Go 2
Album by XTC
Released	October 6, 1978
Recorded	August–September, 1978 at Abbey Road Studios, London, England
Genre	Pop rock
Length	38:09 (U.K. version), 43:26 (U.S. version), 55:38 (initial LP version including bonus disc Go+)
Label	Virgin Records
Producer(s)	John Leckie
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (2/5) link
XTC chronology
White Music (1978)	Go 2 (1978)	Drums and Wires (1979)

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Album cover

The album's cover was designed and executed by Hipgnosis. It is a reverse-printed essay on the subject of the function of a commercial. Dark Side of the Moon, was one of Thorgersons iconic album cover designs. ...

The essay reads:
"This is [a transcription of a caption on] a [place album format here in all capitals] COVER. This writing is the DESIGN upon the [place album format here] cover. The DESIGN is to help SELL the [place album format here]. We hope to draw your attention to it and encourage you to pick it up. When you have done that maybe you'll be persuaded to listen to the music - in this case XTC's Go 2 album. Then we want you to BUY it. The idea being that the more of you that buy this [place album format here] the more money [place record company here], the manager Ian Reid and XTC themselves will make. To the aforementioned this is known as PLEASURE. A good cover DESIGN is one that attracts morebuyers and gives more pleasure. This writing is trying to pull you in much like an eye-catching picture. It is designed to get you to READ IT. This is called luring the VICTIM, and you are the VICTIM. But if you have a free mind you should STOP READING NOW! because all we are attempting to do is to get you to read on. Yet this is a DOUBLE BIND because if you indeed stop you'll be doing what we tell you, and if you read on you'll be doing what we've wanted all along. And the more you read on the more you're falling for this simple device of telling you exactly how a good commercial design works. They're TRICKS and this is the worst TRICK of all since it's describing the TRICK whilst trying to TRICK you, and if you've read this far then you're TRICKED but you wouldn't have known this unless you'd read this far. At least we're telling you directly instead of seducing you with a beautiful or haunting visual that may never tell you. We're letting you know that you ought to buy this [place album format here] because in essence it's a PRODUCT and PRODUCTS are to be consumed and you are a consumer and this is a good PRODUCT. We could have written the band's name in special lettering so that it stood out and you'd see it before you'd read any of this writing and possibly have bought it anyway. What we are really suggesting is that you are FOOLISH to buy or not buy an album merely as a consequence of the design on its cover. This is a con because if you agree then you'll probably like this writing - which is the cover design - and hence the album inside. But we've just warned you against that. The con is a con. A good cover design could be considered as one that gets you to buy the [place album format here], but that never actually happens to YOU because YOU know it's just a design for the cover. And this is [a transcription of a caption on] the [place album format here in all capitals] COVER."

Trivia

Initial pressings of the album came with a bonus disc of dub remixes entitled Go+. Dub is a form of Jamaican music, which evolved out of ska and reggae in 1970s Jamaica. ... A remix is an alternate mix of a song different from the original version, made using the techniques of audio editing. ...

Track listing

U.K. Version

1. "Meccanik Dancing (Oh We Go!)" (Andy Partridge) (2:34)
2. "Battery Brides (Andy Paints Brian)" (Partridge) (4:35)
3. "Buzzcity Talking" (Colin Moulding) (2:40)
4. "Crowded Room" (Moulding) (2:53)
5. "The Rhythm" (Moulding) (2:58)
6. "Red" (Partridge) (3:01)
7. "Beatown" (Partridge) (4:35)
8. "Life Is Good in the Greenhouse" (Partridge) (4:41)
9. "Jumping in Gomorrah" (Partridge) (2:03)
10. "My Weapon" (Barry Andrews) (2:20)
11. "Super-Tuff" (Andrews) (2:19)
12. "I am the Audience" (Moulding) (3:38)

Andy Partridge (born November 11, 1953 in 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. ... 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. ... Barry Andrews could be Barry Andrews the musician Barry Andrews the Irish politician This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

U.S. Version

1. "Meccanic Dancing (Oh We Go!)" (Andy Partridge) (2:34) - note the different spelling
2. "Battery Brides (Andy Paints Brian)" (Partridge) (4:35)
3. "Buzzcity Talking" (Colin Moulding) (2:40)
4. "Crowded Room" (Moulding) (2:53)
5. "The Rhythm" (Moulding) (2:58)
6. "Are You Receiving Me?" (Partridge/Andrews) (3:04)
7. "Red" (Partridge) (3:01)
8. "Beatown" (Partridge) (4:35)
9. "Life Is Good in the Greenhouse" (Partridge) (4:41)
10. "Jumping in Gomorrah" (Partridge) (2:03)
11. "My Weapon" (Barry Andrews) (2:20)
12. "Super-Tuff" (Andrews) (4:24)
13. "I am the Audience" (Moulding) (3:38)

Andy Partridge (born November 11, 1953 in 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. ... 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. ... Barry Andrews could be Barry Andrews the musician Barry Andrews the Irish politician This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Go+ (Bonus disc included on initial pressing)

1. "Dance With Me, Germany" [ dub version of "Meccanic Dancing (Oh We Go!)"] (Partridge) (3:17)
2. "Beat the Bible" [ dub version of "Jumping in Gomorrah"] (Partridge) (2:06)
3. "A Dictionary of Modern Marriage" [ dub version of "Battery Brides (Andy Paints Brian)"] (Partridge) (2:27)
4. "Clap Clap Clap" [ [[[Dub music|dub]] version of "I am the Audience"] (Moulding) (2:17)
5. "We Kill The Beast" [ dub version of "The Rhythm"] (Moulding) (2:05)

Dub is a form of Jamaican music, which evolved out of ska and reggae in 1970s Jamaica. ... Dub is a form of Jamaican music, which evolved out of ska and reggae in 1970s Jamaica. ... Dub is a form of Jamaican music, which evolved out of ska and reggae in 1970s Jamaica. ... Dub is a form of Jamaican music, which evolved out of ska and reggae in 1970s Jamaica. ...

Personnel

• Andy Partridge - vocals and lead guitars
• Colin Moulding - rhythm guitar and bass
• Barry Andrews - keyboards
• Terry Chambers - drums