Care is the first full-length Shriekback album (and their second studio album after Tench), released in 1983. The single "Lined Up" was a minor club hit and reached number 39 on the Australian ARIA charts. "Lined Up" was released twice in the UK (the second time as a remix), peaking at number 89 initially and number 78 for the remix. The album spent 3 weeks on the Billboard album chart, peaking at number 188.

Critical reception

Trouser Press called the album "an intelligent, well-produced, spirited debut, demonstrating what every XTC fan knew all along — [Barry] Andrews is one of rock’s most original and musical keyboard players."

Track listing

All tracks written and composed by Dave Allen, Barry Andrews, Carl Marsh, except where noted.

UK version

US version

Remastered edition, released by the band in 2014 in extremely limited quantities

Personnel

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