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Why this album mattered
The Big Express (1984) is a Xtc album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 10 tracks on this release. It reached #178 and charted for 5 weeks.
The music
- 1
Wake Up
- 2
All You Pretty Girls
- 3
Shake You Donkey Up
- 4
Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her, Kiss Her
- 5
This World Over
- 6
The Everyday Story of Smalltown
- 7
I Bought Myself a Liarbird
- 8
Reign of Blows
- 9
You’re the Wish You Are I Had
- 10
I Remember the Sun
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
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Chart Journey
- Nov 10, 1984#183
The chart run unfolded gradually — a patient climb rather than a flash moment. Entered at #183, climbed steadily for 4 weeks to reach #178 and fell quickly over 1 more week across 5 weeks on the chart.
Similar chart journeys
Albums with similar chart journeys share comparable chart arcs — how they climbed, peaked, and endured on the chart.
