Two great albums on one disc - 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.
1 of greatest Punk bands of all time / Energy music - X is 1 of greatest punk bands ever god what raw energy they had. This album Los Angeles is so loud and fast it s amazing. Exene s voice resonates thru you she is such an influence on women singers today like Liz Phair, PJ Harvey, Shirly Manson, Juliana Hatfield list goes on. John Doe s guitar riffs kick on this whole album. Stand out tracks are Los Angeles, Sex and Dying in High Society which is my fave on CD, Johny hit & run Paulene. But the whole CD rocks hard. The lyrics tell a tale of seedy LA in the 80 s and punk music coming up in the clubs. Essential album to own if truly love real punk music.
A timeless and seminal album(s) for any genre - 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.
2 of the best albums of the century - 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.
Hey, Eurasia - It s fine if your music tastes are completely Anglocentric, but to call Los Angeles disjointed, screaming, bash your brains in sludge is the kind of ignorant comment someone might make about the Sex Pistols or the Clash if (a) they d grown up on Lawrence Welk or (b) they had spent about 15 seconds listening to it before dismissing it.X uses brilliantly dissonant vocal harmonies along with good old-fashioned kick-*ss punk power chords to produce music as brilliant as anything punk had to offer. This is in the same class with the Clash, and more musically significant than the Sex Pistols and The Ramones (if not quite as much fun).