Word: antheap
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This is the rub, of course. Western civilization is not the tired-out conventionalism as Peninsula would have you believe. There are sources of great and invigorating wisdom in the old antheap, and we should take such counsel wherever we can get it. In our foraging, however, we must be careful, unlike our fellows over at Peninsula, not to mistake irreverence for unbelief...
...hitting rhythms accompanied by Partridge's elastic vocals and social statements. "Poor Skeleton Steps Out" is an excellent example of XTC's characteristically choppy beat, ehhanced by xylophone effects in this anti-sexist, anti-racist song about the confines of human flesh. This theme is continued in "Across This Antheap," a song which criticizes humanity's tribalism with lyrics like "Still segregating 'cause we insects are too proud" and "The stars are laughing at us as we crawl on and on across this antheap." Partridge again performs vocal acrobatics with "Antheap's" frantic beat, and Gregory comes through with...
...best songs on the album is "Merely a Man," which contrasts with "Skeleton" and "Antheap" in its optimism for mankind. Partridge suggests that "With logic and love we'll have power enough to raise consciousness up and for lifting humanity higher." This is one of the few instances on Oranges and Lemons that Colin Moulding has a chance to come through with a powerful bass line, making the song one of the album's strongest in spite of Gregory's unneeded and sometimes overdone guitar solos...