original_query: What did Robert Christgau think of XTC's pop music?
query: What did Robert Christgau think of XTC's pop music on the album Drums and Wires?
answer: Robert Christgau found the music tuneful but willfully eccentric, and felt that Partridge and Moulding were moving toward a great art-pop mean that would set standards for the genre. He described it as catchy, funny, interesting, and rocking.