{"product_id":"xtc-black-sea-vinyl","title":"XTC - Black Sea (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p-JeQduJ0f8?controls=0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e200g Vinyl LP\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the 2019 vinyl reissue of \u003cem\u003eBlack Sea\u003c\/em\u003e on Ape House, Andy Partridge's label for the XTC catalog, under catalog number APELP104. Jason Mitchell newly cut it at Loud Mastering for a 200-gram pressing, and the original eleven-song sequence runs six and five across the two sides.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlack Sea\u003c\/em\u003e was XTC's fourth album, first released in September 1980. Steve Lillywhite produced it and Hugh Padgham engineered, with the main sessions at The Townhouse after a set of live demos at Phonogram's studios. The working title was \u003cem\u003eWork Under Pressure\u003c\/em\u003e, which accounts for the diving suits in the sleeve photograph. According to the label's notes, the band changed it only so their manager at the time would not read it as a criticism of his management style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt became XTC's first Top 20 album in the UK. In the US, where it was issued that November, it peaked at No. 41 and spent 24 weeks on the Billboard chart. \"Generals and Majors\" and \"Towers of London\" were back-to-back UK Top 40 singles in September and October 1980, and \"Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)\" took the band back into the UK Top 20 in January 1981.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRespectable Street\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenerals and Majors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLiving Through Another Cuba\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLove at First Sight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRocket From a Bottle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo Language in Our Lungs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col start=\"7\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTowers of London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaper and Iron (Notes and Coins)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBurning With Optimism's Flames\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTravels in Nihilon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eComplete the Collection\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eXTC at Evergreen Vinyl, three titles counting this one: \u003ca href=\"\/products\/xtc-english-settlement-vinyl?variant=67500936134814\"\u003eEnglish Settlement\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/xtc-skylarking-2016-steven-wilson-mix-vinyl?variant=67500925943966\"\u003eSkylarking\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 633367790514\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ape House Uk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9.20.19\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ape House","offers":[{"title":"NEW \/ NEW","offer_id":67500923289758,"sku":"633367790514","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/8801\/1422\/files\/blacksea.jpg?v=1791876959","url":"https:\/\/evergreenvinyl.com\/products\/xtc-black-sea-vinyl","provider":"Evergreen Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}