''Homegrown'' is a
demo
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*Demo (music), a song typically recorded for reference rather than release
* ''Demo'' (Behind Crimson Eyes), a 2004 recording by the band Behind Crimson Eyes
* ''Demo'' (Deafhea ...
album by
XTC
XTC were an English rock band formed in Swindon in 1972. Fronted by songwriters Andy Partridge (guitars, vocals) and Colin Moulding (bass, vocals), the band gained popularity during the rise of punk and new wave in the 1970s, later playing in ...
, released a year after its parent album
Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)
''Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)'' is the fourteenth studio album by the English rock band XTC, released 23 May 2000 on Cooking Vinyl/Idea Records. Defined by bandmember Andy Partridge as the "eclectric" counterpart to 1999's '' Apple Venus ...
on
Idea Records and
TVT Records
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. It was reissued in 2005 as part of the ''
Apple Box
''Apple Box'' is a box set by XTC compiling '' Apple Venus Volume 1'' and '' Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)'' along with their respective demo albums '' Homespun'' and '' Homegrown''. It is the third box set of their career following '' Transis ...
''.
Track listing
CD: IDEACD 004
All songs written by
Andy Partridge
Andrew John Partridge (born 11 November 1953) is an English guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer who founded the rock music, rock band XTC. He and Colin Moulding each acted as a songwriter and frontman for XTC, with Partridge writi ...
, except where noted.
#"Playground" – 4:25
#"Stupidly Happy" – 3:45
#"In Another Life" (Excerpt of original demo) (
Colin Moulding) – 2:02
#"In Another Life" (
Jug band
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version) (Moulding) – 3:44
#"Some Lovely" – 3:57
#"Boarded Up" (Moulding) – 2:56
#"I'm the Man Who Murdered Love" (Early 'other song' cassette idea) – 2:36
#"I'm the Man Who Murdered Love" (
Tamla
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version excerpt) – 0:39
#"I'm the Man Who Murdered Love" – 3:33
#"We're All Light" (Early cassette idea) – 1:14
#"We're All Light" – 4:32
#"Standing in for Joe" (
Lounge
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* Lounge, the living room of a dwelling
* Lounge, a public waiting area in a hotel's lobby
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version) (Moulding) – 2:41
#"Standing in for Joe" (Moulding) – 3:34
#"Wounded Horse" – 4:22
#"You and the Clouds Will Still Be Beautiful" – 3:46
#"Lie for a Lie" (Cassette demo) – 1:43
#"Church of Women" – 4:36
#"The Pot Won't Hold Our Love" (Early cassette idea) – 1:38
#"Everything Decays" (Early cassette idea) – 2:26
#"The Wheel and the Maypole" – 5:33
;Japanese edition bonus tracks
#
"Bumpercars" – 4:06
#"Didn't Hurt a Bit" (Moulding) – 2:46
Personnel
;XTC
*Andy Partridge
Andrew John Partridge (born 11 November 1953) is an English guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer who founded the rock music, rock band XTC. He and Colin Moulding each acted as a songwriter and frontman for XTC, with Partridge writi ...
* Colin Moulding
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2001 albums
TVT Records albums
XTC albums
Demo albums