Coat of Many Cupboards


Coat of Many Cupboards is a box set by XTC released in 2002. It acts as an anthology of their 15 years on Virgin Records. It is their first compilation of any kind to include tracks by their alter-ego, The Dukes of Stratosphear.
41 of the total 60 tracks had never been released before this compilation. The set also includes a 60-page booklet affixed to the center spine of the box.

Track listing

CD: XTCBOX1

All songs written by Andy Partridge, except where noted.

Disc one

  1. "Science Friction" – 3:32
  2. "Spinning Top" – 3:00
  3. "Traffic Light Rock" – 2:06
  4. "Radios in Motion" – 2:54
  5. "Let's Have Fun" – 1:19
  6. "Fireball XL5/Fireball Dub" – 3:24
  7. "Heatwave Mark 2 Deluxe" – 1:47
  8. "This is Pop?" – 2:42
  9. "Are You Receiving Me?" – 3:23
  10. "Things Fall to Bits" – 2:26
  11. "Us Being Us" – 2:55
  12. "Life Begins at the Hop" – 1:09
  13. "Life Begins at the Hop" – 3:58
  14. "Making Plans for Nigel" – 4:15
  15. "Ten Feet Tall" – 3:14
  16. "Sleepyheads" – 4:52

    Disc two

  17. "Meccanic Dancing " – 2:34
  18. "Atom Medley: Into the Atom Age/Hang on to the Night/Neon Shuffle" – 6:52
  19. "Life Begins at the Hop" – 2:57
  20. "Real by Reel" – 3:44
  21. "When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty" – 3:21
  22. "Helicopter" – 3:30
  23. "Towers of London" – 6:07
  24. "Generals and Majors" – 5:02
  25. "No Language in Our Lungs" – 4:51
  26. "Sgt. Rock " – 3:37
  27. "Paper and Iron " – 4:08
  28. "Crowded Room" – 4:03
  29. "Senses Working Overtime" – 3:31
  30. "Snowman" – 5:06
  31. "Ball and Chain" – 4:21
A track is hidden in the pregap of this CD: "Wanking Man" - 1:37

Disc three

  1. "Punch and Judy" – 2:35
  2. "Fly on the Wall" – 3:17
  3. "Yacht Dance" – 4:31
  4. "Jason and the Argonauts" – 5:59
  5. "Love on a Farmboy's Wages" – 3:47
  6. "Wonderland" – 4:23
  7. "Ladybird" – 4:36
  8. "All You Pretty Girls" – 4:13
  9. "Wake Up" – 4:12
  10. "The Everyday Story of Smalltown" – 4:13
  11. "Grass" – 2:55
  12. "Let's Make a Den" – 2:25
  13. "The Meeting Place" – 3:51
  14. "Dear God" – 4:10
A song is hidden in the pregap of this CD: "Shaving Brush Boogie" - 12:26

Disc four

  1. "Brainiac's Daughter" – 4:03
  2. "Vanishing Girl" – 2:44
  3. "Terrorism" – 3:20
  4. "Find the Fox" – 2:37
  5. "Season Cycle" – 3:21
  6. "The Troubles" – 3:17
  7. "Mayor of Simpleton" – 2:47
  8. "King for a Day" – 3:14
  9. "Chalkhills and Children" – 5:06
  10. "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" – 5:34
  11. "Omnibus" – 3:20
  12. "The Disappointed" – 3:20
  13. "Bungalow" – 2:49
  14. "Didn't Hurt a Bit" – 3:54
  15. "Books are Burning" – 4:48

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