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===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, Β£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 β 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>
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