Hey Zeus!

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{{Infobox album

| italic_title = no

| name = Hey Zeus!

| type = Studio album

| artist = X

| cover = XHeyZeus.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{start date|1993|6|8}}

| recorded = September–December 1992

| venue =

| studio = Zeitgeist Studios, Los Angeles; Groove Masters, Santa Monica; Sunset Sound, Hollywood

| genre = Alternative rock

| length = 42:57

| label = Big Life

| producer = Tony Berg

| prev_title = Live at the Whisky a Go-Go

| prev_year = 1988

| next_title = Unclogged

| next_year = 1995

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Hey Zeus!

| type = studio

| single1 = Country at War

| single1date = 1993

| single2 = New Life

| single2date = 1993

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}[https://www.allmusic.com/album/hey-zeus%21-mw0000099626 Allmusic Guide] entry by Denise Sullivan

| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev2score = {{rating|2|5}}{{cite book|last1=Larkin|first1=Colin|authorlink1=Colin Larkin (writer)|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|date=2011|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=9780857125958|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC|language=en}}

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3score = B+{{Cite magazine |last=Flaherty |first=Mike |date=1993-06-11 |title=Hey Zeus! |url=http://www.ew.com/article/1993/06/11/hey-zeus/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en}}

| rev4 = Rolling Stone

| rev4Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Kemp |first=Mark |author-link=Mark Kemp |date=1993-09-02 |title=X: Hey Zeus! |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/x/albums/album/313935/review/5941917/hey_zeus |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002082427/https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/x/albums/album/313935/review/5941917/hey_zeus |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-10-02 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}

| rev5 = Spin

| rev5score = {{rating|0.5|1|half=Light orange.PNG}}{{Cite magazine |last=Marks |first=Craig |date=July 1993 |title=X: Hey Zeus! |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YIwHlb1zNyoC |magazine=Spin |language=en |publisher=SPIN Media LLC |page=81}}

| rev6 = The Village Voice

| rev6score = B−{{Cite magazine |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |date=1993-08-03 |title=Consumer Guide |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv793-93.php |magazine=The Village Voice}}

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Hey Zeus! (stylized as hey Zeus!) is the seventh studio album by American rock band X. The tracks "Country at War" and "New Life" peaked at No. 15 and No. 26, respectively, on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.

Track listing

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

  1. "Someone's Watching" (John Doe, Tony Gilkyson) – 4:49
  2. "Big Blue House" – 4:05
  3. "Clean Like Tomorrow" – 3:58
  4. "New Life" – 3:24
  5. "Country at War" – 4:16
  6. "Arms for Hostages" – 3:36
  7. "Into the Light" (John Doe, Tony Gilkyson) – 3:57
  8. "Lettuce and Vodka" (Duke McVinnie) – 5:07
  9. "Everybody" – 3:32
  10. "Baby You Lied" – 3:18
  11. "Drawn in the Dark" – 5:55

Personnel

;X

with:

;Technical personnel

  • Tony Berg – producer
  • Tchad Blake – engineer, mixing
  • Dale Lavi – photographer
  • Casey McMackin – engineer
  • Brian Schuebie – engineer

References

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Category:1993 albums

Category:X (American band) albums

Category:Albums produced by Tony Berg

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