Care (Shriekback album)

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

 * 1) "Lined Up" (Andrews) – 3:48
 * 2) "Clear Trails" – 3:41
 * 3) "Hapax Legomena" - 3:58
 * 4) "Petulant" – 3:53
 * 5) "Lines from the Library" – 3:38
 * 6) "Brink of Collapse" – 4:08
 * 7) "Sway" – 3:58
 * 8) "Into Method" (Allen, Andrews, Caple, Marsh ) – 4:27
 * 9) "Evaporation" (Andrews, Marsh) – 3:21
 * "In: Amongst" - 2:12

US version

 * 1) "Lined Up" – 3:50
 * 2) "Clear Trails" – 3:45
 * 3) "Accretions" – 4:12
 * 4) "My Spine (Is the Bassline)" – 4:01
 * 5) "Into Method" (Allen, Andrews, Caple, Marsh) – 4:26
 * 6) "Brink of Collapse" – 4:05
 * 7) "Petulant" – 3:58
 * 8) "Sway" – 3:55
 * 9) "Lines from the Library" – 3:42
 * 10) "Evaporation" – 3:20

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

 * 1) "Lined Up"
 * 2) "Clear Trails"
 * 3) "Hapax Legomena"
 * 4) "Petulant"
 * 5) "Lines from the Library"
 * 6) "Brink of Collapse"
 * 7) "Sway"
 * 8) "Into Method"
 * 9) "Evaporation"
 * "In: Amongst"
 * 1) "My Spine (Is the Bassline)"
 * 2) "Speed of Clocks"
 * 3) "Despite Dense Weed"
 * 4) "Gated Joy"
 * 5) "Working on the Ground"
 * 6) "Tiny Birds"
 * 7) "Feelers"
 * 8) "Lined Up (Disco Mix)"

Personnel
with:
 * Shriekback
 * Barry Andrews - keyboards, synthesizers, vocals
 * Carl Marsh - guitars, vocals
 * Dave Allen - bass
 * Kirsty MacColl - backing vocals on "Lined Up"
 * Technical
 * Ian Caple- engineer, co-production