Making Plans For Nigel (track)
by XTC
Year: 1979
From the album Drums And Wires (track #1)
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Making Plans For Nigel appears on the following album(s) by XTC:
- Drums And Wires (track #1) (this album) (1979)
- Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977–92 (track #6) (compilation) (1996)
- The Compact XTC: The Singles 1978-85 (track #6) (compilation) (1987)
- BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert (track #12) (1992)
- The Tiny Circus Of Life (track #15) (compilation) (1992)
- Waxworks: Some Singles 1977-1982 (track #6) (compilation) (1982)
- Upsy Daisy Assortment (track #2) (compilation) (1997)
- Transistor Blast (The Best Of The BBC Sessions) (track #25) (compilation) (1998)
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| ! | 06/16/2026 18:39 |  DommeDamian | 75,425 | 51/100 |
| ! | 12/18/2025 00:59 |  AAL2014 | 40,096 | 76/100 |
| ! | 12/08/2025 17:09 | Exist-en-ciel | 167,295 | 71/100 |
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| ! | 09/20/2025 06:18 |  Kalos | 10,523 | 75/100 |
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