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X, Los Angeles
Audio CD
Disk ID: 1665837
Disk length: 39m 36s (14 Tracks)
Original Release Date: 1980
Label: Unknown
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Tracks & Durations
| 1. Your Phone's Off The Hook, But You're Not | 2:26 |
| 2. Johnny Hit And Run Paulene | 2:50 |
| 3. Soul Kitchen | 2:25 |
| 4. Nausea | 3:40 |
| 5. Sugarlight | 2:28 |
| 6. Los Angeles | 2:25 |
| 7. Sex And Dying In High Society | 2:15 |
| 8. The Unheard Music | 4:49 |
| 9. The World's A Mess; It's In My Kiss | 4:43 |
| 10. I'm Coming Over (Demo) | 1:24 |
| 11. Adult Books (Dangerhouse Rough Mix) | 3:21 |
| 12. Delta 88 (Demo) | 1:28 |
| 13. Cyrano De Berger's Back (Rehearsal) | 3:01 |
| 14. Los Angeles (Dangerhouse Version) | 2:14 |
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Review
Steeped in poetry and class issues, X was the first L.A. punk band to fully incorporate a dark West Coast sensibility. Singer/lyricists/spouses John Doe and Exene Cervenka forged a stray-cat approach to vocal harmonies while spieling reports on crash-pad sex and drugs, casual hatred, and the occasional spotting of the "idle rich." Full-powered and intelligent, X's sound also spotlighted Billy Zoom, a pompadoured guitarist schooled by Gene Vincent, and flexible drummer D.J. Bonebrake. Los Angeles, the first of four productions by ex-Door Ray Manzarek, made an excellent case for the group, though its ambitions were to be quickly outstripped by the evolving personal takes of Doe and Cervenka. For the most part, the album is fast, hard, and fleet, like the motorcycles Zoom loved: "Your Phone's Off the Hook," "Johnny Hit and Run Pauline," the title track, and a Ramones-style cover of the Doors' "Soul Kitchen" are touchstones that reach beyond their era. Only "The Unheard Music," a turgid bit of suburbia-bashing, mars the original LP, which is augmented on this reissue by five bonus tracks that bring the running time close to 40 minutes. --Rickey Wright
Other Versions
Albums are mined from the various public resources and can be actually the same but different in the tracks length only. We are keeping all versions now.
Tracks: 14, Disk length: 39m 13s (-1m 37s)
Tracks: 9 (-5 tracks), Disk length: 28m 5s (-12m 29s)
Tracks: 9 (-5 tracks), Disk length: 28m 2s (-12m 26s)
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