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Los Angeles/Wild Gift

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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.

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.

Los Angeles is one of the few albums I listen to @ 30 that I listened to @ 14. I bought this CD when my 2nd cassette copy of Los Angeles wore out.

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.

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.

A music fan from boston how can you say NOFX is better than X? You can't even compare the 2. X is in a league of it's own, read X lyrics then read NOFX lyrics. Look at NOFX guitar tabs and then look at X's. Los Angeles has to be the best record to come out of LA if not the whole USA or the world, it moves you like other bands and albums can't.

This is simply a master piece , Ive been following this band for about twenty years and they seemed to have lost there touch a few years back , then I heard that they were getting together for a few shows for summer of 98 my wife and myself went and boy what a treat they were so tight like they never missed a beat , if your curious and want to get a good all around feel for there sounds this is surely were to begin it took me back to the good old days at the whiskey ,palace , country club , well I could go on and on anyways . A big 5 star for this double set thats for sure !! ENJOY

Los Angeles and Wild Gift are both timeless albums. The intensity of X matches the intesity of life. Seeing the band play with Billy Zoom in the summer of 1998 was priceless and precious. If you are unfamiliar with X, this is the place to start.

american folk with driving passion. with ray manzarek producing, this c.d. is raw "in your face"lyrics that will never be matched.Billy Zooms' guitar is smoking and d.j.s' drums are slamming. John and Exene's vocals cut like a knife! The only thing better than this project, is seeing them live! Thanks for the current reunion tour and don't EVER break up again!!!!!!!!

I've had this for years and I still love it. This flat-out rocks, and they get extra credit for exhibiting brains and humor behind their lyrics. Just get it, you will not be disappointed!