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Why this album mattered
English Settlement (1982) is a Xtc album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 10 tracks on this release. It reached #48 and charted for 20 weeks.
The music
- 1
Runaways
- 2
Ball and Chain
- 3
Senses Working Overtime
- 4
Jason and the Argonauts
- 5
No Thugs in Our House
- 6
Yacht Dance
- 7
All of a Sudden (It’s Too Late)
- 8
Melt the Guns
- 9
It’s Nearly Africa
- 10
Knuckle Down
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
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Chart Journey
- Mar 20, 1982#103
A long tail — 20 weeks on the chart, outlasting most peers without ever claiming the summit. Entered at #103, climbed rapidly for 10 weeks to reach #48 and fell quickly across 20 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.
