Skylarking, the Glossary
Skylarking is the ninth studio album by the English rock band XTC, released 27 October 1986 on Virgin Records.[1]
Table of Contents
205 relations: A Walk Across the Rooftops, Abbey Road, Alauda, All Time Top 1000 Albums, AllMusic, Andy Partridge, April Fools' Day, Art pop, Art rock, Arthur Brown (musician), Badfinger, Bat Out of Hell, Beatlesque, Beatnik, Bee, Big band, Billboard (magazine), Billboard 200, Billie Jo Spears, Black Sea (XTC album), Blanket on the Ground, Blue Jay Way, Bobby Darin, Bongo drum, Brass, Campus radio, Cannabis (drug), Chamber pop, Chamberlin, Channel 4, Chicago Tribune, Chorus (audio effect), Coate Water Country Park, Colin Larkin, Colin Moulding, Concept album, Consequence (publication), Creem, Dave Gregory (musician), David Bowie, David Lord (producer), DC Comics, Dean Hubbard, Dear God (XTC song), Deface the Music, Diazepam, Dolby Atmos, Dominique Leone, Drone music, E-mu Emulator, ... Expand index (155 more) »
- Chamber pop albums
- Neo-psychedelia albums
- Psychedelic pop albums
- XTC albums
A Walk Across the Rooftops
A Walk Across the Rooftops is the debut album by Scottish band The Blue Nile, released on 30 April 1984 on Linn Records in the UK and on A&M Records in the US.
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Abbey Road
Abbey Road is the eleventh studio album by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 26 September 1969, by Apple Records.
Alauda
Alauda is a genus of larks found across much of Europe, Asia and in the mountains of north Africa, and one of the species (the Raso lark) endemic to the islet of Raso in the Cape Verde Islands.
All Time Top 1000 Albums
All Time Top 1000 Albums is a book by Colin Larkin, creator and editor of the Encyclopedia of Popular Music.
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AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.
Andy Partridge
Andrew John Partridge (born 11 November 1953) is an English guitarist, singer-songwriter and record producer best known for co-founding the band XTC.
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April Fools' Day
April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day is an annual custom on 1 April consisting of practical jokes and hoaxes.
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Art pop
Art pop (also typeset art-pop or artpop) is a loosely defined style of pop music influenced by art theories as well as ideas from other art mediums, such as fashion, fine art, cinema, and avant-garde literature.
Art rock
Art rock is a subgenre of rock music that generally reflects a challenging or avant-garde approach to rock, or which makes use of modernist, experimental, or unconventional elements.
Arthur Brown (musician)
Arthur Wilton Brown (born 24 June 1942)Marshall 2005, p. 25.
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Badfinger
Badfinger were a Welsh rock band formed in 1961 in Swansea, Wales.
Bat Out of Hell
Bat Out of Hell is the 1977 debut album by American rock singer Meat Loaf and composer Jim Steinman. Skylarking and Bat Out of Hell are albums produced by Todd Rundgren.
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Beatlesque
"Beatlesque" or "Beatles-esque" describes a musical resemblance to the English rock band the Beatles.
Beatnik
Beatniks were members of a social movement in the mid-20th century, who subscribed to an anti-materialistic lifestyle.
Bee
Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey.
Big band
A big band or jazz orchestra is a type of musical ensemble of jazz music that usually consists of ten or more musicians with four sections: saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section.
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard (stylized in lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation.
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Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States.
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Billie Jo Spears
Billie Jo Spears (born Billie Jean Moore; January 14, 1938 – December 14, 2011) was an American country music singer.
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Black Sea (XTC album)
Black Sea is the fourth studio album by the English rock band XTC, released 12 September 1980 on Virgin Records. Skylarking and Black Sea (XTC album) are Geffen Records albums, Virgin Records albums and XTC albums.
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Blanket on the Ground
"Blanket on the Ground" is a song written by Roger Bowling and recorded by American country music singer Billie Jo Spears.
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Blue Jay Way
"Blue Jay Way" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles.
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Bobby Darin
Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Cassotto; May 14, 1936 – December 20, 1973) was an American musician, songwriter, and actor.
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Bongo drum
Bongos (Spanish: bongó) are an Afro-Cuban percussion instrument consisting of a pair of small open bottomed hand drums of different sizes.
Brass
Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc, in proportions which can be varied to achieve different colours and mechanical, electrical, acoustic and chemical properties, but copper typically has the larger proportion, generally 66% copper and 34% zinc.
Campus radio
Campus radio (also known as college radio, university radio or student radio) is a type of radio station that is run by the students of a college, university or other educational institution.
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Cannabis (drug)
Cannabis, also known as marijuana or weed, among other names, is a non-chemically uniform drug from the cannabis plant.
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Chamber pop
Chamber pop (also called baroque pop and sometimes conflated with orchestral pop or symphonic pop) is a music genre that combines rock music with the intricate use of strings, horns, piano, and vocal harmonies, and other components drawn from the orchestral and lounge pop of the 1960s, with an emphasis on melody and texture.
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Chamberlin
The Chamberlin is an electro-mechanical keyboard instrument that was a precursor to the Mellotron.
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation.
Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune is an American daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, owned by Tribune Publishing.
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Chorus (audio effect)
Chorus (or chorusing, choruser or chorused effect) is an audio effect that occurs when individual sounds with approximately the same time, and very similar pitches, converge.
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Coate Water Country Park
Coate Water is a country park situated to the southeast of central Swindon, England, near junction 15 of the M4.
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Colin Larkin
Colin Larkin (born 1949) is a British music writer.
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Colin Moulding
Colin Ivor Moulding (born 17 August 1955) is an English bassist, singer, and songwriter who was one of the core members of the rock band XTC.
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Concept album
A concept album is an album whose tracks hold a larger purpose or meaning collectively than they do individually.
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Consequence (publication)
Consequence (previously Consequence of Sound) is an independently owned New York–based online magazine featuring news, editorials, and reviews of music, movies, and television.
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Creem
Creem (often stylized in all caps) is an American rock music magazine and entertainment company, founded in Detroit, whose initial print run lasted from 1969 to 1989.
Dave Gregory (musician)
David Charles Gregory (born 21 September 1952) is an English guitarist from Swindon, best known for his work with the rock band XTC.
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David Bowie
David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter, musician, and actor.
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David Lord (producer)
David Lord (born 1944) is an English composer and record producer, known for his work with Peter Gabriel, the Korgis and XTC.
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DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery.
Dean Hubbard
Dean W. Hubbard (July 21, 1953 – March 11, 2018) was an American musician and professional trombonist.
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Dear God (XTC song)
"Dear God" is a song by the English rock band XTC that was first released as a non-album single with the A-side "Grass".
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Deface the Music
Deface the Music is the fifth studio album by the band Utopia. Skylarking and Deface the Music are albums produced by Todd Rundgren.
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Diazepam
Diazepam, sold under the brand name Valium among others, is a medicine of the benzodiazepine family that acts as an anxiolytic.
Dolby Atmos
Dolby Atmos is a surround sound technology developed by Dolby Laboratories.
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Dominique Leone
Dominique Leone is an American musician and writer based in New York City.
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Drone music
Drone music, drone-based music, or simply drone, is a minimalist genre of music that emphasizes the use of sustained sounds, notes, or tone clusters called drones.
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E-mu Emulator
The Emulator is a series of digital sampling synthesizers using floppy-disk storage that was manufactured by E-mu Systems from 1981 until 2002.
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East Coast hip hop
East Coast hip hop is a regional subgenre of hip hop music that originated in New York City during the 1970s.
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Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton (born 1945) is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter.
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Factory Girl (Rolling Stones song)
"Factory Girl" is a song by the Rolling Stones which appears on their 1968 album Beggars Banquet.
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Fairlight CMI
The Fairlight CMI (short for Computer Musical Instrument) is a digital synthesizer, sampler, and digital audio workstation introduced in 1979 by Fairlight.
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Fire (Arthur Brown song)
"Fire" is a 1968 song written by Arthur Brown, Vincent Crane, Mike Finesilver and Peter Ker.
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Fortress of Solitude
The Fortress of Solitude is a fictional fortress appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with Superman.
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Geffen Records
Geffen Records (formerly Geffen Records Inc. until 2004) is an American record label, founded in 1980 by David Geffen.
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Gene Krupa
Eugene Bertram Krupa (January 15, 1909 – October 16, 1973) was an American jazz drummer, bandleader, and composer.
Gibson SG
The Gibson SG is a solid-body electric guitar model introduced by Gibson in 1961, following on from the 1952 Gibson Les Paul.
Grass (XTC song)
"Grass" is a song written by Colin Moulding of the English rock band XTC, released as the lead single from their 1986 album Skylarking.
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Harpers Bizarre
Harpers Bizarre was an American sunshine pop band of the 1960s, best known for their Broadway/sunshine pop sound and their cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy).".
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Herman Munster
Herman Munster is a fictional character in the CBS sitcom The Munsters, originally played by Fred Gwynne.
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Hermit of Mink Hollow
Hermit of Mink Hollow is the eighth album by American musician Todd Rundgren, released May 1978 on Bearsville Records. Skylarking and Hermit of Mink Hollow are albums produced by Todd Rundgren.
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Hip hop music
Hip hop or hip-hop, also known as rap and formerly as disco rap, is a genre of popular music that originated in the early 1970s from the African American community.
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How Do You Sleep? (John Lennon song)
"How Do You Sleep?" is a song by English rock musician John Lennon from his 1971 album Imagine.
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I Saw the Light (Todd Rundgren song)
"I Saw the Light" is a song written and performed by American musician Todd Rundgren that was released as the opening track from his 1972 album Something/Anything? In the album's liner notes, Rundgren states that he intended the song to be the hit of the album, and copied the Motown tradition of putting hit songs at the beginning of albums.
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Iron Age
The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age.
Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.
John Barry (composer)
John Barry Prendergast (3 November 1933 – 30 January 2011) was an English composer and conductor of film music.
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John Lennon
John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter and musician.
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Key (music)
In music theory, the key of a piece is the group of pitches, or scale, that forms the basis of a musical composition in Western classical music, art music, and pop music.
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Keyboard (magazine)
Keyboard is a magazine that originally covered electronic keyboard instruments and keyboardists, though with the advent of computer-based recording and audio technology, they have added digital music technology to their regular coverage, including those not strictly pertaining to the keyboard-related instruments.
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Kryptonite
Kryptonite is a fictional material that appears primarily in Superman stories published by DC Comics.
LinnDrum
The LinnDrum, also referred to as the LM-2, is a drum machine manufactured by Linn Electronics between 1982 and 1985.
Love on a Farmboy's Wages
"Love on a Farmboy's Wages" is a song written by Andy Partridge of the English rock band XTC, released as the third single from their 1983 album Mummer.
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Mack the Knife
"Mack the Knife" or "The Ballad of Mack the Knife" (italic) is a song composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht for their 1928 music drama The Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper).
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Magnet (magazine)
Magnet is a music magazine that generally focuses on alternative, independent, or out-of-the-mainstream bands.
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Making Plans for Nigel
"Making Plans for Nigel" is a song by English rock band XTC, released by Virgin Records as the lead single from their 1979 album Drums and Wires.
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Marriage
Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses.
Mastering (audio)
Mastering, a form of audio post production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device (the master), the source from which all copies will be produced (via methods such as pressing, duplication or replication).
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Meat Loaf
Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27, 1947 – January 20, 2022), known professionally as Meat Loaf, was an American singer and actor known for his powerful, wide-ranging voice and theatrical live shows.
Mellotron
The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical musical instrument developed in Birmingham, England, in 1963.
Melodica
The melodica is a handheld free-reed instrument similar to a pump organ or harmonica.
Michael Azerrad
Michael Azerrad is an American author, music journalist, editor, and musician.
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Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.
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MIDI
MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a technical standard that describes a communication protocol, digital interface, and electrical connectors that connect a wide variety of electronic musical instruments, computers, and related audio devices for playing, editing, and recording music.
Mingo Lewis
James "Mingo" Lewis (born 8 December 1953) is an American percussionist and drummer who played with Santana, Al Di Meola, Return to Forever (he was a band member for Di Meola's first five albums), and The Tubes. Skylarking and Mingo Lewis are XTC albums.
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Mini-LP
A mini-LP or mini-album is a short record album or LP, usually retailing at a lower price than an album that would be considered full-length.
Mojo (magazine)
Mojo (stylised in all caps) is a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom, initially by Emap, and since January 2008 by Bauer.
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MTV Video Music Awards
The MTV Video Music Awards (commonly abbreviated as the VMAs) is an award show presented by the cable channel MTV to honor the best in the music video medium.
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Multitrack recording
Multitrack recording (MTR), also known as multitracking, is a method of sound recording developed in 1955 that allows for the separate recording of multiple sound sources or of sound sources recorded at different times to create a cohesive whole.
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Mummer (album)
Mummer is the sixth studio album by the English rock band XTC, released on 30 August 1983 on Virgin Records. Skylarking and Mummer (album) are Virgin Records albums and XTC albums.
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Mute (music)
A mute is a device attached to a musical instrument which changes the instrument's tone quality (timbre) or lowers its volume.
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Nat King Cole
Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally by his stage name Nat King Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor.
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Nature Boy
"Nature Boy" is a song first recorded by American jazz singer Nat King Cole.
Neo-psychedelia
Neo-psychedelia is a diverse genre of psychedelic music that draws inspiration from the sounds of 1960s psychedelia, either updating or copying the approaches from that era.
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New wave music
New wave is a music genre that encompasses pop-oriented styles from the 1970s through the 1980s.
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New York Dolls (album)
New York Dolls is the debut album by the American hard rock band New York Dolls. Skylarking and New York Dolls (album) are albums produced by Todd Rundgren.
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt (born 1964) is an English photographer.
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Nonsuch (album)
Nonsuch (styled as NONSVCH.) is the 12th studio album by the English band XTC, released 27 April 1992 on Virgin Records. Skylarking and Nonsuch (album) are Virgin Records albums and XTC albums.
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Omnibus Press
Omnibus Press is a publisher of music-related books.
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Open E tuning
Open E tuning is a tuning for guitar: low to high, E-B-E-G-B-E. Compared to standard tuning, two strings are two semitones higher and one string is one semitone higher.
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Orchestral pop
Orchestral pop (sometimes called by the shortening ork-pop) is pop music that has been arranged and performed by a symphonic orchestra.
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Paganism
Paganism (from classical Latin pāgānus "rural", "rustic", later "civilian") is a term first used in the fourth century by early Christians for people in the Roman Empire who practiced polytheism, or ethnic religions other than Judaism.
Paste (magazine)
Paste is an American monthly music and entertainment digital magazine, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with studios in Atlanta and Manhattan, and owned by Paste Media Group.
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Pet Sounds
Pet Sounds is the eleventh studio album by the American rock band the Beach Boys, released on May 16, 1966, by Capitol Records. Skylarking and Pet Sounds are Chamber pop albums and psychedelic pop albums.
Phaser (effect)
A phaser is an electronic sound processor used to filter a signal by creating a series of peaks and troughs in the frequency spectrum.
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Picture book
A picture book combines visual and verbal narratives in a book format, most often aimed at young children.
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Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd are an English rock band formed in London in 1965.
Pitchfork (website)
Pitchfork (formerly Pitchfork Media) is an American online music publication founded in 1996 by Ryan Schreiber in Minneapolis.
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Polarization (waves)
italics (also italics) is a property of transverse waves which specifies the geometrical orientation of the oscillations.
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Pop music
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Pop rock
Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock) is a fusion genre and form of rock music characterized by a strong commercial appeal, with more emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude than standard rock music.
PopMatters
PopMatters is an international online magazine of cultural criticism that covers aspects of popular culture.
Portmeirion
Portmeirion is a folly*.
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Post-punk
Post-punk (originally called new musick) is a broad genre of music that emerged in 1977 in the wake of punk rock.
Power pop
Power pop (also typeset as powerpop) is a subgenre of rock music and form of pop rock based on the early music of bands such as the Who, the Beatles, the Beach Boys, and the Byrds.
Prairie Prince
Charles Lempriere "Prairie" Prince (born May 7, 1950) is an American drummer and visual artist.
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Prophet-5
The Prophet-5 is an analog synthesizer manufactured by the American company Sequential.
Psonic Psunspot
Psonic Psunspot is the second album by English rock band the Dukes of Stratosphear, released in 1987. Skylarking and Psonic Psunspot are Virgin Records albums.
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Psychedelic music
Psychedelic music (sometimes called psychedelia) is a wide range of popular music styles and genres influenced by 1960s psychedelia, a subculture of people who used psychedelic drugs such as DMT, LSD, mescaline, and psilocybin mushrooms, to experience synesthesia and altered states of consciousness.
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Psychedelic pop
Psychedelic pop (or acid pop) is pop music that contains musical characteristics associated with psychedelic music.
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Psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock is a rock music genre that is inspired, influenced, or representative of psychedelic culture, which is centered on perception-altering hallucinogenic drugs.
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Punch in/out
Punch in/out is an audio and video term that originated as a recording technique used on early multitrack recordings whereby a portion of the performance was recorded onto a previously recorded tape, usually overwriting any sound that had previously been on the track used.
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Q (magazine)
Q was a popular music magazine.
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Quakers
Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations.
Ra (Utopia album)
Ra is the second studio album and third release by Utopia on Bearsville Records, released in 1977. Skylarking and ra (Utopia album) are albums produced by Todd Rundgren.
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Raga
A raga (also raaga or ragam or raag) is a melodic framework for improvisation in Indian classical music akin to a melodic mode.
Record Collector
Record Collector is a British monthly music magazine focussing on rare and collectable records, and the bands who recorded them.
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Revolver (Beatles album)
Revolver is the seventh studio album by the English rock band the Beatles.
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Rizzoli Libri
Rizzoli Libri, formerly Rizzoli Libri S.p.A. and RCS Libri S.p.A. is an Italian book publisher and a division of Mondadori Libri, a wholly owned subsidiary of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore.
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Robert Christgau
Robert Thomas Christgau (born April 18, 1942) is an American music journalist and essayist.
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Rock music
Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture.
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Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
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Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.
Rubber Soul
Rubber Soul is the sixth studio album by the English rock band the Beatles.
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San Francisco
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center in Northern California.
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Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her
"Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her" is a song written by Andy Partridge of the English rock band XTC, released on their seventh studio album The Big Express (1984).
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Septuple meter
Septuple meter (British: metre) or (chiefly British) septuple time is a meter with each bar (American: measure) divided into 7 notes of equal duration, usually or (or in compound meter, time).
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Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster LLC is an American publishing company owned by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.
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Skiffle
Skiffle is a genre of folk music with influences from American folk music, blues, country, bluegrass, and jazz, generally performed with a mixture of manufactured and homemade or improvised instruments.
Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine is an American online publication that features reviews of movies, music, TV, DVDs, theater, and video games, as well as interviews with actors, directors, and musicians.
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Smile (The Beach Boys album)
Smile (sometimes stylized as SMiLE) is an unfinished album by the American rock band the Beach Boys that was intended to follow their 1966 album Pet Sounds. Skylarking and Smile (The Beach Boys album) are art pop albums and psychedelic pop albums.
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Smiley Smile
Smiley Smile is the twelfth studio album by the American rock band the Beach Boys, released on September 18, 1967.
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Something in the Air
"Something in the Air" is the debut single by English rock band Thunderclap Newman, written by Speedy Keen who also sang the song.
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Something/Anything?
Something/Anything? is the third album by American musician Todd Rundgren, released in February 1972. Skylarking and Something/Anything? are albums produced by Todd Rundgren.
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Spectrogram
A spectrogram is a visual representation of the spectrum of frequencies of a signal as it varies with time.
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Spin (magazine)
Spin (stylized in all caps as SPIN) is an American music magazine founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione Jr. Now owned by Next Management Partners, the magazine is an online publication since it stopped issuing a print edition in 2012.
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Steven Wilson
Steven John Wilson (born 3 November 1967) is an English musician.
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Straight Up (Badfinger album)
Straight Up is the fourth studio album by the Welsh rock band Badfinger, released in December 1971 in the United States and February 1972 in Britain. Skylarking and Straight Up (Badfinger album) are albums produced by Todd Rundgren.
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Strategic Defense Initiative
The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), was a proposed missile defense system intended to protect the United States from attack by ballistic nuclear missiles.
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String section
The string section is composed of bowed instruments belonging to the violin family.
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Supergirl
Supergirl is the name of several fictional superheroines appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Superman
Superman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Surround sound
Surround sound is a technique for enriching the fidelity and depth of sound reproduction by using multiple audio channels from speakers that surround the listener (surround channels).
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Sweet Dream (Jethro Tull song)
"Sweet Dream" is a song recorded by the English rock band Jethro Tull on 31 August 1969, at Morgan Studios, London.
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Swindon
Swindon is a town in Wiltshire, England.
Swindon Works
Swindon Works was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1843 in Swindon, Wiltshire, England.
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Syd Barrett
Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English singer, guitarist and songwriter who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd in 1965.
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Tabla
A tabla is a pair of hand drums from the Indian subcontinent.
Terry Chambers
Terry Peter Chambers (born 18 July 1955) is an English drummer who was a member of the band XTC from 1972 to 1982 and the popular Australian–New Zealand group Dragon between 1983 and 1985.
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The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961.
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The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960, comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
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The Big Express
The Big Express is the seventh studio album by the English rock band XTC, released on 15 October 1984 by Virgin Records. Skylarking and the Big Express are 1980s concept albums, Virgin Records albums and XTC albums.
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The Blue Nile (band)
The Blue Nile were a Scottish band which originated in Glasgow.
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The Dukes of Stratosphear
The Dukes of Stratosphear were an English rock band formed in 1984 by Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding, Dave Gregory, and Ian Gregory.
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music is an encyclopedia created in 1989 by Colin Larkin.
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The Fool (guitar)
The Fool (also occasionally referred to as Sunny) is a 1964 Gibson SG guitar, painted for Eric Clapton by the Dutch design collective The Fool, from which the guitar takes its name.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The Kinks
The Kinks were an English rock band formed in London in 1963 by brothers Ray and Dave Davies.
The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society is the sixth studio album by the English rock band the Kinks.
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The Meeting Place (song)
"The Meeting Place" is a song written by Colin Moulding of the English rock band XTC, released on their 1986 album Skylarking.
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The Munsters
The Munsters is an American sitcom depicting the home life of a family of benign monsters.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Philadelphia Inquirer, often referred to simply as The Inquirer, is a daily newspaper headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is the debut studio album by English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 4 August 1967 by EMI Columbia. Skylarking and the Piper at the Gates of Dawn are psychedelic pop albums.
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The Post and Courier
The Post and Courier is the main daily newspaper in Charleston, South Carolina.
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The Prisoner
The Prisoner is a British television series created by Patrick McGoohan, with possible contributions from George Markstein.
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The Rolling Stone Album Guide
The Rolling Stone Album Guide, previously known as The Rolling Stone Record Guide, is a book that contains professional music reviews written and edited by staff members from Rolling Stone magazine.
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The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962.
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice
"The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (italic) is a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe written in 1797.
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The Tube (1982 TV series)
The Tube is a United Kingdom music television programme, which ran for five series, from 5 November 1982 to 24 April 1987.
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The Tubes
The Tubes are a San Francisco-based rock band.
The Village Voice
The Village Voice is an American news and culture publication based in Greenwich Village, New York City, known for being the country's first alternative newsweekly.
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This Is Pop
"This Is Pop" is a song by the English rock band XTC from their 1978 album White Music.
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Thunderclap Newman
Thunderclap Newman were an English rock band that Pete Townshend of the Who and Kit Lambert formed in 1969 in a bid to showcase the talents of John "Speedy" Keen, Jimmy McCulloch, and Andy "Thunderclap" Newman.
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Tim Sommer
Timothy Andrew Sommer (born March 5, 1962 in New York City) is an American music journalist, musician, record producer and former Atlantic Records A&R representative.
Time signature
A time signature (also known as meter signature, metre signature, and measure signature) is a convention in Western music notation that specifies how many note values of a particular type are contained in each measure (bar).
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Tiple
A tiple (literally treble or soprano), is a plucked typically 12-string chordophone of the guitar family.
Todd Rundgren
Todd Harry Rundgren (born June 22, 1948) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who has performed a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of the bands Nazz and Utopia.
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Townsquare Media, Inc. (formerly Regent Communications until 2010) is an American radio network and media company based in Purchase, New York.
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Toytown
Toytown is the name given to a series of radio plays written by S.G. Hulme Beaman and broadcast by the BBC from 1929 to 1932, 28 of which regularly repeated on Children's Hour until 1964, by which point it had expanded into a media franchise.
UK Albums Chart
The Official UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by sales and audio streaming in the United Kingdom.
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UK singles chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled the Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.
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Uncut (magazine)
Uncut is a monthly magazine based in London.
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Utopia (band)
Utopia was an American rock band formed in 1973 by Todd Rundgren.
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Vibraphone
The vibraphone (also called the vibraharp) is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family.
Virgin Books
Virgin Books is a British book publisher 90% owned by the publishing group Random House, and 10% owned by Virgin Group, the company originally set up by Richard Branson as a record company.
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Virgin Records
Virgin Records is a British record label owned by Universal Music Group.
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Woodstock, New York
Woodstock is a town in Ulster County, New York, United States, in the northern part of the county, northwest of Kingston.
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XTC
XTC were an English rock band formed in Swindon in 1972.
Yamaha DX7
The Yamaha DX7 is a synthesizer manufactured by Yamaha Corporation from 1983 to 1989.
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die is a musical reference book first published in 2005 by Universe Publishing.
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25 O'Clock
25 O'Clock is the debut record by English rock band the Dukes of Stratosphear and the eighth studio album by XTC, released on April Fools Day 1985 through Virgin Records. Skylarking and 25 O'Clock are Virgin Records albums.
See also
Chamber pop albums
- 23 (Blonde Redhead album)
- 50 Words for Snow
- Apple Venus Volume 1
- Deserter's Songs
- Evermore
- Fevers and Mirrors
- Folklore (Taylor Swift album)
- Funeral (Arcade Fire album)
- Hawaii (The High Llamas album)
- Hippopotamus (album)
- If You're Feeling Sinister
- Lil' Beethoven
- Lives Outgrown
- Lush (Mitski album)
- Madison (album)
- Modern Vampires of the City
- OK Human
- Odessey and Oracle
- Once Twice Melody
- Paris 1919 (album)
- Pet Sounds
- Skylarking
- So There
- The Singer (Teitur Lassen album)
- The Tortured Poets Department
- Tidal (album)
- Ugly Season
- Vampire Weekend (album)
- Veckatimest
- White Chalk
Neo-psychedelia albums
- "Happy" in Galoshes
- Binaural (album)
- Butterfly 3000
- Chocolate and Cheese
- Commune (album)
- Distortland
- Express (album)
- Figure 8 (album)
- Gumboot Soup
- Hex (Jon McKiel album)
- How to Be Shy
- In Miracle Land
- Kings of Oblivion
- Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager
- Omnium Gatherum (album)
- Once Twice Melody
- Pure Guava
- Quebec (album)
- Radical Optimism
- Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven
- Skylarking
- Stone Rollin'
- The Maria Dimension
- The Seeds of Love
Psychedelic pop albums
- 7 (Beach House album)
- An Electric Storm
- Bee Gees' 1st
- Bitte Orca
- Blonde (Frank Ocean album)
- Bobby (When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water album)
- Brian Wilson Presents Smile
- Contrast (Tages album)
- Cryptograms (album)
- David Bowie (1967 album)
- Far Side Virtual
- Glad Music
- Haha Sound
- Harumi (album)
- Horizontal (album)
- It's Not Them. It Couldn't Be Them. It Is Them!
- LSD (LSD album)
- La conferencia secreta del Toto's Bar
- Let's Start Here
- Magical Mystery Tour
- Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz
- Mothers (album)
- Neither Fish nor Flesh
- Norman Fucking Rockwell!
- Odd Blood
- Oddments
- Odessey and Oracle
- Painting With
- Paper Mâché Dream Balloon
- Pet Sounds
- Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.
- Pretty. Odd.
- Quarters!
- S. F. Sorrow
- Sadness Sets Me Free
- Skylarking
- Smile (The Beach Boys album)
- Summerteeth
- The ArchAndroid
- The Further Adventures of Charles Westover
- The Head on the Door
- The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
- The Waterfall II
- The Who Sell Out
- Their Satanic Majesties Request
- Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
- Tresor (album)
- Underwater Moonlight
XTC albums
- Apple Venus Volume 1
- Black Sea (XTC album)
- Drums and Wires
- English Settlement
- Go 2
- Homegrown (XTC album)
- Homespun (XTC album)
- Mingo Lewis
- Mummer (album)
- Nonsuch (album)
- Oranges & Lemons (album)
- Skylarking
- Take Away / The Lure of Salvage
- The Big Express
- Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)
- Waspstrumental
- White Music
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylarking
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