Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)

Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2) is the 14th studio album by the English rock band XTC, released 23 May 2000 on Cooking Vinyl/Idea Records. It is the follow-up to 1999's Apple Venus Volume 1 and contains rock-based material largely written between 1994 and 1996.[9] Wasp Star reached number 40 on the UK Albums Chart. In 2002, the group released an instrumental version of the album entitled Waspstrumental. XTC dissolved in 2006, leaving Wasp Star their last studio album to date.

Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)
Studio album by
XTC
Released23 May 2000
RecordedApril–December 1999
StudioIdea Studios, Wiltshire and Chipping Norton Recording Studios, Oxfordshire, England
Length50:54
LabelCooking Vinyl
ProducerNick Davis
XTC chronology
Apple Venus Volume 1
(1999)		 Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)
(2000)		 Homegrown
(2001)
Singles from Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)
  1. "I'm the Man Who Murdered Love"
    Released: May 2000
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic75/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
NME(7/10)[3]
Pitchfork(8.0/10)[4]
PopMatters(9/10)[5]
Q[6]
Robert Christgau[7]
Rolling Stone[8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Andy Partridge, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Playground" 4:17
2."Stupidly Happy" 4:13
3."In Another Life"Colin Moulding3:35
4."My Brown Guitar" 3:51
5."Boarded Up"Moulding3:23
6."I'm the Man Who Murdered Love" 3:44
7."We're All Light" 4:39
8."Standing in for Joe"Moulding3:42
9."Wounded Horse" 4:11
10."You and the Clouds Will Still be Beautiful" 4:18
11."Church of Women" 5:06
12."The Wheel and the Maypole" 5:55
Total length:50:54

Personnel

XTC

Additional personnel

Production

Charts
Weekly album charts
Chart Peak
UK Albums Chart[10] 40
Billboard 200[11] 108

References
  1. "XTC - Wasp Star (Apple Venus, Volume 2)". Metacritic. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  2. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2000). "Review: XTC - Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  3. "Review: XTC - Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)". NME. 12 September 2005. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  4. Hooker, Zach (23 May 2000). "Review: XTC - Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)". Pitchfork. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  5. Schabe, Patrick. "Review: XTC - Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  6. Aizlewood, John. "Review: XTC - Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)". Q. Bauer Media Group. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  7. Christgau, Robert. "Review: XTC - Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  8. Moon, Tom. "Review: XTC - Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)". Rolling Stone. Jann Wenner. Archived from the original on 11 April 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  9. "XTC: Take Another Bite..." Lexicon. No. 11. 1999.
  10. "XTC - Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  11. "XTC - Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)". Billboard 200. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
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