Born Innocent (Redd Kross album) explained

Born Innocent
Type:Album
Artist:Redd Kross
Cover:Born_Innocent_(album).jpg
Released:1982
Genre:Hardcore punk
Label:Smoke 7
Frontier
Producer:Red Cross
Felix Alanis[1]
Prev Title:Red Cross
Prev Year:1980
Next Title:Teen Babes From Monsanto
Next Year:1984

Born Innocent is the first studio album by Red Cross (later known as Redd Kross), released in 1982 on Smoke 7 Records, and re-released in 1986 on Frontier Records featuring different cover art and three bonus tracks taken from the Sudden Death and American Youth Report compilations.[2] The record was produced by Smoke 7 owner, Felix Alanis, who was also the lead singer of RF7.

In 2007 the album was performed live in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties-curated Don't Look Back series.[3]

Track listing

All tracks written by Jeff and Steve McDonald except where noted.

  1. "Linda Blair" – 2:04
    • named for the actress Linda Blair, who starred in the 1973 film The Exorcist, as well as starring in the movie that the album was named after.
  2. "White Trash" – 1:27
  3. "Everyday There's Someone New" – 1:06
  4. "Solid Gold" – 1:13
  5. "Burn-Out" – 1:24
  6. "Charlie" – 1:47
  7. "Tatum O'Tot and the Fried Vegetables" – 1:32 [reissue bonus track]
  8. "St. Lita Ford Blues" – 3:28 [reissue bonus track][4]
  9. "Self Respect" – 0:42
  10. "Pseudo-Intellectual" – 1:12
  11. "Kill Someone You Hate" – 1:26[5]
  12. "Look on Up at the Bottom" (Stu Phillips) – 2:11
  13. "Cellulite City" – 1:59
  14. "I'm Alright" – 1:57
    • cover of the Rolling Stones cover of Bo Diddley
  15. "Cease to Exist" (Charles Manson) – 2:29
    • Charles Manson cover
  16. "Notes and Chords Mean Nothing to Me" – 2:24 [reissue bonus track]

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Born Innocent - Redd Kross | Credits. AllMusic.
  2. Web site: TrouserPress.com :: Redd Kross (Red Cross). www.trouserpress.com.
  3. Book: Earles, Andrew. Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996. September 15, 2014. Voyageur Press. 9780760346488. Google Books.
  4. Web site: Redd Kross, 'Researching the Blues' (Merge). August 8, 2012.
  5. Web site: Born Innocent.