Beating of Hearts, Love On A Farm Boy's Wages, Great Fire, Wonderland, Deliver Us From The Elements and Funk Pop A Roll stand with the best songs Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding have written. They also hint at the stylistic changes and challenges the band would embark upon with later albums. The one track that doesn't fit on the album is the last tune Funk Pop A Roll. It's a great song but doesn't quite fit the mood of the album. Partridge visits the same themes as Elvis Costello did on his classic Radio Radio with equal power and venom.

The artwork on this reissue is comparable to the original cardboard sleeve of the vinyl record. Ian Cooper has done a great job on remastering this album (although to be fair the previous verison sounded pretty darn good as well). There are a few drawbacks--the Japanese lyric insert is pretty accurate and very good but the type is too light and too small (at least for these eyes) compared to the booklet with the previous version. With the extra $ spend on this limited edition import you'd expect better.

It's easy to see why Mummer was overlooked when it was first released; it broke with the "traditional" XTC sound cemented on English Settlement. Mummer still deserves a place in anybody's collection despite flaws.