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Today's album of the day

Black Sea by XTC (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 1980.
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Overall rank: 1,171
Average rating: 79/100 (from 195 votes).

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Tracks:
1. Respectable Street
2. Generals And Majors
3. Living Through Another Cuba
4. Love At First Sight
5. Rocket From A Bottle
6. No Language In Our Lungs
7. Towers Of London
8. Paper And Iron (Notes And Coins)
9. Burning With Optimism's Flame
10. Sgt. Rock (Going To Help Me)
11. Travels In Nihilon

About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album, or artist, has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety. A full history of album of the day can be viewed here.

[MadhattanJack]

Okay... I know I've only been here for a year or so, but just for the record and all, I consider this to be the best/greatest album of all time, and also my second-favorite album of all time (just barely behind a different XTC album).

I own about ten copies of it in various editions and formats... and I've met people who own a lot more than that!

I once bought a book called "Black Sea" which had nothing whatsoever to do with the album, simply because it was called "Black Sea." (Interesting part of the world, it turns out.)

All that said, I might have gone with a different title. I just don't see how "Black Sea" by itself could "resonate" with music buyers — I sometimes wonder how many people thought it was some sort of historical concept album, and passed on it for that reason alone.