Chips from the Chocolate Fireball
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| Compilation album by XTC as The Dukes of Stratosphear | ||||
| Released | August 1987 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock, neo-psychedelia | |||
| Length | 62:59 | |||
| Label | Virgin Records | |||
| Producer | John Leckie and ‘The Dukes’ | |||
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| Pitchfork Media | (9.0/10) |
Chips from the Chocolate Fireball: An Anthology is a CD-only compilation album from XTC which was released under the pseudonym The Dukes of Stratosphear. It includes both their 1985 mini-album 25 O'Clock and the Psonic Psunspot album from 1987.
It was re-released as a part of the XTC reissue series in 2001 with songwriters Sir John Johns and The Red Curtain credited under their real names, and superseded in 2009 by special edition versions of both records with numerous bonus tracks.
The album artwork was originally intended to resemble that of Frank Zappa's Hot Rats LP, but a miscommunication between the band and Virgin saw a negative photographic effect used as opposed to the infrared photography of Zappa's album. Andy Partridge has gone on record as actively disliking this artwork.
All songs written by Sir John Johns, except where noted.
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