XTC 
Aliases: The Dukes Of Stratosphear.
The best album credited to XTC is Skylarking which is ranked number 372 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 4,442.
XTC is ranked number 164 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 13,351.
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- Barry Andrews
- Andy Partridge
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XTC best albums
The following albums by XTC are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:
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XTC best tracks
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XTC ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 06/15/2024 02:45 | bonnequestion | 418 | 71/100 |
| ! | 02/28/2024 17:59 |  Helios | 203 | 65/100 |
| ! | 11/13/2023 15:52 | mash | 12 | 76/100 |
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This artist is rated in the top 2% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 80.7/100, a mean average of 80.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.4/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 17.0.
XTC favourites
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 35 hours ago in Chart of the day (#5435): By flamingyesdept BestEverAlbums 3 days ago in Chart of the day (#5434): By Taric BestEverAlbums 09/07/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5428): By ExTeaSeaXTC comments
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Unique and wide-ranging. Nothing was off limits for these guys. (Edited)
Helios 02/28/2024 18:02 | #302277
It's amazing how a band can be like wine. Apple Venus 1 maybe it's one of the finest albums in the history of music. (Edited)
Одна из любимых групп на века. Очень недооцененны в свое время и сейчас прекрасно звучат. (Edited)
My two favourite albums by XTC are Black Sea (from 1980) and Apple Venus (from 1999). To the uninitiated these two albums sound like two very different bands. That's your first clue that the musical genius here is mind-boggling. To call them a new wave band is liking calling the Beatles a Mersey Beat band... This band suffered more than almost any other from the anti-British sentiment in the USA which reared it's ugly head in the 80s, and therefore they are criminally underappreciated there. If you don't know them, listen to Apple Venus first, then Black Sea, then Skylarking as a bridge between the two. This is a top notch modern rock band.
Really strong early new wave artist....not enough people know them, like Marillion...
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