Los Angeles
Studio album by X
Released	1980
Recorded	1977-1980
Genre	Punk Rock
Length	28:05
Label	Slash Records
Producer(s)	Ray Manzarek
Professional reviews
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X chronology
Los Angeles (1980) Wild Gift (1981)

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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. This article is about the magazine. ... In its November 16th, 1989 issue (issue #565) Rolling Stone magazine published its list of the 100 greatest albums of the 1980s: London Calling - The Clash Purple Rain - Prince and the Revolution The Joshua Tree - U2 Remain in Light - Talking Heads Graceland - Paul Simon Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen... This article is about the magazine. ... The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time is the cover story of a special issue of Rolling Stone magazine published in November 2003. ...

Fans of X's hard-core punk phase and LA area gigging days have always selected this as the band's finest album. More refined critics tend toward their later albums Wild Gift, Under The Big Black Sun, and More Fun In The New World. Wild Gift was a 1981 album by X (US band). ... More Fun in the New World is an album by the band X, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music). ...

Re-release

It was re-released by Rhino Records in 2001 with five bonus tracks. Rhino Entertainment is a specialty record label originally known for releasing retrospectives of famous comedy performers, including Stan Freberg, Tom Lehrer, and Spike Jones. ...

Trivia

• The song "Los Angeles" can be heard on Tony Hawk's Underground 2 (where the words "nigger" and "shit" are censored), the third season episode "Everyone Leaves" of HBO's Six Feet Under, and will be featured on the upcoming game, Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s (in which the verse "She found it hard to say goodbye to her own best friend..." is sung twice - first time in place of the verse "All her toys wore out in black and her boys had too...").

• The song "The Unheard Music" can be heard on The X Files season two episode "3" about vampires stalking Los Angeles. In a scene in a hard core punk bar, character Fox Mulder (portrayed by David Duchovny) seeks out character Kristen Killar (Perry Reeves) while the song is playing in the background.

• Punk band The Bronx have covered Los Angeles, in tribute to their home city and also to X.

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Track listing

All songs written by John Doe and Exene unless otherwise indicated. John Doe, (born John Nommensen Duchac on February 25, 1954), is the founder of the seminal L.A. punk band X. His musical compositions and performances are varied, including country and folk music. ... X on the cover of their 1997 collection Beyond and Back: The X Anthology, with Exene in the center foreground Exene Cervenka (born Christine Cervenka February 1, 1956) is an American musician and actress. ...

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

John Densmore (born John Paul Densmore, December 1, 1944, in Los Angeles, California) was the drummer of the rock group The Doors from 1965 to 1973. ... Robby Krieger (born January 8, 1946) is a rock and roll guitarist from Los Angeles, California. ... Raymond Daniel Manzarek or Manczarek (b. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

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

Personnel

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

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Additional personnel

• Ray Manzarek – organ