Live at the Whisky a Go-Go [Live]

X | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: May 3, 1988
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Elektra / Wea
• ASIN: B000005IRW
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #112,268 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Los Angeles [Live]

2. House I Call Home [Live]

3. The New World [Live]

4. Around My Heart [Live]

5. Surprise, Surprise [Live]

6. Because I Do [Live]

7. Burning House of Love [Live]

8. My Goodness [Live]

9. Blue Spark [Live]

10. The Once Over Twice [Live]

11. Devil Doll [Live]

12. The Hungry Wolf [Live]

13. Unheard Music [Live]

14. Riding With Mary [Live]

15. World's a Mess, It's in My Kiss [Live]

16. White Girl

17. Skin Deep Town [Live]

18. So Long (It's Been Good to Know Yuh) [Live]

19. The Call of the Wreckin' Ball [Live]

20. Year 1 [Live]

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Live on the fabulous Sunset Strip, January 23, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Live at the Whisky a Go-Go (Audio CD)

One of the best live rock albums. Having the fortune of seeing X a decade after-the-fact (sometime in 2000 at the Axis in Boston), I can say that they rocked just as hard as this album. Billy Zoom with his splay-legged stance and ... grin. DJ Bonebrake crashing the heads. Exene and John Doe belting out the punkabilly pop gems. The only complaint is that the original cassette release contained one of the finest live cuts that is NOT included (Someone tell me why) on the CD - True Love. But that is hardly enough to keep me from recommending this to anyone.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ultimate Live Recording, January 27, 2001

By 

Douglas Coronel "Music Guru" (Santa Clarita, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live at the Whisky a Go-Go (Audio CD)

This is a virtual "best-of" album and the best surprise is the quality of the live recording is equal to any studio album X put out. You would not know the album was live except for the audience clapping and the exchange between the band. No weak songs were put on this album. One reviewer below lambasted X for putting Skin Deep Town on the album. It is the weakest point on the album, as it features the band criticizing shallow youth engaging in brain-dead orgies in Ft. Lauderdale on Spring Break. Honestly, though, X were always political and critical of intellectualy lazy people. The song is no surprise, but it doesn't rock well like the other 20 songs. The album is exceptional and the playing of the band is at the top of their form. Punk, Rock, and Western all mixed together to make a delicious stew. Buy this and feel you were at the venue in the flesh.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you can only take one X Cd to an island-, December 9, 2002

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"woogie97405" (Eugene, Oregon USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live at the Whisky a Go-Go (Audio CD)

Take this one....Please! If you like rock and roll, punk, alt... any or all of these etc....this is the one I'd take out of my whole collection. If you want the concert experience while sorting laundry, mopping the floor, or breaking up with your lover-BUY THIS ONE!~Thanks to all the members of X for being the greatest!