Beyond and Back: The X Anthology

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Beyond and Back: The X Anthology
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Artist: X.
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1997-10-28
Music Label: Elektra / Wea
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Los Angeles
  2. The World's a Mess; It's in My Kiss
  3. Yr Ignition
  4. Year One [Demo Version]
  5. Hungry Wolf
  6. We're Desperate
  7. Beyond & Back [Live]
  8. Back 2 the Base [Live]
  9. Blue Spark [Remix Outtake][Mix]
  10. Some Other Time [#]
  11. Sex and Dying in High Society [Demo Version]
  12. Motel Room in My Bed
  13. Heater
  14. The Once Over Twice [Live]
  15. Because I Do
  16. In This House That I Call Home
  17. Soul Kitchen [Demo Version]
  18. Universal Corner [Live]
  19. Delta 88 [Demo Version]
  20. Real Child of Hell [Remix Outtake][Mix]
  21. I'm Coming Over [Live]
  22. White Girl [Single Mix]
  23. Nausea [Live]
  24. Johny Hit and Run Pauline [Demo Version]
  25. Your Phone's off the Hook, But You're Not
  26. Riding With Mary [Single Mix]
Music CD 2
  1. The New World [Demo Version]
  2. Breathless [Single Mix]
  3. Poor Girl
  4. What's Wrong with Me [Rough Mix]
  5. How I (Learned My Lesson) [Live]
  6. The Have Nots
  7. Someone Like You [Demo Version]
  8. The Stage [Demo Version]
  9. See How We Are [Demo Version]
  10. Surprise, Surprise
  11. 4th of July [Demo Version]
  12. Arms for Hostages/Country at War [Demo Version]
  13. Wild Thing [Single Edit]
  14. Burning House of Love
  15. Devil Doll [Demo Version]
  16. True Love
  17. Call of the Wreckin' Ball
  18. In the Time It Takes [Demo Version]
  19. I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts [1997 Mix]

Free Music Notes for Beyond and Back: The X Anthology

Free Music Review: It's the X factor the world needs today...
Hit: 5 Stars

Listening to the alternate mixes, demos & bootlegs collected on the 2 CD's of "Beyond & Back" leaves me with only one conclusion: if there was ever a better rock band than X, I never heard them. From the late 70's thru late 80's, & thru 3 different guitarists, X consistently kept their integrity, their social conscience & the awful beauty of the music intact.

Of course, anyone familiar with X would vote for Billy Zoom as being the quintessential guitar player for the band, & his awesome machine-gun rockabilly licks leave little room for argument on gems such as "Blue Spark", "Los Angeles" & "Johnny Hit and Run Pauline". But the wonderful country-tinged social protest songs that Tony Gilkyson played with them, represented here by "See How We Are", "4th of July" & others equally deserving of respect; it's also fascinating how close the early punk numbers really are to the later folk sounds X recorded.

Many of the best-known songs are here in alternate takes or live bootlegs. "Burning House of Love" is turned into an unplugged country number while "The Have-Nots" is an early live cassette recording. "Soul Kitchen" which I had always assumed the band covered in homage to their producer Ray Manzarek here predates his involvement with X in their first demo recording. Additionally, a wonderful "Riding With Mary" features Mr.Manzarek on some very punk keyboard riffs!

No matter how much the guitars or the wonderful primal drums of DJ Bonebreak are discussed, the essence of X is the truly unique beauty of John Doe & Exene Cervanka singing together. The dissonant harmonies they discovered will give you goosebumps & have you turning the volume to 11. I simply cannot listen to them without having flashbacks to LA in the late-70's; this IS what living in Los Angeles sounded like then, amidst the decaying movie star mansions & aging hippies of Venice.

In the era of pre-fab boy bands, teenage barbie dolls & corporate sponsored music, the X factor is what's missing. This is the love of music that seduced me all those years ago, life on the edge & screams of desperation that have been silenced by banality. Buy this CD set & take a stand against corporate music. You won't be sorry you did.

Beyond and Back: The X Anthology Poster

This two-disc retrospective serves better as a wild gift to fanatical Xtremests rather than as a serviceable overview for the casual fan who never had much time for the band in the first place. Only 11 of the collection's 45 tracks were culled from the nine official albums released over a decade and a half span. Unlike a standard best-of, Beyond and Back is heavily weighted with demos, outtakes, rare singles, and live recordings. Some will no doubt bemoan the supplanting of studio recordings of high-tension band standards such as "The World's a Mess; It's in My Kiss," "The Once Over Twice," and "Johny Hit and Run Paulene" with raw, lo-fi alternates. Still, the candid approach certainly suits the band's original aesthetic, and there are a surplus of enticing rarities to be found that even dabblers will enjoy. --Steven Stolder

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