The Vinyl Countdown # 1449

XTC, Skylarking (1986)

"I had never had something as difficult as working with XTC. I was fully aware of 'The Syndrome' - which is to say, I was a fan. I listened to the records, I followed the band and I knew the band's dynamic. And by the time I got to working with them Andy's stage fright meant his entire musical life was in the studio. They never wan…