X – Los Angeles [180g Vinyl LP]

X – Los Angeles [180g Vinyl LP]

Format: LP, Album, Reissue, 35th Anniversary Edition, 180g Audiophile Vinyl + Insert
Label: Music On Vinyl (EU/UK/US)
Catalogue Number: MOVLP 1350
Barcode: 8718469538409
Released: April 13, 2015
Genre: Punk / Rock & Roll / West Coast Hardcore
Condition: New & Sealed

Description
A seismic debut that redefined American punk, Los Angeles is raw, literate, and unrelentingly visceral. Produced by Ray Manzarek of The Doors, the album fuses rockabilly swagger with urban nihilism, anchored by the volatile vocal interplay of Exene Cervenka and John Doe. From the sleazy urgency of Johny Hit and Run Paulene to the apocalyptic closer The World's a Mess; It's in My Kiss, this is West Coast punk at its most poetic and feral.

This 35th Anniversary Edition from Music On Vinyl is pressed on 180-gram audiophile vinyl, housed in a high-quality sleeve with black-and-white lyric insert. First pressing limited to 1,000 copies on red vinyl; standard edition on black vinyl.

Tracklist Overview

Side A

1. Your Phone’s Off the Hook, But You’re Not – 2:25
2. Johny Hit and Run Paulene – 2:50
3. Soul Kitchen – 2:25
4. Nausea – 3:40
5. Sugarlight – 2:28

Side B

1. Los Angeles – 2:25
2. Sex and Dying in High Society – 2:15
3. The Unheard Music – 4:49
4. The World’s a Mess; It’s in My Kiss – 4:43

Credits & Notes

• Vocals: Exene Cervenka
• Bass, Vocals: John Doe
• Guitar: Billy Zoom
• Drums: D.J. Bonebrake
• Organ, Synth: Ray Manzarek
• Producers: Ray Manzarek & X
• Engineers: Norm Graichen, Rick Perrotta
• Recorded: 1980, Los Angeles
• ℗ & © 2015 Music On Vinyl / Slash Records
• Pressed by Record Industry, Netherlands
• Includes lyric insert and anniversary sleeve notes