Skylarking

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−	In 1989, ''Sktlarking'' was listed at number 48 on ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine's list of the 100 greatest albums of the 1980s (despite having panned the album in a 1987 review<ref name=rolling>{{cite journal |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/xtc/albums/album/115810/review/6068315/skylarking |title=XTC: ''Skylarking'' |journal=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=26 March 1987 |accessdate=18 June 2011 |last=Tannenbaum |first=Rob |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20090211183225/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/xtc/albums/album/115810/review/6068315/skylarking |archivedate=11 February 2009}}</ref>). The staff at ''[[Pitchfork Media]]'' placed the album at 15 on their November 2002 list of the "Top 100 Albums of the 1980s"; [[Dominique Leone]] felt that Rundgren's production added warmth to the band's "clever-but-distant" songs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/5882-top-100-albums-of-the-1980s/9/ |title=Staff Lists: Top 100 Albums of the 1980s |publisher=[[Pitchfork Media]] |date=20 November 2002 |accessdate=9 July 2012}}</ref> ''[[Slant Magazine]]'' listed the album at 67 on its list of the "Best Albums of the 1980s".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/feature/best-albums-of-the-1980s/308/page_4 |title=Best Albums of the 1980s |work=[[Slant Magazine]] |date=5 March 2012 |accessdate=27 May 2013}}</ref> Retrospectively, ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''{{'}}s Ian Harrison wrote that regardless of whether the nature of Rundgren and XTC's collaboration was "businesslike-to-hostile rather than chummy, the results were sublime".<ref name=mojo>{{cite journal |url=http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2008/11/xtc.html |title=XTC: ''Skylarking'' |journal=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |accessdate=18 June 2011 |last=Harrison |first=Ian |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/20110522102810/http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2008/11/xtc.html |archivedate=22 May 2011}}</ref> ''[[PopMatters]]''{{'}}s Patrick Schabe cited it as the album where XTC "blossomed into full maturity",<ref name=popmatters>{{cite web |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/xtc-skylarking/ |title=XTC: ''Skylarking'' |work=[[PopMatters]] |date=20 February 2003 |accessdate=18 June 2011 |last=Schabe |first=Patrick}}</ref> while ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''{{'}}s Joe Stannard called it as "the album that tied up everything great about Swindon's finest into one big beautiful package of perfect pop, saving their career in the process."<ref name=uncut>{{cite journal |url=http://chalkhills.org/articles/Uncut0408.html |title=All-Time Classics: Skylarking By XTC |journal=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |issue=87 |date=August 2004 |accessdate=18 June 2011 |last=Stannard |first=Joe |page=124 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705205043/http://chalkhills.org/articles/Uncut0408.html |archivedate=5 July 2008}}</ref>	+	In 1989, ''Skylarking'' was listed at number 48 on ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine's list of the 100 greatest albums of the 1980s (despite having panned the album in a 1987 review<ref name=rolling>{{cite journal |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/xtc/albums/album/115810/review/6068315/skylarking |title=XTC: ''Skylarking'' |journal=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=26 March 1987 |accessdate=18 June 2011 |last=Tannenbaum |first=Rob |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20090211183225/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/xtc/albums/album/115810/review/6068315/skylarking |archivedate=11 February 2009}}</ref>). The staff at ''[[Pitchfork Media]]'' placed the album at 15 on their November 2002 list of the "Top 100 Albums of the 1980s"; [[Dominique Leone]] felt that Rundgren's production added warmth to the band's "clever-but-distant" songs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/5882-top-100-albums-of-the-1980s/9/ |title=Staff Lists: Top 100 Albums of the 1980s |publisher=[[Pitchfork Media]] |date=20 November 2002 |accessdate=9 July 2012}}</ref> ''[[Slant Magazine]]'' listed the album at 67 on its list of the "Best Albums of the 1980s".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/feature/best-albums-of-the-1980s/308/page_4 |title=Best Albums of the 1980s |work=[[Slant Magazine]] |date=5 March 2012 |accessdate=27 May 2013}}</ref> Retrospectively, ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''{{'}}s Ian Harrison wrote that regardless of whether the nature of Rundgren and XTC's collaboration was "businesslike-to-hostile rather than chummy, the results were sublime".<ref name=mojo>{{cite journal |url=http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2008/11/xtc.html |title=XTC: ''Skylarking'' |journal=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |accessdate=18 June 2011 |last=Harrison |first=Ian |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/20110522102810/http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2008/11/xtc.html |archivedate=22 May 2011}}</ref> ''[[PopMatters]]''{{'}}s Patrick Schabe cited it as the album where XTC "blossomed into full maturity",<ref name=popmatters>{{cite web |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/xtc-skylarking/ |title=XTC: ''Skylarking'' |work=[[PopMatters]] |date=20 February 2003 |accessdate=18 June 2011 |last=Schabe |first=Patrick}}</ref> while ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''{{'}}s Joe Stannard called it as "the album that tied up everything great about Swindon's finest into one big beautiful package of perfect pop, saving their career in the process."<ref name=uncut>{{cite journal |url=http://chalkhills.org/articles/Uncut0408.html |title=All-Time Classics: Skylarking By XTC |journal=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |issue=87 |date=August 2004 |accessdate=18 June 2011 |last=Stannard |first=Joe |page=124 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705205043/http://chalkhills.org/articles/Uncut0408.html |archivedate=5 July 2008}}</ref>
	==Chart position==		==Chart position==