XTC - Skylarking XTC

CD  + Blu-ray - Mixed in Dolby Atmos by Steven Wilson. 

XTC’s most commercially successful album was, for many years, also its most mythical with tales of “lost” multi-track tapes (sadly true of other XTC albums but not this one), a song originally dropped from the album only to be replaced when it inadvertently became a hit single in the USA, a perfect match, on paper, between the ideal Britpop band a decade before the term was invented and an Anglophile super-producer that turned rather imperfect in personality terms but still resulted in a classic album.

Still, a masterpiece remains a masterpiece however traumatic its origins and this is one of those few albums that sounded great at the time and sounds just as great, if not better, now.

CD - The album has been mixed for Dolby Atmos Immersive Audio from the original multi-track studio master tapes by Steven Wilson and is fully approved by XTC.

CD: features the 2016 album mix and bonus album track mixes by Steven Wilson.

Blu-ray: Full album and additional tracks mixed in Dolby Atmos and instrumental versions

Blu-ray: Full album in DTS-HD MA 5.1 Surround Sound (2016 mix)

Blu-ray: Full album, additional tracks and instrumentals in 24/96 stereo (2016 mix).

Blu-ray: Full album - original mix (corrected polarity edition) in 24/96 stereo. Presented in replica mini-vinyl style packaging with booklet including photos.