music.wikisort.org - CompositionUnder the Big Black Sun is the third studio album by American rock band X, and their major-label debut. It was released on Elektra Records in July 1982 and reissued on Rhino Records in 2001 with bonus tracks. It was re-released in its original format by Fat Possum Records in 2018.
This article is about the album. For the memoir by John Doe, see Under the Big Black Sun (book).
1982 studio album by X
Under the Big Black Sun |
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Released | July 1982 |
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Recorded | 1982 |
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Studio | Cherokee (Hollywood) |
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Genre | Punk rock |
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Length | 34:29 |
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Label | Elektra |
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Producer | Ray Manzarek |
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Professional ratingsReview scores |
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Source | Rating |
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AllMusic |     [1] |
Entertainment Weekly | B+[2] |
Rolling Stone |     [3] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide |     [4] |
The Village Voice | A−[5] |
The cover art illustration was drawn by Alfred Harris.[6]
Track listing
All tracks written by John Doe and Exene Cervenka except where noted.
Side A
- "The Hungry Wolf" – 3:45
- "Motel Room in My Bed" – 2:32
- "Riding with Mary" – 3:40
- "Come Back to Me" – 3:43
- "Under the Big Black Sun" – 3:23
Side B
- "Because I Do" – 2:21
- "Blue Spark" – 2:06
- "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" (Al Dubin, Joe Burke) – 2:20
- "Real Child of Hell" – 2:59
- "How I (Learned My Lesson)" – 2:12
- "The Have Nots" – 4:44
Bonus tracks (2001 reissue)
- "Riding with Mary" (Single Version) – 3:12
- "X Rewrites 'El Paso'" (Rehearsal)/"Because I Do" (TV Mix/Instrumental) (Marty Robbins, Cervenka, Doe) – 2:56
- "Universal Corner" (Live) – 4:08
- "Breathless" (Single Mix) (Otis Blackwell) – 2:20
- "How I (Learned My Lesson)" (Live) – 2:20
Personnel
- X
- Additional personnel
- Ray Manzarek – keyboards on "Riding with Mary" (Single version)
Charts
Sales chart performance for Under the Big Black Sun
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Peak |
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Billboard Pop Albums[7] |
76 |
August 20, 1982 |
15 weeks |
References
- Prato, Greg. "Under the Big Black Sun – X". AllMusic. Retrieved September 11, 2005.
- "X: Under the Big Black Sun". Entertainment Weekly: 75. September 28, 2001.
- Puterbaugh, Parke (August 16, 1982). "X: Under the Big Black Sun". Rolling Stone (376). Archived from the original on August 21, 2008. Retrieved June 16, 2006.
- Sisario, Ben (2004). "X". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 889–90. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- Christgau, Robert (August 10, 1982). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved April 4, 2006.
- Veltkamp, Joey (7 December 2009). "History of Art in Seattle, Chapter One". Best Of. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
- "X". Billboard. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
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