3D EP

3D EP
3D EP
EP by XTC
Released	7 October 1977
Recorded	April 28–30, 1977
Studio	Abbey Road Studios, London
Length	9:24
Label	Virgin
Producer	John Leckie
XTC chronology

3D EP (stylised as 3D • EP) is the debut EP by English rock band XTC, released on 7 October 1977 through Virgin Records.^[1] The songs were recorded and mixed at Abbey Road Studios with production and engineering by John Leckie. "I'm Bugged" and "New Town Animal in a Furnished Cage" were also recorded at these sessions and these versions later appeared on their debut studio album White Music (1978). Promotional videos were made for "Science Friction", "She's So Square" and "Dance Band". These same songs appeared on the White Music CD as bonus tracks.

The Da Capo Companion to 20th-century Popular Music (1995) writes that the album and "particularly its lead track 'Science Friction' set the tone for the early part of XTC's career, with Partridge's fondness for puns (exemplified by the band's name) and both his and Moulding's pop sensibilities to the fore, backed by Andrews' quirky keyboard style."^[2]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Science Friction"	Andy Partridge	3:12

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"She's So Square"	Partridge	3:06
2.	"Dance Band" (Contains the brief bonus track "Goodnight, Sucker")	Colin Moulding	2:40

Personnel

Andy Partridge – guitar and vocals
Barry Andrews – piano and organ
Colin Moulding – bass and vocals
Terry Chambers – drums and vocals

References

^ Ingham, Chris (March 1999). "XTC - 'Til Death Do Us Part". Mojo.
^ Hardy, Phil, ed. (1995). The Da Capo Companion to 20th-century Popular Music. Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0-306-80640-7.

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[Mojo1999-1] Ingham, Chris (March 1999). "XTC - 'Til Death Do Us Part". Mojo.

[2] Hardy, Phil, ed. (1995). The Da Capo Companion to 20th-century Popular Music. Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0-306-80640-7.

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v t e XTC
Andy Partridge Colin Moulding Terry Chambers Barry Andrews Dave Gregory
Studio albums	White Music Go 2 Drums and Wires Black Sea English Settlement Mummer The Big Express 25 O'Clock Skylarking Psonic Psunspot Oranges & Lemons Nonsuch Apple Venus Volume 1 Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)
Compilations	Waxworks: Some Singles 1977–1982 Beeswax: Some B-Sides 1977–1982 The Compact XTC Chips from the Chocolate Fireball Explode Together: The Dub Experiments 78-80 Rag and Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts and Leftovers Drums and Wireless: BBC Radio Sessions 77–89 Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977–92 Upsy Daisy Assortment Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions Coat of Many Cupboards Apple Box Psurroundabout Ride
Other albums	3D EP Homespun Homegrown Waspstrumental
Singles	"Statue of Liberty" "This Is Pop?" "Life Begins at the Hop" "Making Plans for Nigel" "Generals and Majors" "Towers of London" "Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)" "Respectable Street" "Senses Working Overtime" "Ball and Chain" "Wonderland" "Love on a Farmboy's Wages" "Thanks for Christmas" "All You Pretty Girls" "This World Over" "Wake Up" "Grass" "The Meeting Place" "Dear God" "Mayor of Simpleton" "King for a Day" "The Disappointed" "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" "Easter Theatre"
Other songs	"Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her" "Garden of Earthly Delights" "Wrapped in Grey"
Related media	A Testimonial Dinner: The Songs of XTC Fuzzy Warbles 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Great Aspirations The Greatest Living Englishman Take Away / The Lure of Salvage Through the Hill XTC: This Is Pop Planet England
Other topics	Discography The Dukes of Stratosphear Ian Reid Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her (band)