XTC: Celestial Postcards
Karen Schlosberg, Creem, July 1987
AN UPDATE on the attempted Americanization of XTC. For an eighth full album the trio is told, as reported by stalwart singer/songwriter/guitarist Andy Partridge, to "go away and write something that sounds American." An American producer, Todd Rundgren, is lined up for them and Partridge is told, in no uncertain terms, to "shut up and be produced."
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