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    Co-produced by John Doe, this career-spanning two-disc collection gathers the best of X's early Slash days, their Elektra era, and their most recent work for Mercury. Includes all their best-known songs, plus such rarities as the Slash single mix of "White Girl," a 1980 live version of "Beyond And Back," and two songs by X side project The Knitters. A full-color booklet features rare photos and testimonials from Dave Alvin, Henry Rollins, and others.

    John Doe, Exene Cervenka, Billy Zoom, and D.J. Bonebrake were critical and popular heroes on the bristling LA club scene of the late '70s to early '80s. With X, the four took a hardcore approach that combined traditional blues, folk, country, rockabilly, and punk rock with a dark lyrical sensibility that reflected the cynical times.

    Among the band's biggest early fans was ex-Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek, who produced X's acclaimed first album, Los Angeles, for the fledgling Slash label. After 1981's equally praised Wild Gift, X signed a major-label deal with Elektra, which released 1982's Under The Big Black Sun and their next four albums -- each a raging slab of musical invention that helped sow the seeds of the "alternative" revolution.

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    • 46 tracks
    • Released on 07/13/2004
    • 2 CDs

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    Adult Books
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    03:10
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    We're Desperate
    X
    02:00
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    Los Angeles
          
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    Your Phone's Off The Hook, But You're Not
          
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    Johny Hit And Run Paulene
          
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    Soul Kitchen
          
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    The World's A Mess; It's In My Kiss
          
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    The Unheard Music
          
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    White Girl
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    The Once Over Twice
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    02:31
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    Universal Corner
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    04:39
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    Some Other Time
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    In This House That I Call Home
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    Beyond And Back
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    Riding With Mary
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    03:12
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    The Hungry Wolf
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    Motel Room In My Bed
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    Blue Spark
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    The Have Nots
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    Under The Big Black Sun
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    03:23
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    The New World
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    Breathless
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    We're Having Much More Fun
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    True Love
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    I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts
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    Wild Thing
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    Poor Girl
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    The Call of the Wreckin' Ball
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    Someone Like You
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    What's Wrong With Me
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    Burning House Of Love
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    My Goodness
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    4th Of July
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    You
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    When It Rains
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    Surprise Surprise
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    I'm Lost
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    See How We Are
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    Skin Deep Town
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    Around My Heart
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    Just Another Perfect Day
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    Devil Doll
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    Big Blue House
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    Clean Like Tomorrow
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    Country At War
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    New Life
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    03:24
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