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Homegrown is a demo

Demo (music)

A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas on tape or disc, and provide an example of those ideas to record labels, producers or other artists...

album by XTC

XTC

XTC were a New Wave band from Swindon, England, active between 1976 and 2005. The band enjoyed some chart success, including the UK and Canadian hits "Making Plans for Nigel" and "Senses Working Overtime" , but are perhaps even better known for their long-standing critical success.- Early years:...

, released a year after its parent album Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)

Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)

Wasp Star is the thirteenth and last studio album by XTC, released on Cooking Vinyl/Idea Records on 23 May 2000. It is the second volume of the Apple Venus set....

on Idea Records

Idea Records

Idea Records is a British independent record label. It was established in the late 1990s by Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding, the two main members of the British rock band XTC, and was set up to release the band's own recordings...

and TVT Records

TVT Records

TVT Records was an independent US record label founded by Steve Gottlieb. Over the course of its 25 year history the label released some 25 Gold, Platinum and Multi-platinum releases. Its roster included Nine Inch Nails, Ja Rule, Lil Jon, Underworld, The KLF, Sevendust, Brian Jonestown Massacre and...

. It was reissued in 2005 as part of the Apple Box
Apple Box
Apple Box is a box set by XTC compiling Apple Venus Volume 1 and Wasp Star along with their respective demo albums Homespun and Homegrown...

.

CD: IDEACD 004

All songs written by Andy Partridge

Andy Partridge

Andrew John "Andy" Partridge is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He has been known as Sir John Johns and Melchior and rose to fame as a founding member, guitarist and chief songwriter of the pop/new wave band, XTC. He lives in Swindon, Wiltshire, where he was raised.Partridge also...

, except where noted.

"Playground" – 4:25
"Stupidly Happy" – 3:45
"In Another Life" (Excerpt of original demo) (Colin Moulding
Colin Moulding
Colin Ivor Moulding is a bassist, songwriter and vocalist. He is a founding member of the band XTC. Though less prolific than bandmate Andy Partridge, Moulding wrote many of the group's most popular songs, including their first three UK hit singles: "Life Begins At The Hop", "Making Plans For...

) – 2:02
"In Another Life" (Jug band
Jug band
A Jug band is a band employing a jug player and a mix of traditional and home-made instruments. These home-made instruments are ordinary objects adapted to or modified for making of sound, like the washtub bass, washboard, spoons, stovepipe and comb & tissue paper...

version) (Moulding) – 3:44
"Some Lovely" – 3:57
"Boarded Up" (Moulding) – 2:56
"I'm the Man Who Murdered Love" (Early 'other song' cassette idea) – 2:36
"I'm the Man Who Murdered Love" (Tamla version excerpt) – 0:39
"I'm the Man Who Murdered Love" – 3:33
"We're All Light" (Early cassette idea) – 1:14
"We're All Light" – 4:32
"Standing in for Joe" (Lounge
Lounge music
Lounge music is a retrospective description of music popular in the 1950s and 1960s. It is a type of mood music meant to evoke in the listeners the feeling of being in a place — a jungle, an island paradise, outer space, et cetera — other than where they are listening to it...

version) (Moulding) – 2:41
"Standing in for Joe" (Moulding) – 3:34
"Wounded Horse" – 4:22
"You and the Clouds Will Still Be Beautiful" – 3:46
"Lie for a Lie" (Cassette demo) – 1:43
"Church of Women" – 4:36
"The Pot Won't Hold Our Love" (Early cassette idea) – 1:38
"Everything Decays" (Early cassette idea) – 2:26
"The Wheel and the Maypole" – 5:33

Japanese edition bonus tracks

"Bumpercars" – 4:06
"Didn't Hurt a Bit" – 2:46

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