Los Angeles (album)

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Los Angeles
Studio album by X
Released	1980
Recorded	1977-1980
Genre	Hardcore
Length	28:05
Label	Slash Records
Producer(s)	Ray Manzarek
Professional reviews
5 stars All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (A-) link Rolling Stone (favorable) link
X chronology
	Los Angeles (1980)	Wild Gift (1981)

Los Angeles was the 1980 debut album by X. Produced by ex-Doors keyboard player Ray Manzarek, it included a cover of the 1967 Doors song, "Soul Kitchen."

Contents 1 Critical response 2 Re-release 3 Trivia 4 Track listing 4.1 Bonus tracks (2001 reissue) 5 Personnel 5.1 Additional personnel

[edit] Critical response

In 1989, it was ranked #24 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 greatest albums of the 1980s. In 2003, the album was ranked number 286 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

[edit] Re-release

It was re-released by Rhino Records in 2001 with five bonus tracks.

[edit] Trivia

The song "Los Angeles" can be heard on Tony Hawk's Underground 2

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by John Doe and Exene unless otherwise indicated.

1. "Your Phone's Off the Hook, But You're Not" – 2:25
2. "Johnny Hit and Run Pauline" – 2:50
3. "Soul Kitchen" (John Densmore, Robbie Krieger, Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison) – 2:25
4. "Nausea" – 3:40
5. "Sugarlight" – 2:28
6. "Los Angeles" – 2:25
7. "Sex and Dying in High Society" – 2:15
8. "Unheard Music" – 4:49
9. "The World's a Mess, It's in My Kiss" – 4:43

[edit] Bonus tracks (2001 reissue)

1. "I'm Coming Over (Demo version)" – 1:24
2. "Adult Books" – 3:21
3. "Delta 88 (Demo version)" – 1:28
4. "Cyrano de Berger's Back" – 3:01
5. "Los Angeles" – 2:14

[edit] Personnel

• Billy Zoom – guitar
• John Doe – bass, vocals
• Exene – vocals
• D.J. Bonebrake – drums

[edit] Additional personnel

• Ray Manzarek – organ