Psonic Psunspot by The Dukes of Stratosphear

Psonic Psunspot, released on Virgin in 1987, is the second and last album from the Dukes of Stratosphear, the psychedelic alter egos of XTC, and it counts as that band's tenth studio album too. Andy Partridge and Dave Gregory had dreamed up the Dukes back in 1979 as a homage to 1960s psychedelic pop, then brought in Colin Moulding and Ian Gregory, and Virgin sold them as a mysterious new group. In the UK the Dukes outsold XTC's own records of the time.

With John Leckie producing, this follow-up to 25 O'Clock goes even deeper into the dayglo, and "Vanishing Girl" is a chiming, Hollies-flavored pop gem. XTC later claimed the Dukes had perished in a "horrible sherbet accident", and Pitchfork ranked the record 66 on its list of the 1980s' best albums in 2002.

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