Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)
# Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)

Professional ratings :

| Aggregate scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 75/100 |
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| NME | 7/10 |
| Pitchfork | 8.0/10 |
| PopMatters | 9/10 |
| Q | |
| Robert Christgau | |
| Rolling Stone | |

Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2) is the fourteenth studio album by the English rock band XTC, released 23 May 2000 on Cooking Vinyl/Idea Records. Defined by bandmember Andy Partridge as the "eclectric" counterpart to 1999's Apple Venus Volume 1, it consists of rock-based material largely written between 1994 and 1996. Wasp Star reached number 40 on the UK Albums Chart. In 2002, the group released an instrumental version of the album entitled Waspstrumental. XTC dissolved in 2006, leaving Wasp Star their last studio album to date.

## Track listing

All tracks are written by Andy Partridge, except where noted.

## Personnel

XTC

* Colin Moulding – vocals, bass guitar, harmonica on "In Another Life", guitar on "Boarded Up"
* Andy Partridge – vocals, guitar

Additional personnel

* Caroline Dale – cello
* Nick Davis – keyboards
* Simon Gardner – flugelhorn
* Patrick Kiernan – violin
* Peter Lale – viola
* Holly Partridge – backing vocals on "Playground"
* Prairie Prince – drums (2–4, 12)
* Chuck Sabo – drums (1, 6–11)
* Kate St. John – oboe
* Matthew Vaughan – programming
* Gavyn Wright – violin

Production

* Haydn Bendall – recording engineering
* Nick Davis – producer, mixing, recording engineering
* Simon Dawson – mix engineer
* Alan Douglas – recording engineering
* Barry Hammond – recording engineering
* Bob Ludwig – mastering

## Charts

Chart performance for Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2) :

| Chart | Peak position |
| - | - |
| UK Albums Chart | 40 |
| US Billboard 200 | 108 |
