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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
Robert Christgau	B+
Rolling Stone

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 on April 29, 1988, by Elektra Records. The album was recorded on December 13, 15, and 16, 1987, at the Whisky a Go Go in West Hollywood, California, United States.

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. "In This House That 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. "Johny Hit and Run Paulene" – 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
• John Kosh - Design consultant

Charts

See also

• Sunset Strip

References

1. AllMusic review
2. Robert Christgau review
3. Rolling Stone review
4. "X Live At The Whisky A Go-Go On The Fabulous Sunset Strip". Archived from the original on April 13, 2009. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
5. "X". Billboard. Retrieved April 30, 2020.

• X (American band) live albums
• 1988 live albums
• Elektra Records live albums
• Albums recorded at the Whisky a Go Go