Skylarking

Skylarking is XTC's 1986 album produced by Todd Rundgren that blends pop rock, neo-psychedelia, new wave, psychedelic pop, and art pop into a cohesive, pastoral-sounding record. It features lush, layered arrangements, prominent keyboard and Mellotron textures, close vocal harmonies from Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding, and songwriting that shifts between playful, pastoral vignettes and darker, introspective themes. Many listeners and critics regard the album as a distinctive and influential entry in XTC's catalog for its unified sequencing and atmospheric production.