XTC: Skylarking. A Life in a Day: The Making of a Pop Classic (Milestones) Paperback – May 5, 2025

Multiple reissues hitting the record stores in different formats and configurations over the years testify to the enduring appeal and mesmerising charm of XTC’s Skylarking, an album that stands to this day as a bona fide cult classic, a post-Beatlesque pop-rock masterpiece that arguably represents the Swindon outfit’s finest hour. In this book, XTC: Skylarking. A Life in a Day. The Making of a Pop Classic, the author revives the stories, the bursts of inspiration, the ego struggles, the curios, and the technical/musical details behind the songs and the recording process of the record: Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding and Dave Gregory themselves (plus a host of other people that were involved in the making of the album at the time) reveal a wealth of new and previously unheard facts, anecdotes and thoughts by way of original and unreleased interviews, supplemented by quotes and information that have been published in books and magazines and on websites over the years. Filled with coloured images, the result is a rich, in-depth exploration of a remarkable artistic creation that in its own way has redefined the meaning and the borders of pop music. Read more