Under the Big Black Sun

Under the Big Black Sun
Studio album by X
Released July 1982
Recorded 1982, Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles
Genre Punk rock
Length 34:29
Label Elektra
Producer Ray Manzarek
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X chronology
Wild Gift
(1981)		 Under the Big Black Sun
(1982)		 More Fun in the New World
( 1983)

Under the Big Black Sun is the third album by the American punk band X, and their major-label debut. It was released on Elektra Records in 1982, and reissued on Rhino Records in 2001 with bonus tracks.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by John Doe and Exene Cervenka except as indicated.

Side A

  1. "The Hungry Wolf" – 3:45
  2. "Motel Room in My Bed" – 2:32
  3. "Riding with Mary" – 3:40
  4. "Come Back to Me" – 3:43
  5. "Under the Big Black Sun" – 3:23

Side B

  1. "Because I Do" – 2:21
  2. "Blue Spark" – 2:06
  3. "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" (Huddy Ledbetter) – 2:20
  4. "Real Child of Hell" – 2:59
  5. "How I (Learned My Lesson)" – 2:12
  6. "The Have Nots" – 4:44

Bonus tracks (2001 reissue)

  1. "Riding with Mary" (Single version) – 3:12
  2. X Rewrites "El Paso" (Rehearsal)/"Because I Do" (TV Mix/Instrumental)" (Marty Robbins, Cervenka, Doe) – 2:56
  3. "Universal Corner" (Live) – 4:08
  4. "Breathless" (Single mix) (Otis Blackwell) – 2:20
  5. "How I (Learned My Lesson)" (Live) – 2:20

Personnel

Additional personnel

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1982 Billboard Pop Albums 76
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