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{{Infobox album
| name = The Compact XTC: The Singles 1978-1985
| type = greatest
| artist = [[XTC]]
| cover = xtctcx.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1985}}
| recorded = 1977–1984
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Rock music|Rock]]
| length = {{Duration|m=68|s=33}}
| label = [[Virgin Records|Virgin]]
| producer = {{Flatlist|
* [[John Leckie]] (tracks 1-2)
* [[Robert Lange]] (track 3)
* [[Martin Rushent]] (track 4)
* [[Steve Lillywhite]] (tracks 5-6, 8-10)
* [[Phil Wainman]] (track 7)
* [[Hugh Padgham]] and XTC (tracks 11-12)
* [[Bob Sargeant]] (track 13)
* XTC and [[Steve Nye]] (tracks 14-15)
* [[David Lord (producer)|David Lord]]
* XTC (tracks 16-18)
}}
| chronology = [[XTC]] other
| prev_title = [[Beeswax: Some B-Sides 1977–1982]]
| prev_year = 1982
| next_title = [[Chips from the Chocolate Fireball]]
| next_year = 1987
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} <ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r171649|first=Stewart|last=Mason}}</ref>
| rev2 =
| rev2Score =
| noprose = yes
}}
'''''The Compact XTC: The Singles 1978–1985''''' is a singles [[compilation album]] by [[XTC]] originally issued in 1985. It replaced ''[[Waxworks: Some Singles 1977–1982]]'' as a [[greatest hits album]] (and, bizarrely, used the same catalogue number in the UK and some other countries), adding six singles issued between ''[[English Settlement]]'' and ''[[The Big Express]]''. It took advantage of the [[compact disc]]'s greater storage capacity to limit it to a single disc. It was superseded by the double-disc set ''[[Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977–1992]]'', on which all eighteen tracks appear.

Two UK Virgin Records singles are missing from this compilation: "Respectable Street" (1981) and "No Thugs in Our House" (1982), as well as "Take This Town" (1980) – an RSO Records released single issued from the soundtrack of the film "Times Square". 'International' singles missing are the re-recorded version of "Ten Feet Tall" (1980, North America) and "Love at First Sight" (1981, [[Canada]]).

==Track listing==

===UK CD: CDV 2251===
All songs written by [[Andy Partridge]], except where noted.
# "Science Friction" – 3:12 (1977) (from ''[[3D EP]]'')
# "Statue of Liberty" – 2:24 (1978) (from ''[[White Music]]'')
# "This Is Pop?" – 2:39 [Re-recorded single version] (1978) (from ''White Music'')
# "Are You Receiving Me?" – 3:03 (1978)
# "[[Life Begins at the Hop]]" ([[Colin Moulding]]) – 3:47 (1979)
# "[[Making Plans for Nigel]]" (Moulding) – 3:53 [Single edit/fade used in some countries] (1979) (from ''[[Drums and Wires]]'')
# "Wait Till Your Boat Goes Down" – 4:34 [Long version; some 10 seconds longer than the edited single mix] (1980)
# "Generals and Majors" (Moulding) – 3:42 [Single edit] (1980) (from [[Black Sea (XTC album)|''Black Sea'']])
# "Towers of London" – 4:38 [Single edit] (1980) (from ''Black Sea'')
# "Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)" – 3:36 [Single edit] (1980) (from ''Black Sea'')
# "[[Senses Working Overtime]]" – 4:33 [Single edit] (1982) (from ''[[English Settlement]]'')
# "Ball and Chain" (Moulding) – 4:30 (1982) (from ''English Settlement'')
# "Great Fire" – 3:45 (1983) (from [[Mummer (album)|''Mummer'']])
# "[[Wonderland (XTC song)|Wonderland]] (Moulding) – 4:02 [Single edit] (1983) (from ''Mummer'')
# "Love on a Farmboy's Wages" – 3:58 (1983) (from ''Mummer'')
# "All You Pretty Girls" – 3:56 [Long version; some 20 seconds longer than the album version] (1984) (from ''[[The Big Express]]'')
# "This World Over" – 4:43 [Single edit] (1984) (from ''The Big Express'')
# "Wake Up" (Moulding) – 3:40 [Single edit/fade] (1985) (from ''The Big Express'')

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.discogs.com/XTC-The-Compact-XTC-The-Singles-1978-85/master/71148 Discogs]

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[[Category:1985 greatest hits albums]]
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[[Category:Albums produced by Steve Lillywhite]]
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[[Category:Albums produced by Bob Sargeant]]
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[[Category:Virgin Records compilation albums]]

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