"Making Planes for Nigel" is a 1979 song by English rock band XTC and is the lead single from their third studio album Drums and Wires. It went to number 17 in the United Kingdom and number 12 in Canada.
References
- ↑ LaBlanc, Michael L. (1993). Contemporary Musicians: Profiles of the People in Music. Vol. 10. Gale Research. p. 270. ISBN 978-0-8103-2218-9.
- ↑ Robbins, Ira A. (1997). The Trouser Press Guide to '90s Rock: The All-new Fifth Edition of The Trouser Press Record Guide. Simon & Schuster. p. 827. ISBN 978-0-684-81437-7.
- ↑ Pollock, Bruce (2014). Rock Song Index: The 7500 Most Important Songs for the Rock and Roll Era. Routledge. p. 234. ISBN 978-1-135-46296-3.
- ↑ Ross, Graeme (18 April 2019). "The 20 greatest singles of 1979". The Independent. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
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- Andy Partridge
- Colin Moulding
- Terry Chambers
- Barry Andrews
- Dave Gregory
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| Studio albums |
- White Music
- Go 2
- Drums and Wires
- Black Sea
- English Settlement
- Mummer
- The Big Express
- 25 O'Clock
- Skylarking
- Psonic Psunspot
- Oranges & Lemons
- Nonsuch
- Apple Venus Volume 1
- Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)
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| EP | |
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| Live albums | |
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| Compilations |
- Waxworks: Some Singles 1977–1982
- Beeswax: Some B-Sides 1977–1982
- The Compact XTC
- Chips from the Chocolate Fireball
- Explode Together: The Dub Experiments 78-80
- Rag and Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts and Leftovers
- Drums and Wireless: BBC Radio Sessions 77–89
- Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977–92
- Upsy Daisy Assortment
- Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions
- Coat of Many Cupboards
- Apple Box
- Psurroundabout Ride
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| Singles |
- "Science Friction"
- "Statue of Liberty"
- "This Is Pop?"
- "Are You Receiving Me?
- "Life Begins at the Hop"
- "Making Plans for Nigel"
- "Ten Feet Tall"
- "Wait Till Your Boat Goes Down"
- "Generals and Majors"
- "Towers of London"
- "Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen"
- "Take This Town"
- "Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)"
- "Respectable Street"
- "Senses Working Overtime"
- "Ball and Chain"
- "No Thugs in Our House"
- "Great Fire
- "Wonderland"
- "Love on a Farmboy's Wages"
- "Thanks for Christmas"
- "All You Pretty Girls"
- "This World Over"
- "Wake Up"
- "The Mole from the Ministry"
- "Grass"
- "The Meeting Place"
- "Dear God"
- "You're a Good Man Albert Brown (Curse You Red Barrel)"
- "Mayor of Simpleton"
- "King for a Day"
- "The Loving"
- "The Disappointed"
- "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead"
- "Easter Theatre"
- "I'd Like That"
- "I'm the Man Who Murdered Love"
- "Where Did the Ordinary People Go?"
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| Album tracks |
- "Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her"
- "Garden of Earthly Delights"
- "Wrapped in Grey"
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| Related media |
- A Testimonial Dinner: The Songs of XTC
- Fuzzy Warbles
- Great Aspirations
- Homespun
- Homegrown
- Instruvenus
- Take Away / The Lure of Salvage
- Waspstrumental
- XTC: This Is Pop
- Planet England
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| Other topics |
- Discography
- The Dukes of Stratosphear
- Idea Records
- Ian Reid
- Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her (band)
- TC&I
- "XTC vs. Adam Ant"
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