X, Under the Big Black Sun - 34m 12s

Tracks & Durations

1. The Hungry Wolf	3:47
2. Motel Room In My Bed	2:41
3. Riding With Mary	3:39
4. Come Back To Me	3:45
5. Under The Big Black Sun	3:25
6. Because I Do	2:26
7. Blue Spark	2:10
8. Dancing With Tears In My Eyes	2:14
9. Real Child Of Hell	2:59
10. How I (Learned My Lesson)	2:15
11. The Have Nots	4:43

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Review

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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Under the Big Black Sun

Tracks: 11, Disk length: 34m 12s

Under the Big Black Sun

Tracks: 11, Disk length: 34m 9s (-1m 57s)

Under the Big Black Sun

Tracks: 11, Disk length: 34m 9s (-1m 57s)

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