Under the Big Black Sun

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Under the Big Black Sun
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Artist: X.
Brand: X
Edition: Music CD
Format: Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2001-09-18
Music Label: Elektra / Wea
Soundtracks:
  1. The Hungry Wolf
  2. Motel Room In My Bed
  3. Riding With Mary
  4. Come Back To Me
  5. Under The Big Black Sun
  6. Because I Do
  7. Blue Spark
  8. Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
  9. Real Child Of Hell
  10. How I (Learned My Lesson)
  11. The Have Nots
  12. Riding WIth Mary (Single Version)
  13. X Rewrites 'El Paso' (Rehearsal)/Because I Do (TV Mix/Instrumental)
  14. Universal Corner (Live)
  15. Breathless (Single Mix)
  16. How I (Learned My Lesson) (Live)

Free Music Notes for Under the Big Black Sun

Free Music Review: Who ??....
Hit: 5 Stars

We thank the stars, cosmos, planets, moon tides...whatever it was that pushed these four weird people together at that time, and made them produce such crystal-clear genius. If I had to list my 10 fave albums of all time, this would be one of them. It still makes me shake my head in wonder that their collaboration created these songs, this sound, each member true to the sounds in their head, all blended together to make magic happen. They are all incredible musicians, and Exene's poetic lyrics are unique unto themselves. Standing there, in her farmer lady's dress and June Cleaver apron, screaming out her lyrics, sometimes making sounds that make Janis Joplin sound like Laura Nyro. They certainly are not for everyone, just for those lucky enough to "get it." They go from hard-core driving beat,("Because I Do", "Real Child Of Hell") to rockabilly gone haywire, to Mexicali ("Dancing With Tears In My Eyes"), to gut wrenching letters from lonely souls (Come Back To Me"), to drunken anthems ("The Have Nots")...and other songs, that can't be put under any category...all having un-equaled potency. Every time I play "The Hungry Wolf", I am eXhilerated, and left spent, and in awe. John Doe's and Exene's eerie harmonies, her poetry, Billy Zoom's relentless and skillfull guitar, D.J. Bonebreaks innovative, to -the -front pounding drums, they all came together at that little moment in time to create a perfect result. I am not necessarily recommending this to the same people that I'd recommend Judy Garland or Billie Holliday to,(both of whom I also love) you may HATE this band, and have a heart attack in the process. That's o.k. I, and many others, still consider them simply one of the best bands ever, you can list all their ingredients and analyze them to death...they remain an enigma. But, what pleasure they bring. I don't mind growing old, as long as I can still hear their songs.

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Under The Big Black Sun presents the complete original Elektra album plus 5 bonus tracks, 'Riding With Mary' (Single Version), 'X Rewrites El Paso' (Rehearsal), 'Because I Do' (TV Mix/Instrumental, 'Universal Corner' (Live), 'Breathless' (Single Mix) and
By the time the title track's triumphant riff chime-growls out midway through Under the Big Black Sun, the listener has already been through the most wrenching sequence of X songs yet assembled. After the thumping bike-club anthem "The Hungry Wolf" opens this 1982 major-label debut, its tough-ass romanticism is quickly plowed under by memories of a motel bed "with rubber sheets" and two heartrending songs about Exene Cervenka's sister Mirielle, who'd been killed in a car crash. In fact, even without "Blue Spark," this would easily qualify as the group's most indigo record yet; the second half offers a lovingly surf-music-tinged remake of an old Tin Pan Alley tune, "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" and "The Have Nots," whose alcohol-soaked social comment clings so fiercely to mournfulness that hardly a wisp of punk anger can take hold. Rootsier than X's previous albums, Sun updates noirish dread with guitar wisdom. This remaster includes five bonus tracks, including the original mix of their Jerry Lee Lewis cover "Breathless." --Rickey Wright

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