Los Angeles is a Punk album by X, originally released in 1980. On Gatefold: 38 pressings tracked, owned by 39 collectors.
About
Rising out the disregarded L.A. punk scene, X’s hook-thick and emotionally powerful songs on this 1980 debut mixed haunted Hollywood imagery and street-grit poetics with snarly guitars and songcraft. The album owes as much to traditional country music as it does classic rock and punk. The dual vocals of singer Exene and bassist John Doe blended to create mellifluous yet friction-filled harmonies with lyrics that beautifully reflected the decay of inner-city Los Angeles, especially on the title song and “The World’s a Mess It’s in My Kiss.”
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Your Phone's Off The Hook, But You're Not2:22
- A2Johny Hit And Run Paulene2:45
- A3Soul Kitchen2:23
- A4Nausea3:35
- A5Sugarlight2:23
Side B
- B1Los Angeles2:25
- B2Sex And Dying In High Society2:12
- B3The Unheard Music4:45
- B4The World's A Mess, It's In My Kiss4:25
Sound DNA
- Punk
- Punk Rock
- raw
- aggressive
- urban
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
This version was released in a folded white cardboard cover, with artwork printed directly on the cover. There is also a version here (opens in a new tab) that was released in a heavy cardboard cover with pasted on cover slicks.
Includes two-sided black and white printed inner sleeve with lyrics and band photo. Some copies include an ad for Slash Records artists' t-shirts.
Recorded in January 1980 @ Golden Sound Studios, Hollywood, CA.
Package: J. Ruby Prods., Inc.
Plated at Greg Lee Processing based on the etchings.
Runouts are etched.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Billy ZoomBAND , GUITAR GUITAR PERFORMER , GUITAR
- D.J. BonebrakeBAND , DRUMS DRUMS PERFORMER , DRUMS
- Exene CervenkaBAND , VOCALS PERFORMER , VOCALS VOCALS
- John DoeBAND , BASS, VOCALS BASS, VOCALS BASS, VOCALS, LYRICS BY
- Ray ManzarekORGAN SYNTHESIZER
- Blaise HenryDRUMS
- Keith BarretDRUMS
- Steve "Link" AllenRHYTHM GUITAR, HARMONY VOCALS RHYTHM GUITAR, VOCALS
39 collectors on Gatefold own this · 38 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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