Apple Venus Volume 1

XTC - Apple Venus Volume 1

Apple Venus Volume 1
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Artist: XTC
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1999-02-23
Music Label: Tvt
Soundtracks:
  1. River Of Orchids
  2. I'd Like That
  3. Easter Theatre
  4. Knights In Shining Karma
  5. Frivolous Tonight
  6. Greenman
  7. Your Dictionary
  8. Fruit Nut
  9. I Can't Own Her
  10. Harvest Festival
  11. The Last Balloon

Free Music Notes for Apple Venus Volume 1

Free Music Review: XTC Never Left - Brian Wilson Sindrome - Vault of Inner Conscience
Hit: 5 Stars

Cronopio "Adriana A." (M?xico) wrote : for the fundamentalist and nostalgics outthere Apple Venus may sound too orchestrated , over produced and pretentious . They even sound like Brian Wilson's British Sons . So , thanks XTC for giving us simple and beautiful melodies , majestic arrengements , for not being politically correct , for nor saving the world and it's dinosaurs ....

I could not help traduce Cronopio into english , kool thoughts . I will add that yes , XTC has matured and gone Studio Savy and written some wonderful music for my ears . Fun , in the vein of Thomas Dolby ( he still owns some more fantastic music ) , Prefab Sprouts , The Blue Nile , Deacon Blue and those modern John Mayers , Intricate and Majestik like Robert Wyatt and psychedelic Beck . Checking their site will also give pleasure to the ears .

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First album in seven years by Swindon, England's finest export. Down to a duo of Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding, this highly anticipated album relies heavily on acoustic and orchestrated arrangements. 11 tracks total, including the single 'I'd Like That'. 1999 release.
The first XTC album after a six-year hiatus opens with the plink of a water drop, just a hint of the musical downpour to come. Add an interplay with a plucked cello and the low pulse of French horns, and soon Apple Venus Volume One bursts into a festival of symphonic excess. Wedding Andy Partridge's impeccable, overtime-working pop senses to the warmth and lushness of acoustic orchestral arrangements is an inspired move, not only recasting XTC's long career, but resulting in one of the year's most splendorous recordings. --Tod Nelson
Because of record contract litigation, Apple Venus Volume One is XTC's first album of new material in nearly seven years. The now-duo of Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding sure seem to have been using their time off to smell the flowers, as their lyrics are ripe with fruit, nuts, dandelions, orchids, sunflowers, and harvest festivals. Billed as the "orchestral" album that precedes its "rock" bookend, Apple Venus is XTC's most obvious nod to the lush, intricate sounds of the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds and the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper (those familiar with 1986's Skylarking know that's a bold statement). Cellos, flutes, and other highbrow instruments provide the backdrop for the flowery lyrics. The whimsical "I'd Like That" is the perfectly understated pop song that has always eluded Partridge. The album's lone touch of angst comes courtesy of "Your Dictionary," which is spiked with four-letter words, but Partridge, ever the genteel Englishman, merely spells them out. Essential? No. Innovative? Hardly. But Apple Venus is a solid, cohesive work by one of rock's most artistic artists. --Bill Crandall

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