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X, Wild Gift
Audio CD
Disk ID: 1417842
Disk length: 33m 17s (13 Tracks)
Original Release Date: 2001
Label: Unknown
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1. The Once Over Twice | 2:32 |
2. We're Desperate | 2:02 |
3. Aduly Books | 3:21 |
4. Universal Corner | 4:35 |
5. I'm Coming Over | 1:16 |
6. It's Who You Know | 2:15 |
7. In This House That I Call Home | 3:40 |
8. Some Other Time | 2:18 |
9. White Girl | 3:29 |
10. Beyond and Back | 2:51 |
11. Back 2 the House | 1:35 |
12. When Our Love Passed Out on the Couch | 1:59 |
13. Year 1 | 1:17 |
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Review
Though a small handful of its 13 songs predate Los Angeles, X's second album represents a giant leap forward for the band. Wild Gift stands as one of the 1980s' most fully realized rock & roll LPs. John Doe and Exene Cervenka bring altogether more personal and biting lyrics to the mic, making for riveting, curiosity-promoting performances. ("If I wrote a song like 'White Girl,'" Doe tells critic Kristine McKenna in this remaster's liner notes, "there was an unspoken pact that this may happen, but I love you more.") From the metallic riff of "It's Who You Know" to the surf-wise lines of "In This House That I Call Home," guitarist Billy Zoom is given freer rein, while drummer D.J. Bonebrake fuses the Ramones and Beefheart to enduring effect on "We're Desperate" (improved from an early single version by a slight lyric change). And "Back 2 the Base" and "Year 1" stand out as two of the most complex statements about punk's icon-smashing impulses ever. The 45-rpm take of "We're Desperate" is included here, along with six other bonus tracks. Shut up and smoke. --Rickey Wright
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