Editing Andy Partridge (section)

==Influences==
As stated by Partridge, artists who have influenced him include:
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* [[Burt Bacharach]]<ref name="peers"/>
* [[Captain Beefheart]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/aug/04/popandrock.shopping1 |title=Mission: unlistenable &#124; Music |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=22 May 2014 |access-date=1 March 2017}}</ref>
* [[Alice Cooper (band)|Alice Cooper]]<ref name="Contrast1990" />
* [[Ray Davies]]<ref name="peers">{{cite news|last=Walsh|first=Ryan|title=Killing Your Influences, Pissing On Your Peers|date=21 April 2000|url=http://chalkhills.org/articles/DFP200004.html |newspaper=[[The Daily Free Press]]}}</ref>
* [[John French (musician)|John French]]<ref name="oversight">{{cite web |last1=Bernhardt |first1=Todd |title=Andy Partridge: Providing XTC's Rhythmic Oversight |url=http://chalkhills.org/articles/TBAndy19980517.html |website=Chalkhills |access-date=25 August 2019 |date=17 May 1998}}</ref>
* [[Johnny and the Hurricanes]]<ref>{{cite tweet |user=xtcfans |last=Partridge |first=Andy |date=29 January 2019|number=1090266021171056640 |title=WC-"The band's early influences included disco, dub reggae, circus tunes," What? Circus fucking tunes? What are they? Someone's twisted up the organ dominated 45's by Johnny and the Hurricanes, frequently played at fairgrounds in the late 50's/early 60's. A sound I liked.}}</ref> 
* [[John Lennon]]<ref name="CG">{{cite book|last1=Partridge|first1=Andy|last2=Bernhardt|first2=Todd|author-link1=Andy Partridge|title=Complicated Game: Inside the Songs of XTC|date=2016|publisher=[[Jawbone Press]]|isbn=978-1-908279-78-1}}</ref>
* [[The Mahavishnu Orchestra]]<ref name="Paphides"/>
* [[Paul McCartney]]<ref name="peers"/>
* [[The Monkees]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Q&A: Andy Partridge Talks About the Monkees |url=https://www.rockcellarmagazine.com/2016/06/07/andy-partridge-interview-the-monkees-good-times-xtc-songwriting/ |website=Rock Cellar Magazine |access-date=6 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901113702/http://www.rockcellarmagazine.com/2016/06/07/andy-partridge-interview-the-monkees-good-times-xtc-songwriting/ |archive-date=1 September 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Contrast1990" />
* [[New York Dolls]]<ref name="Contrast1990" />
* [[Charlie Parker]], especially "[[Ornithology (composition)|Ornithology]]" (1946)<ref name="myrecord">{{cite news |last1=Partridge |first1=Andy |title=My Record Collection: ANDY PARTRIDGE - XTC |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/my-record-collection-andy-partridge-xtc-1559437.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/my-record-collection-andy-partridge-xtc-1559437.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=27 August 2019 |work=[[The Independent]] |date=25 October 1992}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* [[Pink Fairies]]<ref name="Contrast1990" />
* [[Judee Sill]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/apr/02/xtc|title=Above average Andy |last=Hodgkinson |first=Will |author-link=Will Hodgkinson |date=2 April 2004 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=31 October 2018}}</ref>
* [[The Stooges]]<ref name="Contrast1990" />
* [[The Tony Williams Lifetime]], especially ''[[Emergency! (album)|Emergency!]]'' (1968)<ref name="myrecord"/>
* [[Brian Wilson]]<ref name="peers"/>
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