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Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)
Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2) is the 14th studio album by the English rock band XTC, released on Cooking Vinyl/Idea Records on 23 May 2000. It is the follow-up to 1999's "Apple Venus Volume 1" and contains 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
in for Joe" from "Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)" was one such instance.
The four members reformed only once, in 2003, to record the track "Open a Can (Of Human Beans)" for the MS Society charity compilation album "The Wish List". In 2008, Partridge recorded "Tin Toy Clockwork Train", a solo promotional single for Eurostar credited to the Dukes, which was given away free at railway stations. In April 2009, both Dukes records were released on