More Fun in the New World

by X

Overview

Coming off their 1982 masterpiece Under the Big Black Sun, X offered their follow-up More Fun in the New World one year later. While its predecessor won the band a slew of new fans, it didn't serve as the major breakthrough that it so deservedly should have. Rightfully, they didn't fool with their already winning formula; they issued another solid set of songs produced, again, by Ray Manzarek. The anthemic album opener "The New World" is still powerful years later, as is the absolutely beautiful ballad "I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts," which perfectly captures the paranoid feeling of Reagan's America in the '80s. X achieved new rough and rocking heights with the vicious "Devil Doll," "Painting the Town Blue," and "Make the Music Go Bang," while returning once again to their retro '50s roots with "Poor Girl." More Fun in the New World would prove to be Manzarek's final production credit with X, who would hook up with renowned heavy metal veteran Michael Wagener for their next release two years later, Ain't Love Grand! ~ Greg Prato

Product Details

Release Date:	04/12/2019
Label:	Fat Possum Records
UPC:	0767981169811

Tracks

1. The New World
2. We're Having Much More Fun
3. True Love
4. Poor Girl
5. Make the Music Go Bang
6. Breathless
7. I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts
8. Devil Doll
9. Painting the Town Blue
10. Hot House
11. Drunk in My Past
12. I See Red
13. True Love, Pt. 2

Album Credits

Performance Credits

X   Primary Artist
D.J. Bonebrake   Percussion,Drums
Billy Zoom   Guitar
Exene Cervenka   Vocals
John Doe   Bass,Vocals

Technical Credits

Clay Rose   Engineer,Mixing
Ray Manzarek   Producer,Mixing
Rick Schmidlin   Photography
Raymond Bridgers   Photography
Brian Scheuble   Assistant Engineer
Otis Blackwell   Composer
Brad Gilderman   Mixing
Exene Cervenka   Artwork,Composer
Norm Ung   Artwork
John Doe   Composer