Los Angeles
Studio album by X
Released	April 1980
Recorded	January 1980, Golden Sound Studios, Hollywood, CA
Genre	Punk rock
Length	28:05
Label	Slash
Producer	Ray Manzarek
Professional reviews
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X chronology
Los Angeles ( 1980) Wild Gift (1981)

Los Angeles was the 1980 debut album by the American punk rock band X. Produced by ex-Doors keyboard player Ray Manzarek, it included a cover of the 1967 Doors song, "Soul Kitchen."

Critical response

In 1989, it was ranked #24 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the The 100 Greatest Albums of the 80's. In 2003, the album was ranked number 286 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Fans of X's hardcore punk phase and L.A.-area gigging days typically select this as the band's finest album. Other critics tend toward their later albums Wild Gift, Under the Big Black Sun, and More Fun In The New World.

It was re-released by Rhino Records in 2001 with five bonus tracks.

Track listing

All tracks written by John Doe and Exene Cervenka except as indicated.

Side one

1. "Your Phone's Off the Hook, But You're Not" – 2:25
2. "Johnny Hit and Run Paulene" – 2:50
3. "Soul Kitchen" (John Densmore, Robbie Krieger, Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison) – 2:25
4. "Nausea" – 3:40
5. "Sugarlight" – 2:28

Side two

1. "Los Angeles" – 2:25
2. "Sex and Dying in High Society" – 2:15
3. "Unheard Music" – 4:49
4. "The World's a Mess, It's in My Kiss" – 4:43

Bonus tracks (2001 reissue)

1. "I'm Coming Over" (Demo version) – 1:24
2. "Adult Books" (Dangerhouse version) – 3:21
3. "Delta 88" (Demo version) – 1:28
4. "Cyrano de Berger's Back" – 3:01
5. "Los Angeles" (Dangerhouse version) – 2:14

Personnel

• John Doe – bass, vocals
• Exene – vocals
• Billy Zoom – guitar
• D.J. Bonebrake – drums

Additional personnel

• Ray Manzarek – organ