Coat of Many Cupboards
Box set by XTC
Released	March 25, 2002
Recorded	1977-2001
Genre	Pop rock
Length	220:01
Label	Virgin Records
Professional reviews
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XTC chronology
Homegrown (2001)	Coat of Many Cupboards (2002)	Instruvenus (2002)

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Track listing

Disc one

1. "Science Friction" [CBS Demo] (Andy Partridge) – 3:32
2. "Spinning Top" [Live] (Partridge) – 3:00
3. "Traffic Light Rock" [Live] (Partridge) – 2:06
4. "Radios in Motion" [White Music Version] (Partridge) – 2:54
5. "Let's Have Fun" [White Music Outtake] (Colin Moulding) – 1:19
6. "Fireball X15/Fireball Dub" [White Music Outtake] (Barry Gray) – 3:24
7. "Heatwave Mark 2 Deluxe" [White Music Outtake] (Moulding) – 1:47
8. "This is Pop?" [Single Version] (Partridge) – 2:42
9. "Are You Receiving Me?" [Go 2 Outtake] (Partridge) – 3:23
10. "Things Fall to Bits" [Go 2 Outtake] (Barry Andrews) – 2:26
11. "Us Being Us" [Go 2 Outtake] (Partridge) – 2:55
12. "Life Begins at the Hop" [First Rehearsal Extract] (Moulding) – 1:09
13. "Life Begins at the Hop" [First Recording, Unused] (Moulding) – 3:58
14. "Making Plans for Nigel" [Demo Version] (Moulding) – 4:15
15. "Ten Feet Tall" [Drums and Wires Version] (Moulding) – 3:14
16. "Sleepyheads" [Drums and Wires Outtake] (Moulding) – 4:52

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Disc two

1. "Meccanic Dancin (Oh We Go)" [Live] (Partridge) – 2:34
2. "Atom Medley: Into the Atom Age/Hang on to the Night/Neon Shuffle" [Live] (Partridge) – 6:52
3. "Life Begins at the Hop" [Unused U.S. Single Recording] (Moulding) – 2:57
4. "Real by Reel" [Unused Single Recording] (Partridge) – 3:44
5. "When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty" [Unused Single Recording] (Partridge) – 3:21
6. "Helicopter" [Unused Single Recording] (Partridge) – 3:30
7. "Towers of London" [Rejected Single Recording] (Partridge) – 6:07
8. "Generals and Majors" [Rehearsal Tape, Demo Version] (Moulding) – 5:02
9. "No Language in Our Lungs" [Black Sea Version] (Partridge) – 4:51
10. "Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)" [Black Sea Version] (Partridge) – 3:37
11. "Paper and Iron (Notes and Coins)" [Live] (Partridge) – 4:08
12. "Crowded Room" [Live] (Moulding) – 4:03
13. "Senses Working Overtime" [Early Work Tape, Demo Version] (Partridge) – 3:31
14. "Snowman" [Live] (Partridge) – 5:06
15. "Ball and Chain" [Unused Single Recording] (Moulding) – 4:21

This is considered one of the most consistent albums by XTC. Black Sea is not as dark as its predecessor, Drums And Wires, although it is still focused on big drums and sharp guitars. ... Senses Working Overtime is a single by XTC released in 1982. ...

Disc three

1. "Punch and Judy" [Unused Single Recording] (Partridge) – 2:35
2. "Fly on the Wall" [English Settlement Version] (Moulding) – 3:17
3. "Yacht Dance" [Live on the Old Grey Whistle Test, BBC TV] (Partridge) – 4:31
4. "Jason and the Argonauts" [English Settlement version] (Partridge) – 5:59
5. "Love on a Farmboy's Wages" [Home Demo] (Partridge) – 3:47
6. "Wonderland" [Home Demo] (Moulding) – 4:23
7. "Ladybird" [Mummer Version] – 4:36
8. "All You Pretty Girls" [Home Demo] (Partridge) – 4:13
9. "Wake Up" [Home Demo] (Moulding) – 4:12
10. "The Everyday Story of Smalltown" [The Big Express Version] (Partridge) – 4:13
11. "Grass" [Home Demo] (Moulding) – 2:55
12. "Let's Make a Den" [Home Demo] (Partridge) – 2:25
13. "The Meeting Place" [Home Demo] (Moulding) – 3:51
14. "Dear God" [Band Demo] (Partridge) – 4:10

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Disc four

1. "Brainiac's Daughter" [Psonic Psunspot Version] (Partridge) – 4:03
2. "Vanishing Girl" [Psonic Psunspot Version] (Moulding) – 2:44
3. "Terrorism" [Home Demo] (Partridge) – 3:20
4. "Find the Fox" [Home Demo] (Moulding) – 2:37
5. "Season Cycle" [Skylarking Version] (Partridge) – 3:21
6. "The Troubles" [Home Demo] (Partridge) – 3:17
7. "Mayor of Simpleton" [Early Work Tape, Demo] (Partridge) – 2:47
8. "King for a Day" [Home Demo] (Moulding) – 3:14
9. "Chalkhills and Children" [Oranges and Lemons Version] (Partridge) – 5:06
10. "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" [Home Demo] (Partridge) – 5:34
11. "Omnibus" [Nonsuch Version] (Partridge) – 3:20
12. "The Disappointed" [Home Demo] (Partridge) – 3:20
13. "Bungalow" [Nonsuch Version] (Moulding) – 2:49
14. "Didn't Hurt a Bit" [Nonsuch Outtake] (Moulding) – 3:54
15. "Books are Burning" [Live on The Late Show, BBC TV] (Partridge) – 4:48