Drums and Wires
Album by XTC
Released	August 17, 1979
Recorded	June–July, 1979 at The Town House, London, England
Genre	Pop rock
Length	46 min 57 s
Label	Virgin Records
Producer	Steve Lillywhite
Professional reviews
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XTC Chronology
Go 2 (1978)	Drums and Wires (1979)	Black Sea (1980)

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Track listing

1. "Making Plans for Nigel" (Colin Moulding)
2. "Helicopter" (Andy Partridge)
3. "Day In Day Out" (Moulding)
4. "When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty" (Partridge)
5. "Ten Feet Tall" (Moulding)
6. "Roads Girdle the Globe" (Partridge)
7. "Real by Reel" (Partridge)
8. "Millions" (Partridge)
9. "That Is the Way" (Moulding)
10. "Outside World" (Partridge)
11. "Scissor Man" (Partridge)
12. "Complicated Game" (Partridge)

Colin Moulding (born August 17, 1955, in Swindon, Wiltshire, England) is a founding member of the new wave rock/pop group XTC, its second songwriter, vocalist, and bassist. ... Andy Partridge (born December 11, Malta) is a founding member, guitarist and chief songwriter of the new wave rock/pop group XTC. In addition to his work with XTC, Partridge has released demos of his songs under his own name in the Fuzzy Warbles album series. ...

Personnel

• Andy Partridge
• Colin Moulding
• Dave Gregory
• Terry Chambers
• Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding, Dave Gregory, Terry Chambers, Steve Warren, Hugh Padgham, Al Clark, Jumbo Van Reinen - Vernon Yard Male Voice Choir on "Roads Girdle the Globe"
• Dick Cuthell - trumpet on "That Is the Way"