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Los Angeles/Wild Gift
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Los Angeles/Wild Gift
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
 
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As much as any group, X established punk as a coast-to-coast movement, and these two albums staked out the sunny West Coast as territory for the slash-and-burn set. Originally released as separate records in 1980 (Los Ange...  more »

     

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All Artists: X
Title: Los Angeles/Wild Gift
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: WARNER/REPRISE/MAVERICK
Release Date: 1/1/2002
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
Styles: Hardcore & Punk, American Alternative
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 075992577120

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As much as any group, X established punk as a coast-to-coast movement, and these two albums staked out the sunny West Coast as territory for the slash-and-burn set. Originally released as separate records in 1980 (Los Angeles) and '81 (Wild Gift), the first albums by X were distinctive statements that perfectly captured a time, a place, and an outsider perspective. Singers and songwriters John Doe and Exene Cervenka (then a married couple), flash guitarist Billy Zoom, and drummer D.J. Bonebrake adapted the aggression and speed of Brit and East Coast punks to suit their own purposes. The likes of "Johnny Hit and Run Paulene," "The World's a Mess, It's in My Kiss" from the quartet's debut, and "White Girl" from the sophomore release captured the desperate ("get used to it!") mindset of pasty-white punks who inhabited the dark side of Hollywood. Literate, frenetic, and brutally honest, Los Angeles and Wild Gift stand as cornerstones in the history of punk, and, indeed, California rock & roll. --Steven Stolder

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2 of the best albums of the century
01/11/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)

"It's hard to understand the greatness of X if you've only heard a little bit of their music. At the first few spins of this album, you fing it to be a simple garage rock band. But, that's part of what made them so famous. Their Chuck Berry licks, the working class poetry, it's almost folk music. But no, it's rock at it's best. The kind of music that fills you with passion because it was made with passion. Required music for any punk, poet, rock n roll fan."
Two great albums on one disc
achidley | USA | 02/10/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This disc has two amazing punk albums for less than the individual discs cost, and the sound isn't compressed like on the "remastered" versions, which I'd bought before this version."
A timeless and seminal album(s) for any genre
N. Damiano | 01/27/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Who cares what kind of music you call it? This album is fresh and original even 20 years later. It takes you on a musical journey through the LA of that period. At once punky, and classic in its songwriting/storytelling, X does for LA in the 70s-80s what the Doors did for it in the 60s-70s. "Wild Gift" is an incredible album that is honest and straight-ahead. "Los Angeles" is a shocking story told to a soundtrack of hard-core music. Whether it turns you on to X or otherwise, this is an essential music catalog piece that conveys a time and a place that will never exist again. For me, this album is a perfect 10, it is raw, powerful, and intriguing, and unfortunately, there has been nothing like it since. Buy this album and listen with big ears."