Live at the Whisky a Go-Go (X album) explained

Live at the Whisky a Go-Go
Type:	Live
Artist:	X
Cover:	XLiveAtTheWhiskeyAGo-Go.jpg
Released:	April 29, 1988
Recorded:	December 13, December 15–16, 1987
Venue:	Record Plant Mobile, Whisky A Go-Go (West Hollywood), Rumbo Recorders (Canoga Park)
Genre:	Punk rock
Length:	81:16 (LP version) 71:12 (CD version)
Label:	Elektra
Producer:	Alvin Clark
Prev Title:	See How We Are
Prev Year:	1987
Next Title:	Hey Zeus!
Next Year:	1993

Live at the Whisky a Go-Go on the Fabulous Sunset Strip is the seventh album and first live album by American rock band X, released April 29, 1988 by Elektra Records. The album was recorded on December 13, 15 and 16 in 1987 at the Whisky a Go Go nightclub in West Hollywood, California, United States.^[1]

Three of the tracks ("In the Time It Takes," "Just Another Perfect Day," and "True Love") were only included on the vinyl version but omitted from the compact disc edition.

Track listing

All songs written by John Doe and Exene Cervenka except as indicated.

Side one

1. "Los Angeles" – 2:54
2. "In This House That I Call Home" – 2:33
3. "The New World" – 3:00
4. "Around My Heart" – 4:19
5. "Surprise, Surprise" – 2:44
6. "Because I Do" – 2:22

Side two

1. "Burning House of Love" – 4:22
2. "My Goodness" – 4:05
3. "Blue Spark" – 2:13
4. "In the Time It Takes" – 2:55 (not included on CD release)
5. "The Once Over Twice" – 2:35
6. "Devil Doll" (includes excerpt of "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" (Bob Dylan)) – 4:27

Side three

1. "The Hungry Wolf" – 3:51
2. "Just Another Perfect Day" – 4:33 (not included on CD release)
3. "Unheard Music" – 4:10
4. "Riding with Mary" – 3:45
5. "World's a Mess" – 3:33

Side four

1. "True Love" – 2:36 (not included on CD release)
2. "White Girl" – 3:40
3. "Skin Deep Town" – 3:16
4. "So Long" (Woody Guthrie) – 4:00
5. "The Call of the Wreckin' Ball" (Dave Alvin, Doe) – 4:35
6. "Year 1" – 1:16
7. "Johny Hit and Run Paulene" – 3:32

Personnel

X

• John Doe – acoustic guitar, bass guitar, vocals
• Exene Cervenka – vocals
• D.J. Bonebrake – drums
• Tony Gilkyson – guitar, vocals

Technical personnel

• Kevin Patrick - executive producer
• Alvin Clark - producer, engineer
• Stanley Johnston - engineer
• Gina Immel - assistant engineer
• Jeff Poe - assistant engineer
• Jay Willis - mastering
• Kosh - coordination

See also

• Sunset Strip

Notes and References

1. Web site: X Live At The Whisky A Go-Go On The Fabulous Sunset Strip . 2010-03-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090413171346/http://www.xtheband.com/live.html . April 13, 2009 .
2. X . April 30, 2020 . Billboard.