Beeswax: Some B-Sides 1977–1982

Beeswax: Some B-Sides 1977-1982
Beeswax: Some B-Sides 1977-1982
Compilation album by XTC
Released	November, 1982
Recorded	1977-1981
Genre	Pop rock
Length	39:56
Label	Virgin Records
XTC other chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[2]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	3/10^[3]

Beeswax: Some B-Sides 1977–1982 is a compilation album by XTC initially released as a "free bonus album" shrinkwrapped with the A-side collection Waxworks: Some Singles 1977-1982.^[4]

Critical reception[]

Trouser Press considered the album "not deathless music, but inventive as always and decidedly unpretentious."^[4]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Andy Partridge except tracks 2, 4, 5, 8, 10 by Colin Moulding.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"She's So Square" (from 3D EP)	3:06
2.	"Dance Band" (from 3D EP)	2:40
3.	"Hang On to the Night" (B-side of "Statue of Liberty")	2:12
4.	"Heatwave" (B-side of "This is Pop?")	2:09
5.	"Instant Tunes" (B-side of "Are You Receiving Me?")	2:32
6.	"Pulsing Pulsing" (B-side of "Making Plans for Nigel")	1:37
7.	"Don't Lose Your Temper" (B-side of "Generals and Majors")	2:33
8.	"Smokeless Zone" (B-side of "Generals and Majors")	3:50
9.	"The Somnambulist" (B-side of "Ten Feet Tall")	4:31
10.	"Blame the Weather" (B-side of "Senses Working Overtime")	3:40
11.	"Tissue Tigers (The Arguers)" (B-side of "Senses Working Overtime")	3:57
12.	"Punch and Judy" (B-side of "Ball and Chain")	2:44
13.	"Heaven Is Paved With Broken Glass [remix]" (Remix of song originally from "Ball and Chain")	4:25

References[]

^ "Beeswax: Some B-Sides 1977-1982 - XTC | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 8: MUZE. p. 801.CS1 maint: location (link)
^ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 441.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "XTC". Trouser Press. Retrieved 29 July 2020.

[1] "Beeswax: Some B-Sides 1977-1982 - XTC | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.

[CL-2] Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 8: MUZE. p. 801.CS1 maint: location (link)

[SP-3] Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 441.

[TP-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b "XTC". Trouser Press. Retrieved 29 July 2020.

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Andy Partridge Colin Moulding Terry Chambers Barry Andrews Dave Gregory
Studio albums	White Music Go 2 Drums and Wires Black Sea English Settlement Mummer The Big Express 25 O'Clock Skylarking Psonic Psunspot Oranges & Lemons Nonsuch Apple Venus Volume 1 Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)
EP	3D EP
Compilations	Waxworks: Some Singles 1977–1982 Beeswax: Some B-Sides 1977–1982 The Compact XTC Chips from the Chocolate Fireball Explode Together: The Dub Experiments 78-80 Rag and Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts and Leftovers Drums and Wireless: BBC Radio Sessions 77–89 Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977–92 Upsy Daisy Assortment Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions Coat of Many Cupboards Apple Box Psurroundabout Ride
Singles	"Science Friction" "Statue of Liberty" "This Is Pop?" "Are You Receiving Me? "Life Begins at the Hop" "Making Plans for Nigel" "Ten Feet Tall" "Wait Till Your Boat Goes Down" "Generals and Majors" "Towers of London" "Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen" "Take This Town" "Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)" "Respectable Street" "Senses Working Overtime" "Ball and Chain" "No Thugs in Our House" "Great Fire "Wonderland" "Love on a Farmboy's Wages" "Thanks for Christmas" "All You Pretty Girls" "This World Over" "Wake Up" "The Mole from the Ministry" "Grass" "The Meeting Place" "Dear God" "You're a Good Man Albert Brown (Curse You Red Barrel)" "Mayor of Simpleton" "King for a Day" "The Loving" "The Disappointed" "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" "Easter Theatre" "I'd Like That" "I'm the Man Who Murdered Love" "Where Did the Ordinary People Go?"
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