Music Review

Fuzzy Warbles Collector's Album (2006)

Andy Partridge

Reviewed by Sean Howe | Dec 11, 2006

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EW's GRADE

B-

Details Release Date: Nov 07, 2006; Lead Performance: Andy Partridge; Genre: Pop

Image credit: Andy Partridge: Eric McNatt/Retna Ltd.

NOT-SO-DANDY PARTRIDGE Nine discs of outtakes on Warbles adds up to less than XTC for fans of left-field pop

Andy Partridge, the adenoidal auteur of off-kilter popsters XTC, once tempered herk and jerk with such grand melodies and shimmering production that he qualified as the Paul McCartney of postpunk. But the band's last album was six years ago, and the interim flood of lesser outtakes collections is threatening to wash away its legacy. Fuzzy Warbles Collector's Album gathers nine discs of unfocused solo demos, and drives home Partridge's need for an editor...or a curator...or medication for ADD.

Originally posted Dec 08, 2006 Published in issue #911 Dec 15, 2006 Order article reprints

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