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Audio CD (22 Oct 2001)
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Explicit Lyrics, Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
Label: Rhino
ASIN: B00005NTQ5
Other Editions: Vinyl | MP3 Download

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 25,869 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)
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Since its release in 1980, X's debut album LOS ANGELES has rightfully gone on to be widely heralded as one of punk rock's true classics. Produced by former Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek, the album announced to the rest of the world the arrival of the West Coast punk explosion (which included such other acts as Black Flag, the Germs, Dead Kennedys, Circle Jerks, Fear, etc.). But X was more than just your average, ordinary punk band, as they weren't afraid to inject rockabilly riffs and poetic lyrics into the punk rock stew, as exemplified throughout LOS ANGELES.
The album spawned some of the quartet's best-known tracks, including "Johnny Hit and Run Pauline", "Nausea", "Los Angeles", and "The Unheard Music", while the 2001 Rhino Records reissue tacked on five extra bonus tracks. Of the newly included tracks, standouts include the forgotten early demo "Delta 88", as well as an early take of "Adult Books", which would be reworked on their sophomore release, WILD GIFT.

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4.0 out of 5 stars X marks the spot..., 29 Nov 2001

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The two cliches about X are that they were Los Angele's best punk band, and that their sound was heavily based on rockabilly. X's first album, though, is a hell of a long way removed from the Cramps or the Gun Club. "Los Angeles" has a lot less twangy guitar and roots rock moves than the other two X reissues out at the moment, and oddly enough makes mincemeat out of both of them. The punk thing is a bit (actually quite a bit) more convincing, but at heart this is a hard rock album with a surprising amount of bluesy grit lurking among the cranked up tempos and fuzz guitar. Next to "Wild Gift" and "Under The Big Black Sun" it sounds a little crude, but given the subject matter and the sound, crude works brilliantly. Producer Ray Manzarek smears organ and synth fills over some of the rawer edges, but the songs are good enough that this is just the icing on the cake. Manzarek's embellishments are more appealing than Cowpunk posturing any day of the week, and it's interesting to hear the guy playing stuff a bit more abrasive than the jazzy noodling from his Door's work.
Another plus point is the contrast between the vocalists: John Doe's warm, slightly hoarse, delivery provides a perfect foil for Exene Cervenka's shrill wailing. They don't even come close to harmonising, but they still work perfectly together.
This is a million miles from most early 'Eighties American punk, and completely devoid of any of the pop flourishes that pushed the bulk of that over the edge into New Wave whiffle. Its lean and pared down sound is sparse enough to avoid sounding dated. This is the kind of album that would have fitted nicely into the 'nineties grunge boom.

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