On April 26, 1980, “Slash” label released “Los Angeles”, the debut X studio album. It was recorded in January 1980, at “Golden Sound Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Ray Manzarek. In 2003, “Rolling Stone” ranked “Los Angeles” at number 286 on its list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. Album title track was included in the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s” list of “500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll”.

Personnel:

• Exene – vocals
• Billy Zoom – guitar
• John Doe – lead vocals, bass
• D. J. Bonebrake – drums
• Ray Manzarek – organ, synthesizer

Track listing:

All tracks by John Doe and Exene Cervenka, except where noted.

1. Your Phone’s Off the Hook, But You’re Not
2. Johny Hit and Run Paulene
3. Soul Kitchen – John Densmore, Robbie Krieger, Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison
4. Nausea
5. Sugarlight
6. Los Angeles
7. Sex and Dying in High Society
8. The Unheard Music
9. The World’s a Mess: It’s in My Kiss