Los Angeles (X album)

Los Angeles
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 26, 1980
RecordedJanuary 1980
StudioGolden Sound Studios, Hollywood, CA
GenrePunk rock
Length28:05
LabelSlash
ProducerRay Manzarek
X chronology
Los Angeles
(1980)
Wild Gift
(1981)
Singles from Los Angeles
  1. "Los Angeles"
    Released: 1980

Los Angeles is the debut studio album by American rock band X, released on April 26, 1980,[1] by Slash Records. It was produced by ex-Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek and includes a cover of the 1967 Doors song "Soul Kitchen".

Los Angeles placed at No. 16 in The Village Voice's 1980 Pazz & Jop critics' poll.[2] In 2003, the album was ranked No. 286 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.[3]

In 1988, Slash issued Los Angeles and Wild Gift jointly on a single CD. It was reissued by Rhino Records in 2001 with five bonus tracks.

  1. ^ "X's Debut Album 'Los Angeles' Turns 40 - Anniversary Retrospective". Albumism. April 25, 2020. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
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