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{{Short description|English musician (born 1953)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Andy Partridge
| image             = Andy Partridge.jpg
| caption           = Partridge in Toronto's Music Hall, February 1980
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| landscape         = yes
| birth_name        = Andrew John Partridge
| alias             = Sir John Johns, Sandy Sandwich
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1953|11|11}}
| birth_place       = [[Mtarfa]], [[Crown Colony of Malta|Malta]]
| origin            = [[Swindon]], [[Wiltshire]], England
| instrument        = Vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica
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| occupation        = {{hlist|Musician|songwriter|record producer}}
| years_active      = 1969–present
| label             = [[Virgin Records|Virgin]], [[Sony Music|CBS]], [[Geffen Records|Geffen]], [[Cooking Vinyl]], [[Idea Records|Idea]], Ape House
| associated_acts   = [[XTC]], [[the Dukes of Stratosphear]], Monstrance, [[Peter Blegvad]], [[Robyn Hitchcock]]
| website           = {{URL|ape.uk.net}}
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'''Andrew John Partridge''' (born 11 November 1953) is an English guitarist, singer-songwriter and record producer best known for co-founding the band [[XTC]]. He and [[Colin Moulding]] each acted as a songwriter and frontman for XTC, with Partridge writing and singing about two-thirds of the group's material. While XTC were a formative British [[New wave music|new wave]] group, Partridge's songwriting drew heavily from 1960s pop and [[Psychedelic music|psychedelia]] and his style gradually shifted to more traditional pop, often with [[pastoral]] themes. The band's only UK top 10 hit, "[[Senses Working Overtime]]", was written by Partridge.

Partridge is sometimes regarded as the "godfather" of the 1990s [[Britpop]] movement.<ref name="Morrish1999">{{cite news |last1=Morrish |first1=John |date=20 February 1999 |title=Arts: The agony and the XTC |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/arts-the-agony-and-the-xtc-1071947.html |url-access= |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/arts-the-agony-and-the-xtc-1071947.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |work=The Independent}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Since the 1980s, he has worked, written with or produced for many other recording artists, including collaborative albums with [[Peter Blegvad]], [[Harold Budd]] and [[Robyn Hitchcock]]. From 2002 to 2006, Partridge's APE House record label released several volumes of his [[demo (music)|demo]]s and songs as part of the ''[[The Official Fuzzy Warbles Collector's Album|Fuzzy Warbles]]'' series. Beyond music, he is also an illustrator, [[toy soldier]] hobbyist and designer of [[board game]]s.

==Early life==
Andrew John Partridge was born 11 November 1953 at [[RNH Mtarfa|Mtarfa Royal Navy Hospital]] in [[Mtarfa]], [[Malta]] to English parents.<ref name="Twomey"/> He grew up on Penhill [[council estate]] in [[Swindon]], [[Wiltshire]].<ref>{{cite magazine |date=20 April 1989 |title=XTC: Ninjas of the Mundane |url=http://chalkhills.org/articles/19890420_RollingStone.pdf |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref> Partridge was an only child.  His father John was a navy signalman, and his mother Vera a shop assistant in a retail chemists. When Partridge entered adolescence, it was discovered that his father was having an extramarital affair, and his mother consequently had a nervous breakdown, leading to her being institutionalised. She "verbally disowned" Andy once he started growing his hair long.<ref name="Twomey"/><ref name="Paphides">{{cite magazine|last1=Paphides |first1=Peter |author-link=Peter Paphides|title=Senses Working Overtime |url=http://chalkhills.org/articles/Word200404.html |magazine=[[The Word (UK magazine)|The Word]]|date=April 2004|issue=14}}</ref>

As a teenager, Partridge was a fan of contemporary pop groups like [[the Beatles]], but was intimidated by the process of learning guitar. When [[the Monkees]] grew popular, he became interested in joining a music group. He recalled watching local guitarist [[Dave Gregory (musician)|Dave Gregory]] performing [[Jimi Hendrix]]-style songs at churches and youth clubs: "Sort of [[acid rock|acid]]-[[skiffle]]. I thought, 'Ah, one day I'll play guitar!' But I didn't think I would be in the same band as this kid on the stage."<ref name="Contrast1990" /> He was particularly fond of [[psychedelic music|psychedelic]] records such as [[Pink Floyd]]'s "[[See Emily Play]]" (1967), [[Tomorrow (band)|Tomorrow]]'s "[[My White Bicycle]]" (1967), and [[Simon Dupree and the Big Sound|the Moles]]' "We Are the Moles" (1968).<ref name="Myers">{{cite magazine|last1=Myers|first1=Paul|title=XTC's Psych Side Project Gets an Acid Flashback|magazine=[[Crawdaddy!]]|date=14 October 2009|url=http://chalkhills.org/articles/Crawdaddy20091014.html}}</ref> The first records he ever bought were the Beatles' ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' (1967) and the Monkees' [[The Monkees (album)|self-titled debut]] (1966).<ref name="Spin89"/>

Partridge eventually obtained a guitar, taught himself how to play it with no formal training, and immediately took to writing songs.<ref name="Contrast1990" /> He submitted a caricature of Monkee [[Micky Dolenz]] to ''Monkees Monthly''{{'}}s Draw a Monkee competition and won, using the £10 prize to buy a [[Grundig]] tape recorder.<ref name="heavyload"/> At the age of 15, he wrote his first song, titled "Please Help Me", and while in Swindon College attracted the nickname "Rocky" for his early guitar mastery of the Beatles' "[[Rocky Raccoon]]".<ref name="Mojo1999"/>  Partridge eventually dropped out of school and formed the first of several "loud and horrid" rock bands with the purpose of meeting girls.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Small |first1=Michael |title=On the Road |url=http://chalkhills.org/articles/People198905.html |website=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=May–June 1992}}</ref>

By the early 1970s, his music tastes had accordingly transitioned "from the Monkees to having a big binge on this Euro-avant-garde stuff. I got really in deep."<ref name="Contrast1990">{{cite magazine |last1=Bookasta |first1=Randy |last2=Howard |first2=David |title=Season Cyclers |magazine=Contrast |issue=7 |date=1990|url=http://chalkhills.org/articles/Contrast1990.html}}</ref> One of his first bands was called "Stiff Beach", formed in August 1970.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gimarc|first=George|title=Punk Diary: The Ultimate Trainspotter's Guide to Underground Rock, 1970-1982|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4WM6Cb1z-PwC|year=2005|publisher=Backbeat Books|isbn=978-0-87930-848-3|pages=1, 10}}</ref> In early 1972, Partridge's constantly evolving group settled into a four-piece called "Star Park".<ref name="Twomey">{{cite book|last1=Twomey|first1=Chris|title=XTC: Chalkhills and Children|date=1992|publisher=Omnibus Press|location=London|isbn=9780711927582|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/xtcchalkhillschi00twom}}</ref> By then, he had found a job at a record shop<ref name="Paphides" /> and was engrossed with bands such as [[the Stooges]], the [[New York Dolls]], [[Alice Cooper (band)|Alice Cooper]], and [[Pink Fairies]].<ref name="Contrast1990" />

==XTC==
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{{See also|The Dukes of Stratosphear}}
[[File:XTC live.jpg|thumb|left|XTC performing live (from left: guitarist [[Dave Gregory (musician)|Dave Gregory]] and Partridge)]]

In late 1972, Partridge's Star Park was joined by bassist [[Colin Moulding]] and drummer [[Terry Chambers]]. The band became known as XTC in 1975 and signed to [[Virgin Records]] in 1977. Partridge wrote the majority of XTC's songs, was the band's frontman and de facto leader, and in Moulding's view, typically acted as an "executive producer" for their albums.<ref>{{cite book|last=Myers|first=Paul|title=A Wizard, a True Star: Todd Rundgren in the Studio|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K1WFL1CgvDIC&pg=PA212|year=2010|publisher=Jawbone Press|isbn=978-1-906002-33-6|page=255}}</ref> His early XTC songs were marked by his distinct singing style, something he jokingly described as a "walrus" or "seal bark", but otherwise an amalgamation of [[Buddy Holly]]'s "hiccup", [[Elvis Presley]]'s vibrato, and "the howled mannerisms of [[Steve Harley]]."<ref name="Farmer" /> He later dismissed most of his initial output as premature songs "built around this electric wordplay stuff".<ref name="agony1992">{{cite journal |last1=Friedman |first1=Roger |title=The Agony of XTC |journal=Guitar |date=October 1992}}</ref>

While XTC were a formative [[punk rock|punk]] group, Partridge's music drew heavily from [[British Invasion]] songwriters, and his style gradually shifted to more traditional [[pop music|pop]], often with [[pastoral]] themes.<ref name="APambio"/> Music critic [[John Harris (critic)|John Harris]] said that Partridge exemplified "a very English genre: rock music uprooted from the glamour and dazzle of the city, and recast as the soundtrack to life in suburbs, small towns, and the kind of places – like Swindon – that may be more sizeable, but are still held up as bywords for broken hopes and limited horizons."<ref name="Harris2010">{{cite news|last1=Harris|first1=John|author-link1=John Harris (critic)|title=The sound of the suburbs and literary tradition|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2010/apr/03/suburbia-pop-betjeman-john-harris|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=2 April 2010}}</ref> He cited Partridge's 1981 song "[[Respectable Street]]" as one of the "most evocative items" in his catalog.<ref name="Harris2010"/>

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In 1982, as XTC were about to headline a tour of the United States in support of ''[[English Settlement]]'', they permanently withdrew from concert touring after Partridge suffered an onstage nervous breakdown and remained a studio-only band from then on.<ref name="Mojo1999">{{cite journal|last=Ingham|first=Chris|title=XTC – 'Til Death Do Us Part|journal=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]|date=March 1999|url=http://chalkhills.org/articles/MOJO199903.html}}</ref> For a period afterward, it was rumoured among fans and industry insiders that the group had stopped performing because Partridge had died, and some American bands put on XTC tribute shows in his remembrance.<ref name="Milano84">{{cite news |last1=Milano |first1=Bret |title=An exclusive and revealing discussion with the band's eloquent frontman |url=http://chalkhills.org/articles/Fairfield19841107.html |newspaper=Fairfield County Advocate |date=7 November 1984}}</ref> The group ran into more problems once it was discovered that poor management led to them incurring hundreds of thousands in unpaid [[value-added tax]]es. Partridge said that he was eventually left with "about £300 in the bank, which is really heavy when you've got a family and everyone thinks you're 'Mr Rich and Famous'."<ref name="HuntPhaze">{{cite magazine |last1=Hunt |first1=Chris |title=Andy Partridge Interview |magazine=Phaze 1 |date=1989 |url=http://www.chrishunt.biz/features16.html}}</ref>

In December 1984, Partridge formed [[the Dukes of Stratosphear]], a [[Neo-psychedelia|neo-psychedelic]] XTC offshoot that he envisioned as a pastiche of "your favourite bands from 1967".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.10ft.it/dukes/notes.htm |title=About Dukes |website=10ft.it |access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> They recorded the mini-album ''[[25 O'Clock]]'' (1985) and the LP ''[[Psonic Psunspot]]'' (1987), both of which outsold XTC's concurrent studio albums (''[[The Big Express]]'' and ''[[Skylarking]]'') in the UK.<ref name="HuntPhaze" /> Around this time, Partridge also established himself as a producer of other artists. However, Virgin Records refused to allow XTC to act as their own producers, which sometimes caused tensions between Partridge and whoever was assigned to produce the band.<ref name="Sailed2006" /> According to Partridge, he generally got along with the band's producers, except for [[Todd Rundgren]] on ''Skylarking'' and [[Gus Dudgeon]] on 1992's ''[[Nonsuch (album)|Nonsuch]]''.<ref name="RundgrenRadio-Andy">{{cite web|author1=Doug|title=Andy Partridge interview|url=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/runt/2008/02/17/rundgren-radio/|website=Rundgren Radio|access-date=5 January 2018|time=57:00–58:50, 1:45:00–1:46:25 |date=17 February 2008|type=Audio}}</ref>

In the 1990s, Partridge was regarded as "godfather" to the nascent [[Britpop]] movement due to his earlier work with XTC.<ref name="Morrish1999"/> They released several more albums on Virgin and two more on their own label, [[Idea Records]], before going on hiatus in 2006. In July 2008, Partridge wrote in the ''[[Swindon Advertiser]]'' that XTC had dissolved "for reasons too personal and varied to go into here, but we had a good run as they say and produced some real good work."<ref>{{cite web | title = What's happening with Colin? | author = Andy Partridge | url = http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/leisure/music/andysanswers/3558640.What_s_happening_with_Colin_/ | publisher = The Swindon Advertiser | date = 30 July 2008 | access-date = 12 October 2008 | author-link = Andy Partridge | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110929104107/http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/leisure/music/andysanswers/3558640.What_s_happening_with_Colin_/ | archive-date = 29 September 2011 }}</ref>

Partridge has stated that his favourite XTC album was ''[[Nonsuch (album)|Nonsuch]]'' (1992), and considered "Rook" and "[[Wrapped in Grey]]" from that album, along with "[[Easter Theatre]]" from ''[[Apple Venus Volume 1]]'' (1999), to be the "perfect songs" of his career.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bernhardt |first1=Todd |date=27 June 2010 |title=Andy answers fans' questions about guitar playing and players – Part I |url=http://chalkhills.org/articles/XTCFans20100627.html |access-date=20 September 2017 |website=Chalkhills}}</ref> For many years, he also regarded "[[Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her]]" from ''The Big Express'' as his finest song.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bernhardt |first1=Todd |last2=Partridge |first2=Andy |author-link2=Andy Partridge |date=8 July 2007 |title=Andy discusses 'Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her, Kiss Her' |url=http://chalkhills.org/articles/XTCFans20070708.html |website=Chalkhills}}</ref>

Since XTC's breakup, Partridge has acted as curator to the band's legacy, overseeing reissues and remasters, and maintaining a web presence.<ref name="Nelson2016">{{cite web |last1=Nelson |first1=Sean |title=Artistic Crap: Part One of a Serialized Interview with Andy Partridge of XTC |url=https://www.thestranger.com/music/2016/04/13/23950754/artistic-crap-part-one-of-a-serialized-interview-with-andy-partridge-of-xtc |website=The Stranger |access-date=17 May 2019 |date=13 April 2016}}</ref> The official XTC [[Twitter]] account @xtcfans (now defunct) was originally managed by writer Todd Bernhardt, but Partridge later "sort of took it over, because [he] thought it was weird that there was another person in the way."<ref name="Zaleski2016" /> In 2016, Partridge and Bernhardt released a book, ''Complicated Game: Inside the Songs of XTC'', that contains discussions between the two about 29 XTC songs, one Partridge solo track, and an overview of his approach to songwriting. It was published by Jawbone Press.<ref name="Zaleski2016">{{cite web |last1=Zaleski |first1=Annie |title="Music is so abused these days": XTC's Andy Partridge opens up about songwriting, painting and developing the "cruel parent gene" toward your own art |url=http://www.salon.com/2016/03/20/music_is_so_abused_these_days_xtcs_andy_partridge_opens_up_about_songwriting_painting_and_developing_the_cruel_parent_gene_toward_your_own_art/ |website=[[Salon magazine|Salon]] |date=20 March 2016|access-date=20 September 2017}}</ref>

==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>

==Other activities==
[[File:Dukes 25oclock.jpg|thumb|Partridge-designed album cover for [[the Dukes of Stratosphear]]'s ''[[25 O'Clock]]'' (1985)<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Ramon|first=Gary|url=http://chalkhills.org/articles/recordCollector.html#rc199011|title=XTC Recording History|magazine=[[Record Collector]]|date=November 1990|issue=130}}</ref>]]

Many of the XTC record sleeves were designed by Partridge<ref name="Paphides" /> and at one point he considered a career as a graphic illustrator.<ref name="Farmer" /> He remembered having an intense interest in [[comic books]] and the cover illustrations of science fiction novels as a child, particularly those drawn by [[Richard M. Powers]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Partridge |first1=Andy |last2=Bernhardt |first2=Todd |title=Andy discusses the making of "Powers" |url=http://chalkhills.org/articles/XTCFans20100912.html |website=Chalkhills |date=September 12, 2010}}</ref> Until the late 1970s, he owned a large American comic book collection that he had to sell off due to a mouse infestation at his home.<ref name="Contrast1990" />  Some of his songs are based on characters from [[DC Comics]], namely [[Sgt. Rock]] for "[[Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)]]" from ''Black Sea'', [[Supergirl (Kara Zor-El)|Supergirl]] for "That's Really Super, Supergirl" from ''Skylarking'' and [[Brainiac (character)|Brainiac]] for "Brainiac's Daughter" from ''Psonic Psunspot''.<ref name="SupergirlCH">{{cite web |last1=Bernhardt |first1=Todd |last2=Partridge |first2=Andy |author-link2=Andy Partridge|title=Andy discusses "That's Really Super, Supergirl" |url=http://chalkhills.org/articles/XTCFans20080413.html |website=Chalkhills |access-date=13 November 2018 |date=13 April 2008}}</ref>

Beyond music, Partridge is an avid collector, sculptor, and painter of toy soldiers, an "obsession" he credits to his mother throwing away his toys as a child.<ref name="magnet07" /> In a 1990 interview, he estimated owning thousands of figures since he started collecting them in 1979, and he reported having recently contributed [[World War I]]-era designs to an unspecified "firm that makes these war game figures in North England".<ref name="Contrast1990" /> He has also designed [[board game]]s, such as one called "Dam and Blast".<ref name="Spin89">{{cite magazine |last1=Passantino |first1=Rosemary |title=XTC at Last |magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |date=April 1989 |volume=5 |issue=1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h-bxxO5B-xsC&pg=PA92 |issn=0886-3032}}</ref>

During the mid-1980s, Partridge was a regular performer on [[BBC Radio 1]]. He has had acting roles, including a character named "Agony Andy", a [[parody|spoof]] aunt on the [[Janice Long]] show, and he was a regular panelist on ''Roundtable''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Worthington |first=Tim |date=2012 |title=Fun at One: The Story of Comedy at BBC Radio 1 |publisher=Lulu Press }}</ref>{{better source needed|date=May 2019}} In 1987, he filmed a pilot for an [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] children's quiz show, ''Matchmakers''.<ref name="Farmer" /> In 2004, he contributed the theme song to the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] television series ''[[Wonderfalls]]''.<ref name="Paphides"/>

==Personal life==
Partridge was married to Marianne Wyborn from 1979 to 1994.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Passantino |first1=Rosemary |title=XTC AT LAST |journal=SPIN |date=April 1989 |volume=5 |issue=1 |page=121}}</ref><ref name="Kinney" />  Together, they had two children: Holly and Harry. Harry is an independent web animator who created the comedic short ''[[Saturday Morning Watchmen]]'' (2009), and later, ''Dr. Bees'', ''Starbarians'' and ''Trilby Dogtooth''.<ref name="harry">{{cite web |url=http://kittysneezes.com/2009/06/02/interview-harry-partridge-472/ |title=Interviews - Interview: Harry Partridge |website=Kittysneezes.com |date=30 December 2016 |access-date=1 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140825150737/http://kittysneezes.com/2009/06/02/interview-harry-partridge-472/ |archive-date=25 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> After his divorce, Partridge entered into a long-term relationship with American singer Erica Wexler. Partridge has attributed the subject matter of XTC songs including "Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her" and "Another Satellite" to aspects of their ongoing relationship. Partridge had met Wexler in the early 1980s; they began dating shortly after she split from artist [[Roy Lichtenstein]] in 1994, and she has lived with him in Swindon since then.<ref name="Kinney" /><ref name="SGS">{{cite web|last1=Bernhardt|first1=Todd|last2=Partridge|first2=Andy|title=Andy discusses 'Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her, Kiss Her'|url=http://chalkhills.org/articles/XTCFans20070708.html|website=Chalkhills|date=8 July 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=18 February 2013|title = 'Roy didn't want a woman. He liked them young and juicy': Lichtenstein's secret lover on being the muse behind his nudes|url =https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/exhibitions/roy-didnt-want-a-woman-he-liked-them-young-and-juicy-lichtensteins-secret-lover-on-being-the-muse-8499255.html}}</ref>

The subject matter of Partridge's songs frequently touch upon politics, religion, his hometown of Swindon, social class, factory work, insects, comic book characters, seafaring, war, and ancient rituals.<ref name="Farmer">{{cite book|last1=Farmer|first1=Neville|title=XTC: Song Stories: The Exclusive Authorized Story Behind the Music|date=1998|publisher=Helter Skelter Publishing|location=London|isbn=190092403X|author-link=Neville Farmer}}</ref> Partridge did not become interested in politics until the [[1979 United Kingdom general election]], in which he voted for [[Margaret Thatcher]]'s [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] "purely because she was a woman. I was that naive. Now I'm very [[Left-wing politics|left]]."<ref name="heavyload">{{cite web |last1=Fortnam |first1=Ian |title=Heavy Load: Andy Partridge |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/heavy-load-andy-partridge |website=[[Louder Sound]] |access-date=17 November 2018 |date=19 February 2016}}</ref> He also identifies as an [[atheist]].<ref name="Isler89"/> 

On the back of the ''[[Apple Venus Volume 1]]'' (1999) record sleeve is a version of the [[Wiccan Rede]]: "Do what you will but harm none." While stating that he only had "a smattering of knowledge" on [[Wicca]], he described himself as "interested in the pre-Christian appreciation of the land and the spirit of things, [[Animism|spirits in animate things and inanimate things]]" in a contemporary interview.<ref name="Jam99">{{cite web|editor-last1=Sakamoto|editor-first1=John|title=The XTC Interview|url=http://chalkhills.org/articles/JAM19990305.html|website=Jam! Music|date=5 March 1999}}</ref> XTC's 1986 song "[[Dear God (XTC song)|Dear God]]", written by Partridge, was seen as controversial at the time for its anti-religious message; Partridge stated that the song failed to represent his true feelings on religion, as human belief is "such a ''vast'' subject".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bernhardt |first1=Todd |last2=Partridge |first2=Andy |title=Andy discusses 'Dear God' |url=http://chalkhills.org/articles/XTCFans20061126.html |website=Chalkhills |access-date=13 November 2018 |date=26 November 2006}}</ref> Although an atheist, he believes that [[heaven]] and [[hell]] exist metaphorically.<ref name="Isler89"/> Another of his songs, "Season Cycle" (1986), included the couplet "Everybody says, Join our religion, get to heaven / I say, no thanks, why bless my soul, I'm already there!"<ref name="Sherwood">{{cite AV media notes|last=Sherwood|first=Harrison| title = [[Coat of Many Cupboards]]|chapter=Bless My Soul, I'm Already There!|chapter-url=http://chalkhills.org/articles/CoatOfManyCupboards-essay.html| others= XTC| year = 2002| type = liner| publisher = [[Virgin Records|Virgin]]}}</ref> Explaining the lyric "do what you want to do / just don't hurt nobody" from his 1989 song "[[Garden of Earthly Delights]]", he said: "I'm sure .. what heaven is, really ... is not hurting anyone."<ref name="Isler89">{{cite journal |last1=Isler |first1=Scott |title=The Dukes of Swindon |journal=[[Musician (magazine)|Musician]] |date=May 1989 |url=http://chalkhills.org/articles/Musician198905.html}}</ref>

===Health===

Partridge experiences auditory [[synesthesia]], which he uses in his songwriting process.<ref name="Lyrical">{{cite web |last1=Bernhardt |first1=Todd |last2=Partridge |first2=Andy |title=The Lyrical Andy Partridge |url=http://chalkhills.org/articles/XTCFans20060324.html |website=Chalkhills |access-date=18 October 2018 |date=24 March 2006}}</ref>  In later interviews, he stated he believes himself to be on the [[autistic spectrum]],<ref>{{cite web |author1=Tunetribe Podcast |title=96: Andy Partridge|url=https://soundcloud.com/tunetribe-entertainment/podcast-96|website=[[SoundCloud]] |access-date=October 18, 2018 |time= 17:37|format=Audio |date=2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Bernhardt |first1=Todd |last2=Partridge |first2=Andy |title=Andy discusses 'Beatown' |url=http://chalkhills.org/articles/XTCFans20080727.html |website=Chalkhills |access-date=17 May 2019 |date=27 July 2008}}</ref> saying in a 2022 interview with ''[[The Guardian]]'': "I think I'm on the spectrum, yes, but it's all helped me and I wouldn't have it any other way." He has also had [[obsessive–compulsive disorder]] since childhood.<ref name="Kinney" /> At the age of 12, he was professionally diagnosed with [[ADHD]] (known at the time as simply "hyperactivity") and prescribed [[Valium]]. He later formed a dependency on the drug that was exacerbated by the pressures of his music career. After disposing of the drug in 1981, he experienced severe withdrawal effects that led to XTC's withdrawal from touring.<ref name="Sailed2006" />

In 1992, Partridge had an ear infection that left him temporarily deaf,<ref name="Mojo1999"/> and in 2006, during one of the sessions for ''Monstrance'', some of his hearing was destroyed following a studio mishap which caused him to develop severe [[tinnitus]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gallo|first1=Phil|title=XTC's Partridge discusses boxset, Monstrance|url=https://variety.com/2006/music/news/xtc-s-partridge-discusses-boxset-monstrance-1117955044/|website=Variety|date=4 December 2006|access-date=20 September 2017}}</ref> He later stated that he had "contemplated suicide, just to stop [the tinnitus]."<ref name="heavyload" />

==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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==Artists influenced==
Artists who have specifically cited Partridge as an influence include:
* [[Danny Elfman]] of [[Oingo Boingo]]<ref>{{cite tweet|user=dannyelfman|author=Danny Elfman|author-link=Danny Elfman|number=1146254698976075781|date=2 July 2019|title=Andy Partridge was a huge influence. It was that first year of getting back to the radio after a decade long moratorium, and the music of XTC, The Specials, Selector, Madness, Fun Boy Three and Devo that turned me around.}}</ref>
* [[John Frusciante]] (particularly on the [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] album ''[[By the Way]]'')<ref>{{cite web|last=Dalley|first=Helen|url=http://rhcprock.free.fr/totalguitar_john.htm |title=John Frusciante|magazine=Total Guitar|date=August 2002 |access-date=1 March 2017|quote=I wanted to listen to these people who weren't just about technique but more about textures. People like Johnny Marr, John McGeoch and Andy Partridge. People who used good chords ...}}</ref>
* [[Roger Joseph Manning Jr.|Roger Manning]] of [[Jellyfish (band)|Jellyfish]] and [[the Moog Cookbook]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dorfman |first1=Craig |title=Brighter Day A Jellyfish Story |date=2016 |publisher=Not Lame |isbn=978-0979771460}}</ref>
* [[Keiichi Suzuki]] of Moonriders (particularly on his soundtracks for the video game series ''[[Mother (video game series)|Mother]]'')<ref name="1101: music">{{cite web |url=http://www.1101.com/MOTHER_music/index.html |access-date=July 5, 2014 |script-title=ja:『MOTHER』の音楽は鬼だった。 |trans-title=Music of "MOTHER" was a demon |last1=Itoi |first1=Shigesato |author-link=Shigesato Itoi |date=June 16, 2003 |work=1101.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714020027/http://www.1101.com/MOTHER_music/index.html |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Steven Wilson]] of [[Porcupine Tree]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Prato|first=Greg|url=http://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/steven_wilson_of_porcupine_tree/ |title=Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree: Songwriter Interviews |website=Songfacts|date=1 February 2016 |access-date=1 March 2017|quote=Andy Partridge is one of my favorite songwriters of all time. What I love about Andy's music is that every song he writes has a very strong concept or idea behind it. }}</ref>
* [[Johnny Marr]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Johnny Marr Talks Guitars & A Life In Music | date=20 October 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjY2O92ByNw |access-date=2023-11-05 |language=en}}</ref>

==Discography==
{{see also|XTC discography}}
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'''Solo'''
*''[[Fuzzy Warbles Volume 1]]'' (2002)
*''[[Fuzzy Warbles Volume 2]]'' (2002)
*''[[Fuzzy Warbles Volume 3]]'' (2003)
*''[[Fuzzy Warbles Volume 4]]'' (2003)
*''[[Fuzzy Warbles Volume 5]]'' (2004)
*''[[Fuzzy Warbles Volume 6]]'' (2004)
*''[[Fuzzy Warbles Volume 7]]'' (2006)
*''[[Fuzzy Warbles Volume 8]]'' (2006)
*''[[The Official Fuzzy Warbles Collector's Album]]'' (2006)
*''[[Hinges (album)|Hinges]]'' (2006)
*''Powers'' (2010) {{small|(as A.J. Partridge)}}
*''My Failed Songwriting Career, Volume 1'' (2021)
*''My Failed Songwriting Career, Volume 2'' (2022)
*''My Failed Christmas Career, Volume 1'' (2022)
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'''Collaborative'''
*''[[Take Away / The Lure of Salvage]]'' (1980) {{small|(Mr. Partridge)}}
*''[[Through the Hill]]'' (1993) {{small|(Andy Partridge & [[Harold Budd]])}}
*''Orpheus – The Lowdown'' (2003) {{small|([[Peter Blegvad]] & Andy Partridge)}}
*''Monstrance'' (2007) {{small|(Monstrance)}}
*''Fine Wires Humming a New Song'' EP (2007) {{small|(Monstrance)}}
*''Dawn Treader'' (2007) {{small|(Charlotte Hatherley & Andy Partridge)}}
*''Gonwards'' (2012) {{small|([[Peter Blegvad]] & Andy Partridge)}}
*''[[Planet England]]'' (2019) {{small|([[Robyn Hitchcock]] & Andy Partridge)}}
* ''The 3 Clubmen'' (2023) {{small|(Jen Olive,  Stu Rowe & Andy Partridge)}}
* ''Queen of Planet Wow!'' (2024) {{small|(Braide Chris & Andy Partridge w/ Tim Weller)}}
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'''Productions'''
* [[Peter Blegvad]] – ''The Naked Shakespeare'' (1983)
* Saeko Suzuki – ''Studio Romantic'' (1987)
* [[The Mission (band)|The Mission]] – ''[[Grains of Sand (album)|Grains of Sand]]'' (1990)
* [[The Lilac Time]] – ''& Love for All'' (1990)
* [[Martin Newell (musician)|Martin Newell]] – ''[[The Greatest Living Englishman]]'' (1993)
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==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://ape.uk.net APE House Records official site]
* [http://www.blogtalkradio.com/runt/2008/02/17/Rundgren-Radio Rundgren Radio online two-hour audio interview with Andy Partridge 2008]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/content/articles/2009/04/14/andy_partridge_interview_feature.shtml Audio interview (April 2009)] at [http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire BBC Wiltshire]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/content/articles/2009/03/23/andy_partridge_swindon_rpm_1981_feature.shtml Andy Partridge on RPM] BBC West TV programme clips showing Partridge touring his hometown of Swindon, and talking about giving up playing live.

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