Upsy Daisy Assortment

Infobox Album |
Name = Upsy Daisy Assortment
Type = Compilation album
Artist = XTC


Released = June 17 1997
Recorded = 1979-1991
Genre = Pop rock
Length = 73:11
Label = Geffen Records
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ag3gtq8znu46 link]
*Fretplay Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.fretplay.com/review/x/xtc/discography-CD-B000000OWS-Upsy-Daisy-Assortment.shtml link]
*Pitchfork Media (8.6/10) [http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/23330-upsy-daisy-assortment-the-best-of link]
Last album = ""
(1996)
This album = "Upsy Daisy Assortment"
(1997)
Next album = ""
(1998)

"Upsy Daisy Assortment" is a U.S.-exclusive compilation by XTC, released after Geffen Records declined to distribute the 1996 double-disc "". It is perhaps their first compilation to be considered a Best of as it includes album tracks "Funk Pop a Roll", "Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her", "Earn Enough for Us" and "Chalkhills and Children" in addition to their better-known singles.

Cover Art

The cover art is a reproduction of a vintage 1945 travel poster called Holidays in Switzerland by Donald Brun.

Track listing

All songs written by Andy Partridge, except where noted.
#"Life Begins at the Hop" (Colin Moulding) – 3:47
#"Making Plans for Nigel" (Moulding) – 4:12
#"Generals and Majors" (Moulding) – 3:41
#"Respectable Street" – 3:07
#"Senses Working Overtime" – 4:34
#"Ball and Chain" (Moulding) – 4:29
#"No Thugs in Our House" – 5:10
#"Love on a Farmboy's Wages" – 3:59
#"Funk Pop a Roll" – 3:14
#"This World Over" – 4:45
#"Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her, Kiss Her" – 3:50
#"Grass" (Moulding) – 2:42
#"Dear God" – 3:37
#"Earn Enough for Us" – 2:54
#"Mayor of Simpleton" – 3:57
#"King for a Day" (Moulding) – 3:36
#"Chalkhills and Children" – 4:56
#"The Disappointed" – 3:38
#"The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" – 5:03

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