Apple Box


Apple Box is a box set by XTC compiling Apple Venus Volume 1 and Wasp Star along with their respective demo albums Homespun and Homegrown. It is the third box set of their career following and Coat of Many Cupboards, released by Idea Records.

Track listing

UK CD: IDEACD 007

All songs written by Andy Partridge, except where noted.
;Apple Venus Volume 1
  1. "River of Orchids" – 5:53
  2. "I'd Like That" – 3:50
  3. "Easter Theatre" – 4:37
  4. "Knights in Shining Karma" – 3:39
  5. "Frivolous Tonight – 3:09
  6. "Greenman" – 6:17
  7. "Your Dictionary" – 3:14
  8. "Fruit Nut" – 3:01
  9. "I Can't Own Her" – 5:26
  10. "Harvest Festival" – 4:15
  11. "The Last Balloon" – 6:39
;Wasp Star
  1. "Playground" – 4:17
  2. "Stupidly Happy" – 4:13
  3. "In Another Life" – 3:35
  4. "My Brown Guitar" – 3:51
  5. "Boarded Up" – 3:23
  6. "I'm the Man Who Murdered Love" – 3:44
  7. "We're All Light" – 4:39
  8. "Standing in for Joe" – 3:42
  9. "Wounded Horse" – 4:11
  10. "You and the Clouds Will Still Be Beautiful" – 4:18
  11. "Church of Women" – 5:06
  12. "The Wheel and the Maypole" – 5:55
;Homespun
  1. "River of Orchids" – 4:10
  2. "I'd Like That" – 4:47
  3. "Easter Theatre" – 4:52
  4. "Knights in Shining Karma" – 3:38
  5. "Frivolous Tonight – 3:06
  6. "Greenman" – 6:01
  7. "Your Dictionary" – 3:14
  8. "Fruit Nut" – 2:44
  9. "I Can't Own Her" – 5:06
  10. "Harvest Festival" – 5:17
  11. "The Last Balloon" – 5:17
;Homegrown
  1. "Playground" – 4:25
  2. "Stupidly Happy" – 3:45
  3. "In Another Life" – 2:02
  4. "In Another Life" – 3:44
  5. "Some Lovely" – 3:57
  6. "Boarded Up" – 2:56
  7. "I'm the Man Who Murdered Love" – 2:36
  8. "I'm the Man Who Murdered Love" – 0:39
  9. "I'm the Man Who Murdered Love" – 3:33
  10. "We're All Light" – 1:14
  11. "We're All Light" – 4:32
  12. "Standing in for Joe" – 2:41
  13. "Standing in for Joe" – 3:34
  14. "Wounded Horse" – 4:22
  15. "You and the Clouds Will Still Be Beautiful" – 3:46
  16. "Lie for a Lie" – 1:43
  17. "Church of Women" – 4:36
  18. "The Pot Won't Hold Our Love" – 1:38
  19. "Everything Decays" – 2:26
  20. "The Wheel and the Maypole" – 5:33
Purchase of the box set also provides instructions for downloading two non-album XTC tracks:
  1. "Spiral"
  2. "Say It"

    Personnel

;XTC
;Additional musicians
;Production
;XTC
;Additional musicians
;Production