Released 1980 Artist X Producer Lobby Loyde | Recorded 1979 Release date 1980 Genres Punk rock, Rock music | |
X-Aspirations
(1979) At Home with You
(1985) Label Amphetamine Reptile Records Punk rock albums At Home with You, More Fun in the New World, Los Angeles, Under the Big Black Sun, Beyond and Back: The X Ant | ||
X-Aspirations, sometimes simply called Aspirations, is the debut studio album from Australian rock band X. It was recorded in a single afternoon in 1979 at Trafalgar Studios in the band's hometown of Sydney and released the following year on the band's own label. After the album's release, the X's original lineup fell apart. In October 2010, A-Aspirations was listed in the book 100 Best Australian Albums.
Contents
Original LP track listing
- "Suck Suck"
- "Present"
- "Simulated Lovers"
- "Police"
- "Revolution"
- "Turn My Head"
- "Good on Ya Baby"
- "Delinquent Cause"
- "I Don't Wanna Go Out"
- "Dipstick"
- "It Must Be Me"
- "Coat of Green"
- "Waiting"
- "Batman"
Reissues
The original album has been re-released numerous times, often with bonus tracks taken from the band's 1984 single. The short-lived Australian Ultimate Record Company was the first to reissue the album on vinyl and compact disc with the John Lennon song "Mother as the lead track. The CD version also inserted the B-side "Halfway 'Round the World midway through the album. In 1992 the noise rock label Amphetamine Reptile Records was the first to release Aspirations]] in the United States. More recent re-releases either omit the single, or tack onto the end of the CD as bonus tracks, including an alternate take of "Mother".
Musicians
Technical
- Cover by Kit
Songs
1Suck Suck1:55
2Present1:41
3Simulated Lovers2:59