers Drums and Wireless: BBC Radio Sessions 77–89 Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977–92 Upsy Daisy Assortment Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions Coat of Many Cupboards Apple Box Psurroundabout Ride
EP	3D EP
Singles	"Statue of Liberty" "This Is Pop?" "Life Begins at the Hop" "Making Plans for Nigel" "Generals and Majors" "Towers of London" "Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)" "Respectable Street" "Senses Working Overtime" "Ball and Chain" "Wonderland" "Love on a Farmboy's Wages" "Thanks for Christmas" "All You Pretty Girls" "This World Over" "Wake Up" "Grass" "The Meeting Place" "Dear God" "Mayor of Simpleton" "King for a Day" "The Disappointed" "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" "Easter Theatre"
Other songs	"Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her" "Garden of Earthly Delights" "Wrapped in Grey"
Related media	A Testimonial Dinner: The Songs of XTC Fuzzy Warbles 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Great Aspirations Homespun Homegrown Take Away / The Lure of Salvage Waspstrumental XTC: This Is Pop Planet England
Other topics	Discography The Dukes of Stratosphear Ian Reid Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her (band)