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- Smash Hits9/10
- Record Mirror4/5
- The Village VoiceB−
- The Great Rock Discography7/10
- Chicago Tribune2.5/4
- Rolling Stone3/5
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5
- AllMusic3/5
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide2/5
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- Photography
- Gavin Cochrane
Tracklist
10 tracks · 42 min
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About
Mummer is the sixth studio album by the English band XTC, released on 30 August 1983. It reached No. 51 on the UK album chart and No. 145 on the U.S. Billboard album charts. The album title refers to a Mummers play. It spawned three UK singles; "Great Fire" (released 22 April 1983), "Wonderland" (released 24 June 1983) and "Love on a Farmboy's Wages" (released 19 September 1983 and reached No. 50 on the UK singles chart). The album was delayed many months by Virgin Records. It was originally supposed to be released by Epic Records on 26 May 1983 in the U.S.A. (it was assigned a catalog number: BFE 38516), but the label thought it was too acoustic and pastoral for American audiences. It was finally issued in the U.S. by Geffen Records (who subsequently issued all of XTC's Virgin releases) in February 1984. "Wonderland" was the only single issued by Geffen from the album.
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The only promotional public appearance made by the band for this album was in late 1983 when they appeared on the BBC-TV show Pebble Mill At One where they lip-synced to "Love on a Farmboy's Wages". A promotional video was made for the "Wonderland" single. Five more videos were also made in July 1983 for the television documentary program Play At Home. This was the final album that drummer Terry Chambers appeared on with XTC, as he quit the group during the recording sessions. He was replaced by Peter Phipps.
In brief
- When was Mummer released?
- Mummer was released in 1983 on Virgin.
- How many tracks are on Mummer?
- Mummer has 10 tracks, with a runtime of 42 minutes.
- What genre is Mummer?
- Mummer is catalogued under New Wave.
- What BPM is Mummer?
- Mummer runs at a median tempo of 122 BPM across its tracks, most often in E major, measured from audio analysis.
Mummer at a glance
- Label
- Virgin Records
- Produced by
- Steve Nye
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