Manic Moonlight
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{{Infobox album
| name = Manic Moonlight
| type = studio
| artist = King's X
| cover = Manicmoonlight.jpg
| alt =
| released = September 25, 2001
| recorded = February – May 2001
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Hard rock, experimental rock
| length = 45:57
| label = Metal Blade{{Cite web|url=https://www.metalblade.com/us/releases/kings-x-manic-moonlight/|title=King's X "Manic Moonlight" | Metal Blade Records}}
| producer = King's X
| prev_title = Please Come Home... Mr. Bulbous
| prev_year = 2000
| next_title = Black Like Sunday
| next_year = 2003
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/manic-moonlight-mw0000012584|title=Manic Moonlight - King's X | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}
|rev2 = Chronicles of Chaos
|rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
|rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=4 |page=858}}
|rev4 = Rock Sound
|rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Griffiths |first=Nick |date=November 2001 |title=Reviews: Rock |magazine=Rock Sound |location=UK |publisher=IXO Publishing Ltd |issue=30 |page=87}}
|}}
Manic Moonlight is the ninth studio album by American rock band King's X, released in 2001 via Metal Blade Records.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/kings-x-mn0000771419/biography|title=King's X | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}{{Cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/kings_x-manic_moonlight|title=King's X Manic Moonlight|website=exclaim.ca}} The album was notable for its inclusion of electronic loops.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/kings-x-book-oral-history-greg-prato-799843/|title=Offbeat Rock Trailblazers King's X Get a Book Worthy of Their Unique Saga|first1=Hank|last1=Shteamer|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=February 26, 2019}}
Critical reception
AllMusic called the album "the most confidently organic and groove-based record of [the band's] career." Exclaim! wrote that "all the requisite solid performances, chunky grooves, flashy guitar work and beautifully realised vocal harmonies are here, but they're too often obscured by muddy compositions and an apparent desire to get modern with the use of samples, record scratching and loop beats." In an article about Greg Prato's oral history of the band, Rolling Stone called the album "underrated."
Track listing
{{Track list
|title1 = Believe
|length1 = 4:46
|title2 = Manic Moonlight
|length2 = 4:32
|title3 = Yeah
|length3 = 3:40
|title4 = False Alarm
|length4 = 4:36
|title5 = Static
|length5 = 4:29
|title6 = Skeptical Winds
|length6 = 6:51
|title7 = The Other Side
|length7 = 4:49
|title8 = Vegetable
|length8 = 6:27
|title9 = Jenna
|length9 = 5:06
|title10 = Water Ceremony
|length10 = 0:18
}}
The Japanese release has two bonus tracks:
- "Vegetable" (long version) - 7:36
- "Believe" (long version) - 6:26
Personnel
- Doug Pinnick – bass, vocals
- Ty Tabor – guitar, vocals
- Jerry Gaskill – drums, vocals
= Liner notes =
- Produced and mixed by Ty Tabor
- All songs written by King's X
- Recorded between February and May 2001 at Alien Beans Studios
- Engineered and mastered by Ty Tabor at Alien Beans Studios
- Graphics by Brian J Ames
- Cover art by Ty Tabor
Charts
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Chart !Position |
| 2001
|align="center"|19{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/kings-x/chart-history/ind/|title=King's X|magazine=Billboard}} |
References
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External links
- [http://www.kingsxrocks.com/ Official band website]
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