KINGS X: Black Like Sunday CD PROMO Enhanced. Songs pre-dating Out of the Silent Planet (1988), re-recorded in 2003. Check all songs (whole album)

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KING’S X: Black Like Sunday CD PROMO an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.


Whilst King’s X have been releasing albums since 1987 their roots go back way before that, with Jerry Gaskill and Doug Pinnick sharing stages together since the late 1970s. Black Like Sunday was a collection of songs pre-dating Out of the Silent Planet, re-recorded in 2003 and capturing the group’s original fleetness of foot and earnest, youthful optimism. The title-track remains one of the finest things they’ve ever recorded, whilst 11-minute epic ‘Johnny’ sees them open up and fly without boring you for even a moment. When there’s riffs as solid as ‘Bad Luck’, there is no other option than buying the album…


King’s X: Doug Pinnick (vocals, bass); Ty Tabor (guitar, background vocals); Jerry Gaskill (drums, background vocals).
Recorded at Alien Beans, Houston, Texas between November 2002 and March 2003.
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files

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King’s X  “ Black Like Sunday
Label: Inside Out Music   6 93723 65752 3, Inside Out Music   IOMCD 125, SPV GmbH  085-65752 CD Format: CD, Album PROMO
Country: Germany
Released: 2003
Genre: Rock
Style: Hard Rock
Tracklist:
1 Black Like Sunday 3:32
2 Rock Pile 3:31
3 Danger Zone 3:24
4 Working Man 3:49
5 Dreams 2:53
6 Finished 4:08
7 Screamer 4:22
8 Bad Luck 3:27
9 Down 4:28
10 Won’t Turn Back 2:37
11 Two 2:49
12 You’re The Only One 3:42
13 Johnny 11:40
14 Save Us 2:14

Duration 56:32

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5.0 out of 5 stars Often put down great album,
I don’t know why this album is often put down by Kings X fans. Great stuff here, I can’t believe I took so long to buy it. Great song writing and as always fantastic bass playing by Dug and guitar playing by Ty. They don’t consider this an official release but its still great music. Buy it if you’re a real fan of the band like I am.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Kings X – I Seem To Be In The Minority, But I Really Love This Album,
“”Black Like Sunday”” is an album of previously unreleased material that stretches all the way back to the beginning of the band. I seem to be in the minority here as this disc seems to get really trashed by a lot of Kings X fans, but I have to admit that I really love it. This is all old material that was re-recorded for this album. Yes, some of it sounds a bit dated, but I still really dig it. The band actually stretches out instrumentally on the almost 12 minute track Johnny. A lot of fans seem to look at this as unneeded noodling, but I wish Kings X would do more stuff like this. I have always found it frustrating that a band so instrumentally competent never seems to want to show it off keeping most of their compositions in the 3 to 4 minute range. There are several great songs on this album as well, “”Black Like Sunday””, “”Rockpile””, “”Screamer””, and several others. I really find it surprising how much many Kings X fans loath this album. Personally I think it is great and find this more satisfying than a lot of the band’s more recent works.

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5.0 out of 5 stars

This is a great cd worthy of your money.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Another solid, groovy album by this legendary band!!,
Black Like Sunday is another fine album by this stellar band. dUg (vocals and funky bass), Ty (vocals and tasty guitar), and Jerry (vocals and solid drumming), sound great jammin’ together on this one. The vocals, instruments, and production are tight. Very impressive for a self-produced CD. My personal favorites are Black Like Sunday (straight ahead rocker), Danger Zone (pop tune with harmony vocals, groovy bass, and cool, palm-muted guitar arpeggios), Dreams (funky bass, heavy rhythm, and those strong harmony vocals), Finished (I like to crank this up in my truck. Hard-hitting, straight ahead rocker, with a very energetic, diverse drum beat), Screamer (cool, Black Sabbath-type feel to it, with the low string bending, and cool harmony vocals on the chorus), You’re The Only One (cool, Beatle-esque pop tune), and Johnny (awesome extended jam).
For the album cover, they held a contest for their fans to design the cover. I thought that was very classy of them, and very respectful to their fans.
Another aspect of King’s X is their live show, and experiencing any of their songs live is just phenomenal! They lay down a solid groove that keeps you wanting more. King’s X rocks!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Climb out of the box…,
… or wherever you might be hiding yourself. Gretchen was a great album, in it’s time. Hey, wow, it’s 2004 and King’s X has changed, matured, moved ahead. Ironically, though, this album kicks back to the band’s beginnings in a lot of ways, making it a really great King’s X LP (yes, I said LP, deal with it).
First, regarding all the slam on production quality, you need to listen closer. The production of this album is more deliberate than you realize. No, it isn’t all radio polished over compressed guitar centered mainstream sounding. Thank goodness. This CD has great dynamics, is fairly well eq’d, and it has a raw, live groove to it.

Second, the songs. Great hooks, great riffs, have you actually listened to it all? “”Rockpile””, a mature band’s look at hey, what are we in all this? The title track, raw and rocking. “”Working Man””, hey that is great end of another corporate day pressure reliever. I could go on, this is a great album full of gems, flashbacks, and best of all an emergence of great energy from a veteran band. Maybe their best since 1996’s Ear Candy.

In any case, whatever your opinion, just keep on listening!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Loosen up a little!!!!!,
Everyone who listens to Kings,X has a different opinion on what type of album they should be making! After reading the multitude of reviews of their last few albums, I get the feeling most of the bands fans just want them to make a remake of Gretchen goes to Nebraska! Well that is just not going to happen! Instead of tearing down a good band,simply because their sound is not as produced as it was in the past, try to do something the band has been doing. feel! This CD is not the most technically proficient album ever made, but it sure is fun to listen to, and sing along with! King’s X is an eclectic band, and they can pull off most any style with ease. But, they have never lost the core ingredients that makes them the best band to never get any airplay! So if you are one of the many people out there, who just miss the “”beatlesque”” harmonies, and the production values. Maybe you should go see if Sam Taylor is still alive. But if you would like to hear 60 minutes of upbeat, fun, catchy, and memorable music. This is the CD for you!

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5.0 out of 5 stars DOESN’T GET MUCH BETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!,
LOVE THIS CD!!!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!!!!!!! AND FOR ALL YOU DOGGING IT AND WHINING AND MOANING, YOU DON’T DESERVE TO HAVE ONE KING’S X CD IN YOUR CD COLLECTION!!!!!!! GO BE A FAN OF RICKY MARTIN OR JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE OR BRITNY SPEARS!!! YEAH, I THINK THAT WILL SUIT YOU JUST FINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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5.0 out of 5 stars All Bands Evolve….It’s a Sign of Maturity,
I have to disagree with all the despondent opinions here. This album is great.
King’s X has given us more albums and songs than even the Beatles to date. And all of them have their own quality. I guess you have to have a more eclectic taste to enjoy all of it. My favorite album from the early era is Gretchen, and my favorite from the new era is Tape Head, but I have all of their albums, and have listened to them exhaustively.

This trio has done something very few bands do. They evolve. People, the Beatles evolved. Did Let it Be sound like anything from their mop-top days? I didn’t think so. Pearl Jam would be a good example of a band that does not evolve its sound.

I give this album 5 stars out of 5. This album was a tremendous effort. Very few bands even remain together, and even fewer continue to give us something new and refreshing with each release. You have to listen to each of KX’s albums for what they are worth, and understand that as musicians, their music is going to reflect what time period they’re going through in their lives. That’s generally where inspiration comes from.

I give Black Like Sunday two very big thumbs up. Jerry, Doug & Ty haven’t lost their touch. And I don’t think they ever will, as long as there is a King’s X.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Best in Years,
I believe that “”Black Like Sunday”” is the best King’s X cd since “”Ear Candy.”” This disc is creative, fresh, and just a ton of fun. If you are not familiar with King’s X, this is a good place to start. It still does not meet up to the standards of “”Gretchen Goes to Nebraska”” or “”Faith, Hope, & Love,”” but it rocks.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Flat out heavy rock and roll!,
Just when you think you know which direction, musically, King’s X is heading, they go and change it up. Not that that’s a bad thing! Not at all! Black Like Sunday is ironic: it’s a bit of a departure from their recent recordings, but at the same time it fits right in with everything they’ve ever done.
Musically it’s heavy, creative, fun and wild: a more light-hearted King’s X than we’ve heard in a long time. Career King’s X fans may whine, “”it’s not enough like Gretchen,”” or “”It’s not enough like Bulbous,”” but they’re just being picky. ANY Fan of heavy-metal-grungy-rock-n-roll will have nothing to complain about here! “”Black Like Sunday”” is hard rock-n-roll at it’s best!”


By turns both a frustrating and uplifting band, there is still no doubt that KING’S X could’ve — and probably should’ve — been huge. Leaving an indelible mark on everyone from the biggest (PEARL JAM) to the not-so-big (CROWBAR), it wasn’t that they really made any radically wrong moves through their fairly unique BEATLES-with-a-distortion-pedal grind. It just seemed that the rock public didn’t have their ears fully tuned when the likes of “Out Of The Silent Planet” and “Gretchen Goes To Nebraska” first thundered through the Atlantic Records stable a decade or so ago. Basically, they failed to recognize a good thing when it screamed “buy me!”

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