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A1	Respectable Street	3:37
A2	Generals And Majors Written-By – Colin Moulding	4:04
A3	Living Through Another Cuba	4:45
A4	Love At First Sight Written-By – Colin Moulding	3:06
A5	Rocket From A Bottle	3:30
A6	No Language In Our Lungs	4:52
B1	Towers Of London	5:24
B2	Paper And Iron (Notes And Coins)	4:14
B3	Burning With Optimism's Flames	4:15
B4	Sgt. Rock (Is Going To Help Me)	3:56
B5	Travels In Nihilon	6:56

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Ariola Eurodisc GmbH
• Recorded At – The Town House
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
• Pressed By – Sonopress
• Printed By – Mohndruck Graphische Betriebe GmbH

Credits

• Bass, Vocals – Colin Moulding
• Drums, Electronic Drums [Drum Synth], Vocals – Terry Chambers
• Engineer – Hugh Padgham
• Guitar, Synthesizer, Piano, Vocals – Dave Gregory
• Guitar, Synthesizer, Vocals – Andy Partridge
• Photography By – Ralph Hall
• Producer – Steve Lillywhite
• Written-By – Andy Partridge (tracks: A1, A3, A5 to B5)

Notes

Initial copies came in green paper bag with title printed in black on it.
Lyrics insert also included ℗ 1980 Virgin Records Ltd.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Label Code: LC 3098
• Rights Society: GEMA
• Matrix / Runout (Side A runout stamped): 202836 A-1/80S
• Matrix / Runout (Side B runout stamped): 202836 B-1/80S
• Other (Pricecode): -320

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
V 2173	XTC	Black Sea ‎(LP, Album)	Virgin	V 2173	UK	1980
CAR 50636	XTC	Black Sea ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Caroline Records	CAR 50636	US	2002
V 2173	XTC	Black Sea ‎(LP, Album)	Virgin	V 2173	Finland	1980
OVED 83	XTC	Black Sea ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Virgin	OVED 83	UK	Unknown
VR-1-1000	XTC	Black Sea ‎(LP, Album)	Virgin, RSO	VR-1-1000	US	1980

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