Movie

XTC: The Road to Oranges & Lemons

“a rarely seen home-made film by the band explaining the album (and themselves!)”

The Road to Oranges & Lemons is a promotional short for the 1989 release of Oranges & Lemons. It features Andy, Colin, and Dave documenting and spoofing XTC's career from its formation and meeting with Barry Andrews, to recording its albums, to the "Dear God" controversy, and finally to Oranges & Lemons. The three make use of toys, pictures, and briefly a potato, to represent (and poke fun at) the different people XTC meets, as well as background sound effects and backdrops to represent different locations.

Director

Dave Gregory

Director

Andy Partridge

Director

Colin Moulding

Screenplay

Andy Partridge

Status

Released

Release date

27/02/1989

Original language

English