X - MORE FUN IN THE NEW WORLD ((Vinyl))

X: John Doe (vocals, bass); Exene Cervenka (vocals); Billy Zoom (guitar); D.J. Bonebrake (drums, percussion).
Producer: Ray Manzarek.
Reissue producers: Gary Stewart, John Doe.
Recorded at Cherokee, Dreamship Studios, Los Angeles, California in 1983. Originally released on Elektra (60283). Includes liner notes by Kristine McKenna.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
X: John Doe (vocals, bass); Exene Cervenka (vocals); Billy Zoom (guitar); D.J. Bonebrake (drums, percussion).
Recorded at Cherokee, Dreamship Studios, Los Angeles, California in 1983.
The gradual incorporation of extra elements into X's sound and songwriting over the course of their first four releases (all of which were produced by ex-Door keyboardist Ray Manzarek) marked a subtle but unmistakable progression. By the time of this album's appearance the band had already outlasted most of their Los Angeles contemporaries, and with good reason--they had somewhere to go; there was room to grow and develop. "True Love," "I Must Not Think Bad thoughts," and "New World" all have a sound reminiscent of LOS ANGELES.
"Breathless" appeared in a concurrent movie of the same name. It was an audacious move to release a single forever tied to Jerry Lee Lewis, but they made it their own, substituting guitar for piano and Exene Cervenka's irony-tinged take for the Killer's hopped-up vocals. Alas, success on a large and national scale still eluded them and changes were afoot by the time of their next, AIN'T LOVE GRAND.

• RSD Release Date: n/a
• Genre: Pop