X - At Home With You

1LP Vinyl - DC-200

Five years after their debut album Aspirations, 1985’s sophomore full-length “At Home with You” showcased a new depth for the seminal Australian group X. The record mixes commercial sensibilities (the melodious, brass-laden part of “T.V. Glue” is easily imagined as the background for a television advertisement) with unabashed punk ethos that can most readily be detected in frontman Steve Lucas’s expressive, sore-throated vocals. The album features ambitious and artful musicianship, and even an atmospheric ballad in the smoky “Don’t Cry No Tears,” while the band’s pub-rockin’ roots are still on display in tracks like “Degenerate Boy” (a re-working of one of their earlier songs) and the bouncy “She’s Gone.” While it positions its maturity up front, spending a bit of time at home with this newly-reissued LP will assure you that you’re still tuned into the same delightfully abrasive outfit that produced the classic posthumously-released 1977 X-Spurts sessions.

Condition:

Media: Mint (M)

Sleeve: Mint (M)

Track List: 

A1. The Feel
A2. TV Glue
A3. Movin' On
A4. Half Way Round The World
A5. You Really Don't Care
A6. Degenerate Boy
B1. All Over Now
B2. At Home With You
B3. Going Crazy
B4. Oxford Street Nick
B5. Don't Cry No Tears
B6. She's Gone