X Marks Destination
| X Marks Destination | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Studio album by | |
| Released | March 24, 2008[1] |
| Genre | Dance-punk Alternative dance Techno New wave |
| Length | 52:00 |
| Label | Southern Fried Records (UK) Razor & Tie Records (US) |
| Producer | Jim Abbiss, Liam Howe |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Guardian | [3] |
| Spin | [4] |
| Now | [5] |
| URB |  [6] |
X Marks Destination is a debut studio album from the British alternative dance band The Whip.
Reception
[edit]X Marks Destination was released on March 24, 2008 in the United Kingdom, and on March 3, 2009 in the United States.[1][7]
Initial critical response to X Marks Destination was average. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 59, based on 7 reviews.[7]
Track listing
[edit]Standard UK edition
[edit]All songs by Bruce Carter and Danny Saville[2]
- "Trash" – 6:20
- "Frustration" – 4:51
- "Fire" – 5:11
- "Save My Soul" – 5:09
- "Sirens" – 4:17
- "Divebomb" – 5:39
- "Blackout" – 6:10
- "Muzzle #1" – 4:50
- "Sister Siam" – 4:43
- "Dubsex" – 4:10
US iTunes release
[edit]Along with the 10 original tracks listed in the standard UK release, 6 remixes are added after the first-ten main tracks and all ten tracks have slight changes in time duration.
- "Trash" – 6:20
- "Frustration" – 4:51
- "Fire" – 5:11
- "Save My Soul" – 5:09
- "Sirens" – 4:18
- "Divebomb" – 5:38
- "Blackout" – 6:10
- "Muzzle #1" – 4:50
- "Sister Siam" – 4:43
- "Dubsex" – 4:07
- "Blackout (Shinichi Osawa Remix)" – 5:40
- "Muzzle #1 (Bloody Beetroots Remix)" - 4:06
- "Sister Siam (Bitchee Bitchee Ya Ya Ya Remix)" - 4:49
- "Trash (Crookers Remix)" - 6:01
- "Trash (South Central Remix)" - 5:43
- "Sister Siam (Justin Robertson Dub)" - 5:36
Charts
[edit]| Charts (2008) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Albums Chart | 75[8] |
Personnel
[edit]- Jim Abbiss – producer
- Bruce Carter – engineer, group member
- Ian Dowling – assistant engineer
- Liam Howe – producer
- B.J. Ben Mason – assistant engineer
- Nathan Sudders – group member
- Fiona Daniel – group member
- Danny Saville – group member
- Damian Taylor – mixing
- Richard Wilkinson – engineer
References
[edit]- ^ a b "live it". hmv. 15 December 2005. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ^ a b "allmusic:X Marks Destination Overview". Allmusic. Macrovision. Retrieved 20 March 2009.
- ^ Jude Rogers (21 March 2008). "CD: The Whip, X Marks Destination | Music". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ^ "The Whip, 'X Marks Destination' (Razor & Tie)". SPIN. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ^ Bimm, Jordan. "THE WHIP | NOW Magazine". Nowtoronto.com. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ a b "The Whip: X Marks Destination (2009): Reviews". Metacritic. CNET Networks, Inc. Archived from the original on 21 March 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ^ https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/whip-x-marks-destination/
