Wild Gift [EXPLICIT LYRICS] [EXTRA TRACKS] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REISSUED] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

X

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 18, 2001)
• Original Release Date: September 18, 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics, Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B00005NTQ6
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #21,055 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Once Over Twice

2. We're Desperate

3. Adult Books

4. Universal Corner

5. I'm Coming Over

6. It's Who You Know

7. In This House That I Call Home

8. Some Other Time

9. White Girl

10. Beyond and Back

11. Back 2 the Base

12. When Our Love Passed Out on the Couch

13. Year 1

14. Beyond and Back [Live][*]

15. Blue Spark [#][*][Demo Version]

16. We're Desperate [Single Version][*]

17. Back 2 the Base [Live][#][*]

18. Heater [Rehearsal][*]

19. White Girl [Single Mix][*]

20. Once Over Twice [Single Mix][#][*]

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Though a small handful of its 13 songs predate Los Angeles, X's second album represents a giant leap forward for the band. Wild Gift stands as one of the 1980s' most fully realized rock & roll LPs. John Doe and Exene Cervenka bring altogether more personal and biting lyrics to the mic, making for riveting, curiosity-promoting performances. ("If I wrote a song like 'White Girl,'" Doe tells critic Kristine McKenna in this remaster's liner notes, "there was an unspoken pact that this may happen, but I love you more.") From the metallic riff of "It's Who You Know" to the surf-wise lines of "In This House That I Call Home," guitarist Billy Zoom is given freer rein, while drummer D.J. Bonebrake fuses the Ramones and Beefheart to enduring effect on "We're Desperate" (improved from an early single version by a slight lyric change). And "Back 2 the Base" and "Year 1" stand out as two of the most complex statements about punk's icon-smashing impulses ever. The 45-rpm take of "We're Desperate" is included here, along with six other bonus tracks. Shut up and smoke. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wild, March 6, 2002

By	Edward Bosnar (Zagreb, Croatia) - See all my reviews

Although otherwise sophisticated and astoundingly knowledgeable on matters of music, most people I know in this corner of Europe have never even heard of X, to say nothing of being familiar with any of their albums or songs (many were also surprised by the fact that ex-Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek acted as producer for a punk band). So I was only too happy to shell out the shipping costs to order this CD (all my cassettes long since lost or permanently `borrowed') to enlighten friends, acquaintances and other music lovers. "Wild Gift" is probably the most standard X album, and the bonus tracks on this edition are a really good supplement to the original tracks. Although not as hardcore as other U.S. punk legends like the Ramones or Dead Kennedys, X's early works from the late `70s and early `80s still sound fresh and relevant.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite X album, April 9, 2002

By	A. M. Rowe "music, book, and game freak" (N. Syracuse, NY USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is my favorite X album. Every song is perfect, or very near close to being perfect! Great lyrics, great music! This has many of the best songs X ever wrote, including "The Once Over Twice", "White Girl", "In This House That I Call Home", ect. I notice some of the x-tra songs have already been included on the X anthology. X were the best American punk band, ever. A punk band that managed to pull off being romantic and poetic. But never cheesy.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gotta get back to the basics, December 13, 2001

By	Adrian Hunter (Santa Cruz, CA USA) - See all my reviews

Another ace 2001 reissue from long-lost El Lay lovers John Doe and Exene Cervenka, who catalog the travails of sex and dying in high society with wit, wisdom and a tragic desperation that mixes up the Doors, rockabilly riffs and locomotive-breath rhythmic propulsion to make their music eminently go bang, as well as squish, groan and scream. When it comes to raunchy romantic relationships, "The Once Over Twice," "White Girl," "Adult Books" and "When Our Love Passed Out On The Couch" are as seminal as they (er) come.