Black Sea is an XTC album released on 12 September 1980.It spawned five singles—'Generals And Majors' (released 9th August 1980 and reached Number 32 on the UK singles chart and Number 104 on the Billboard Pop chart), 'Towers Of London' (released 10th October 1980 and reached Number 31 on the UK singles chart), 'Sgt. Rock (Is Going To Help Me)' (released 5th December 1980 and reached Number 16 on the UK singles chart), 'Love At First Sight' (released 23rd January 1981 in Canada only) and a re-recording of 'Respectable Street' (released 13th March 1981). The band re-recorded the song to change a few words as per the BBC—who ended up never playing the clean version anyway.
The album reached Number 16 on the UK album chart, Number 41 on the Billboard U.S. Hot 100 album chart and Number 1 on the New Zealand album chart.
Considered one of the more consistent albums by the group, Black Sea is more refined and polished than its predecessor, Drums and Wires, although it is still focused on big drums and sharp guitars. Early copies of the album came with the sleeve enclosed in a lime-green paper bag. There was an additional version that came packaged in a black plastic bag with the XTC logo in silver printed on one side.
Virgin media mogul Richard Branson appeared in the 'Generals and Majors' video.
Tracklisting:
01 - Respectable Street
02 - Generals and Majors
03 - Living Through Another Cuba
04 - Love at First Sight
05 - Rocket from a Bottle
06 - No Language in Our Lungs
07 - Towers of London
08 - Paper and Iron (Notes and Coins)
09 - Burning with Optimism's Flames
10 - Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me
11 - Travels in Nihilon
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