| Los Angeles | ||||
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| Released | April 26, 1980 | |||
| Recorded | January 1980 | |||
| Studio | Golden Sound Studios, Hollywood, CA | |||
| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Length | 28:05 | |||
| Label | Slash | |||
| Producer | Ray Manzarek | |||
| X chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Los Angeles | ||||
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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.
- ^ "X's Debut Album 'Los Angeles' Turns 40 - Anniversary Retrospective". Albumism. April 25, 2020. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
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