Los Angeles

1977年成立于洛杉矶的Punk乐队X的第一张专辑，由大门乐队的前成员Ray Manzarek负责制作并担任键盘，和绝大多数朋克专辑一样，作为背景的电吉他可能会让你担心会不会吵到邻居，但这张专辑里的歌曲还是比较注重旋律的，乐队女主唱的表现也相当不错，滚石杂志的编辑认为，这张专辑表明Punk和传统摇滚也可以友好相处。 这张专辑在滚石杂志选出的500张历代最强专辑中排名第286位。 by Greg Prato By the late '70s, punk rock and hardcore were infiltrating the Los Angeles music scene. Such bands as Black Flag, the Germs, and, especially, X were the leaders of the pack, prompting an avalanche of copycat bands and eventually signing record contracts themselves. X's debut, Los Angeles, is considered by many to be one of punk's all-time finest recordings, and with good reason. Most punk bands used their musical inability to create their own style, but X actually consisted of some truly gifted musicians, including rockabilly guitarist Billy Zoom, bassist John Doe, and frontwoman Exene Cervenka, who, with Doe, penned poetic lyrics and perfected sweet yet biting vocal harmonies. Los Angeles is prime X, offering such all-time classics as the venomous "Your Phone's Off the Hook, but You're Not," a tale of date rape called "Johnny Hit and Run Paulene," and two of their best anthems (and enduring concert favorites), "Nausea" and the title track. While they were tagged as a punk rock act from the get-go (many felt that this eventually proved a hindrance), X are not easily categorized. Although they utilize elements of punk's frenzy and electricity, they also add country, ballads, and rockabilly to the mix. [In 1988 Los Angeles and Wild Gift were combined as part of a CD reissue by Slash Records.]