XTC

Apple Venus Volume 1 (1999)

XTC already had a Beatlesy alter ego in the 80s with The Dukes Of Stratosfear, and with

Mole From The Ministry they delivered a perfect parody of

I Am The Walrus worthy of The Rutles. Main songwriter Andy Partridge later told

Mojo that he loved McCartney as “he can rock out, be avant-garde, do children’s music, pop for the teens”. And so Apple Venus Volume 1 found XTC in both acoustic and experimental mood, employing adventurous orchestrations that allied baroque and modernist styles with the romantic sweep of

Ram’s The Back Seat Of My Car. MB