2004, Atavistic
This is a complete reissue of the long out-of-print debut from the '70s LA punk icons. This CD features performances by members of X (John Doe, Exene Cervenka, and DJ Bonebrake), ten bonus tracks, their first 7-inch, compilation appearances, plus unreleased demos, all remastered. Wow. Also includes reproductions of the original cover art in an oversized, deluxe, 10-panel booklet. From Byron Coley's liner notes: "The lyrics are wonderful bleeding collages of B-movie dementia, street crime, Mexican Catholicism, and Dionysian punk spurt poetics. The vocals are powerful cat-scratched patterns of night-ripping fear, huge bursts of post-glottal raunch-vomit, and cascades of pure and toxic love...Corrosively poetic...explosively visionary."
Tracklisting
Disc 1
| 1 | Sleeping Sickness |
| 2 | Jesus, Don't Come Through the Cotton |
| 3 | Police Gun Jitters |
| 4 | Dynamite Hemorrhage |
| 5 | Ten Inch Razor |
| 6 | Kiss on My Cheek |
| 7 | Suicide Saddle |
| 8 | Cry Baby Killer |
| 9 | Dominoes |
| 10 | Crazy Boy |
| 11 | Child Comes First |
| 12 | Home of the Brave |
| 13 | Impossible Crime |
| 14 | No Questions Asked |
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