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Live at the Whisky a Go-Go on the Fabulous Sunset Strip is the seventh album and first live album by American rock band X, released April 29, 1988 by Elektra Records. The album was recorded on December 13, 15 and 16 in 1987 at the Whisky a Go Go nightclub in West Hollywood, California, United States.[4]

Live at the Whisky a Go-Go
Live album by X
Released	April 29, 1988
Recorded	December 13, December 15–16, 1987
Venue	Record Plant Mobile, Whisky A Go-Go (West Hollywood), Rumbo Recorders (Canoga Park)
Genre	Punk rock
Length	81:16 (LP version) 71:12 (CD version)
Label	Elektra
Producer	Alvin Clark
X chronology
See How We Are (1987) Live at the Whisky a Go-Go (1988) Hey Zeus! (1993)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	B+[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

Three of the tracks ("In the Time It Takes," "Just Another Perfect Day," and "True Love") were only included on the vinyl version but omitted from the compact disc edition.

Track listing

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

Side one

1. "Los Angeles" – 2:54
2. "House I Call Home" – 2:33
3. "The New World" – 3:00
4. "Around My Heart" – 4:19
5. "Surprise, Surprise" – 2:44
6. "Because I Do" – 2:22

Side two

1. "Burning House of Love" – 4:22
2. "My Goodness" – 4:05
3. "Blue Spark" – 2:13
4. "In the Time It Takes" – 2:55 (not included on CD release)
5. "The Once Over Twice" – 2:35
6. "Devil Doll" (includes excerpt of "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" (Bob Dylan)) – 4:27

Side three

1. "The Hungry Wolf" – 3:51
2. "Just Another Perfect Day" – 4:33 (not included on CD release)
3. "Unheard Music" – 4:10
4. "Riding with Mary" – 3:45
5. "World's a Mess" – 3:33

Side four

1. "True Love" – 2:36 (not included on CD release)
2. "White Girl" – 3:40
3. "Skin Deep Town" – 3:16
4. "So Long" (Woody Guthrie) – 4:00
5. "The Call of the Wreckin' Ball" (Dave Alvin, Doe) – 4:35
6. "Year 1" – 1:16
7. "Johnny Hit and Run Pauline" – 3:32

Personnel

X

• John Doe – acoustic guitar, bass guitar, vocals
• Exene Cervenka – vocals
• D.J. Bonebrake – drums
• Tony Gilkyson – guitar, vocals

Technical personnel

• Kevin Patrick - executive producer
• Alvin Clark - producer, engineer
• Stanley Johnston - engineer
• Gina Immel - assistant engineer
• Jeff Poe - assistant engineer
• Jay Willis - mastering
• Kosh - coordination

Charts

Sales chart performance for Live at the Whiskey a Go-Go

Chart	Position	Date	Duration
Billboard 200[5]	175	May 27, 1988	5 weeks

See also

• Sunset Strip

References

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