Editing Andy Partridge (section)

==Solo work and collaborations==

Since the 1980s, Partridge has worked, written with, or produced many other musicians and bands, including [[Peter Blegvad]], [[the Lilac Time]], the Nines, [[Miles Kane]], [[David Yazbek]], [[Voice of the Beehive]], [[the Woodentops]], [[the Wallflowers]], [[Perennial Divide]], the Raiders, and [[Charlotte Hatherley]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/xtcfans/status/1120412896008310784 |title=WC- Some of the people I have worked/written with/produced that have been omitted are PETER BLEGVAD, LILAC TIME, THE NINES,MILES KANE, DAVID YAZBEK, VOICE OF THE BEEHIVE,THE WOODENTOPS, THE WALLFLOWERS, PERENNIAL DIVIDE, THE RAIDERS, CHARLOTTE HATHERLY and many others. |last=XTC |date=2019-04-22 |website=@xtcfans |access-date=2019-04-24}}</ref>

===1980s===
[[File:Andy Partridge comic book.jpg|thumb|Partridge in the studio, c. 1988]]

In 1980, Partridge and producer [[John Leckie]] released a collection of XTC [[Dub music|dub]] remixes on Virgin Records called ''[[Take Away / The Lure of Salvage]]'', credited to "Mr. Partridge". Even though no other XTC member was involved with the album's production, he does not consider it a solo effort.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=xtcfans|author=Andy Partridge|number=446222514034053120|date=19 March 2014|title=THE CORRECTOR-TAKEAWAY/LURE OF SALVAGE was not a solo album,merely a dub record of XTC tracks,the band never attended}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/xtcfans/status/1120408030875725825 |title=WIKI CORRECTOR "Partridge has released one solo album on Virgin Records in 1980 called Take Away / The Lure of Salvage" It was not a 'solo' album. It was a dub record using previous XTC recordings, and adding poems/extra sounds and inter-editing songs together. Leckie was vital. |last=XTC |date=2019-04-22 |website=@xtcfans|access-date=2019-04-23}}</ref> Virgin Records rejected his request to issue it under the XTC banner as it would have counted toward their record contract.<ref>{{cite tweet |user=xtcfans |last=Partridge |first=Andy |author-link=Andy Partridge |number=1090247437124595712|title=WC-"Partridge made his solo debut with Take Away / The Lure of Salvage" Careful, it wasn't a 'solo album', it was a continuation of more dub experiments. Virgin didn't want it out as XTC, as it would have counted as a contractual album.|date= 29 Jan 2019}}</ref> In Japan, the record was hailed as a work of "electronic genius" and outsold all other XTC albums.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=George |first1=Harry |title=The Case of the Missing Andy Boy |magazine=[[Trouser Press]] |date=October 1983 |pages=26–29 |url=http://chalkhills.org/articles/TrouserPress198310.html}}</ref>

Also in 1980, Partridge contributed guitar to [[Ryuichi Sakamoto]]'s album ''[[B-2 Unit]]''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hammond |first=Ryuichi Sakamoto, James |date=2015-10-09 |title=An introduction to Ryuichi Sakamoto in 10 records |url=https://thevinylfactory.com/features/the-many-faces-of-ryuichi-sakamoto-an-introduction/ |access-date=2023-08-07 |website=The Vinyl Factory |language=en-US}}</ref> and lead vocals and guitar to the track "Margaret Freeman" from [[The Residents]]' ''[[Commercial Album]]'', on which he was credited as "Sandy Sandwich".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Oliver |date=2016-09-23 |title=That time when XTC's Andy Partridge sang for the Residents |url=https://dangerousminds.net/comments/that_time_when_xtcs_andy_partridge_sang_for_the_residents |access-date=2023-08-07 |website=Dangerous Minds}}</ref>

Partridge's first job producing another artist was Peter Blegvad's 1983 album ''The Naked Shakespeare''.<ref name="Mojo1999" /> He said that his services were requested partly because Blegvad had heard a rumour that he had died in 1982.<ref name="Milano84"/>

===1990s===
In 1992, Partridge produced unreleased recordings for [[Blur (band)|Blur]]'s album ''[[Modern Life Is Rubbish]]'' (1993). He was replaced by [[Stephen Street]] at the insistence of their record label, [[Food Records|Food]]. According to Partridge, he was not paid for the expenses and received his session payment only.<ref>{{cite web|date=10 June 2009|last=Harris|first=Will|url=http://popdose.com/the-popdose-interview-andy-partridge/|title=The Popdose Interview: Andy Partridge|work=Popdose.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/xtcfans/status/1120408733295808512 |title=WIKI COR- Re Blur production. "According to Partridge he was unpaid for the sessions and received his expenses only" Untrue. I WAS paid for the sessions, but my expenses, Travel etc, £500.01, were never paid. |last=XTC |date=2019-04-22 |website=@xtcfans|access-date=2019-04-23}}</ref> Three of the tracks he produced were later released on the 2012 box set ''[[Blur 21]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |title=Blur: 21 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/jul/26/blur-21-review |website=[[The Guardian]] |date=26 July 2012}}</ref>

In 1993, Partridge recorded and produced an album with [[Martin Newell (musician)|Martin Newell]], ''[[The Greatest Living Englishman]]''. When released in Japan, it was credited as a duo album. The album was well received by critics and ultimately became the most acclaimed of Newell's career.<ref name="Quietus">{{cite news|last1=Stone|first1=Aug|title=Martin Newell's The Greatest Living Englishman 25 Years On|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/24153-martin-newell-andy-partridge-interview-greatest-living-englishman-anniversary-xtc-cleaners-from-venus|work=[[The Quietus]]|date=3 March 2018}}</ref> Partridge also wrote four songs for [[Disney]]'s version of ''[[James and the Giant Peach (movie)|James and the Giant Peach]]'' (1996), but was replaced by [[Randy Newman]] due to creative differences between director [[Henry Selick]] and Disney regarding the choice of soundtrack composer and the fact that Disney wanted to own the copyright to the songs for perpetuity.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/xtcfans/status/1120409427872550913 |title=WIKI COR-Re JAMES +GIANT PEACH. "... but was replaced by Randy Newman when he could not get Disney to offer him "an acceptable deal". More that Disney wanted Newman, filmmaker Sellick wanted me. I feel Disney made things difficult for me, so they would get their choice. |last=XTC |date=2019-04-22 |website=@xtcfans |access-date=2019-04-23}}</ref>

Partridge took on less work as a music producer after the 1990s. He stated in a 2007 interview: "I got asked regularly to produce people, but I said no to everybody; after a while, people just stopped asking. I got sick of the social-worker aspect of it. I found it had very little to do with music ... I also think it's kind of odd that everyone wants to sound like 1979 again."<ref name="magnet07">{{cite web |last1=duBrowa |first1=Corey |title=ANDY PARTRIDGE: SOLDIER OF MISFORTUNE |url=http://magnetmagazine.com/2007/05/26/andy-partridge-soldier-of-misfortune/ |website=[[Magnet Magazine]] |access-date=17 May 2019 |date=26 May 2007}}</ref>

===2000s===
From 2002 to 2006, Partridge released demos of his songs under his own name as part of the ''Fuzzy Warbles'' album series on his APE House record label. Eight volumes of ''Fuzzy Warbles'' were made available, as well as ''[[The Official Fuzzy Warbles Collector's Album]]'', which includes a bonus ninth disc ''[[Hinges (album)|Hinges]]''. Partridge said that the impetus for the project was the proliferation of bootleggers who were selling low-quality copies of the material.<ref name="Sailed2006">{{cite web|last1=Schabe|first1=Patrick|title=The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul|url=https://www.popmatters.com/the-man-who-sailed-around-his-soul-2495729988.html|website=PopMatters|date=27 October 2006|access-date=20 September 2017}}</ref> He added that the ''Fuzzy Warbles'' set earned him more money than XTC's back catalog on Virgin.<ref name="DahlenFuzzy">{{cite web|last1=Dahlen|first1=Chris|title=Andy Partridge – Fuzzy Warbles Collector's Album|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9785-fuzzy-warbles-collectors-album/|website=Pitchfork|date=19 January 2007|access-date=20 September 2017}}</ref>

In 2007, Partridge released music as part of a trio known as Monstrance, along with [[Barry Andrews (musician)|Barry Andrews]] (an early member of XTC) on keyboards, and Martyn Barker on drums. The group has released an album of the same name, as well as a download-only EP known as ''Fine Wires Humming a New Song''. That same year, he collaborated once again with Andrews on the [[Shriekback]] album ''[[Glory Bumps]]''.{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}

===2010s–2020s===
In 2010, Partridge released a limited edition CD of music inspired by science fiction illustrator [[Richard M. Powers]]' art titled ''Powers''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sample Andy's Powers |url=http://ape.uk.net/news/news_stories.php?newsid=347 |access-date=14 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724114841/http://ape.uk.net/news/news_stories.php?newsid=347 |archive-date=24 July 2011 }}</ref> In 2012, he contributed eight co-written songs to [[Mike Keneally]]'s album ''Wing Beat Fantastic''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://store.keneally.com/products/mike-keneally-wing-beat-fantastic|title=Mike Keneally "Wing Beat Fantastic: Songs written by Mike Keneally & A - The Mike Keneally Store|work=The Mike Keneally Store}}</ref> In 2016, he wrote "You Bring the Summer" for the Monkees' reunion album ''[[Good Times!]]''; the 2018 follow-up, ''[[Christmas Party (the Monkees album)|Christmas Party]]'', included his "Unwrap You at Christmas".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fisher |first1=Mark |title=Single Stories: The Monkees, "Unwrap You At Christmas" |url=https://www.rhino.com/article/single-stories-the-monkees-unwrap-you-at-christmas |website=rhino.com |access-date=4 August 2019 |date=4 December 2018}}</ref> He became involved with the reunion project through the band's manager, a former journalist who sought to repay Partridge for an interview conducted decades earlier.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

In 2019, Partridge and [[Robyn Hitchcock]] completed the 13-years-in-the-making<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Graff |first1=Gary |title=Hitchcock, Partridge Working On Collaborative Album |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1046310/hitchcock-partridge-working-on-collaborative-album |magazine=Billboard |access-date=4 August 2019 |date=10 March 2008}}</ref> EP ''Planet England''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gray |first1=Julia |title=Andy Partridge & Robyn Hitchcock Announce Collaborative EP Out Next Month |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2053602/andy-partridge-robyn-hitchcock-collaborative-ep-planet-england/news/ |website=[[Stereogum]] |access-date=4 August 2019 |date=4 August 2019}}</ref> In September, it was reported that the project would later be followed with a full-length LP of songs inspired by [[the Beatles]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8528671/andy-partridge-robyn-hitchcock-planet-england-interview |title=Andy Partridge and Robyn Hitchcock on Being Old Competitors and Now 'Dismal, British' Collaborators |website=Billboard.com |date=2019-09-13 |access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> As of 2020, Partridge was working on recording versions of "hundreds of songs" that he originally wrote for other artists over the years. He said he would release them as "a series of records tentatively titled ''My Failed Songwriting Career''".<ref>{{cite web|author=Brenna Ehrlich |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/xtcs-andy-partridge-on-covid-19-valium-and-20-years-of-wasp-star-apple-venus-vol-2-999543/ |title=XTC's Andy Partridge on 20 Years of 'Wasp Star (Apple Venus Vol. 2)' |date=21 May 2020 |publisher=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref>

On July 23, 2021, Partridge released Volume 1 of 'My Failed Songwriting Career' through Burning Shed Records. Tracks included on the EP were 'Ghost Train', 'Great Day', 'Maid Of Stars' and 'The Mating Dance'.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://burningshed.com/store/ape/artists-ape/andy-partridge/andy-partridge_my-failed-songwriting-career_ep-cd|title = My Failed Songwriting Career - Volume 1 EP}}</ref> In October 2022, he released 'My Failed Christmas Career', a collection of seasonal songs written for other artists.<ref name="Kinney">{{cite news |last1=Kinney |first1=Fergal |title='My dream had died': XTC's Andy Partridge on mental illness, battling the music industry and losing his muse |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/oct/20/my-dream-had-died-xtcs-andy-partridge-on-mental-illness-battling-the-music-industry-and-losing-his-muse |access-date=20 October 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=20 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref> That same month, Partridge gave a rare interview in which he stated he has retired from writing new music.<ref name="Kinney" /> In June 2023, Partridge emerged to release a four-song EP with The 3 Clubmen (Partridge, Jen Olive, and Stu Rowe). A project in the works since 2010, Partridge has stated that a future 3 Clubmen release is planned.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://joyzine.org/2023/06/27/the-3-clubmen-interview-with-andy-partridge-jen-olive-stu-rowe/ | title=THE 3 CLUBMEN – INTERVIEW WITH ANDY PARTRIDGE, JEN OLIVE & STU ROWE - Joyzine | date=27 June 2023 }}</ref>