X-Communication
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{{Infobox album
| name = X-communication
| type = Album
| artist = Brand X
| cover = Brand X - Xcommunication.jpg
| border = yes
| alt =
| released = 1992
| recorded = 1992
| venue =
| studio = Grampa Studios (New York, NY)
| genre = Jazz fusion{{cite news |last1=Balsamini |first1=Dean |title=Brand X and acoustic guitarist... |work=Staten Island Advance |date=June 20, 1993 |page=E2}}
| length = 45:38
| producer = John Goodsall and Percy Jones
| prev_title = Is There Anything About?
| prev_year = 1982
| next_title = Manifest Destiny
| next_year = 1997
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/xcommunication-r71350 |title=Xcommunication - Brand X | AllMusic |work=allmusic.com |access-date=18 June 2011}}
|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
|rev2score = {{rating|2|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=1 |page=808}}
}}
X-communication is the seventh studio album by jazz fusion band Brand X, released in 1992.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jQ8EAAAAMBAJ&q=X-Communication+brand+x+1992+ozone&pg=RA1-PA49|title=Grass Route| work=Billboard|date=June 13, 1992|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|via=Google Books}}{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Bradley |title=The Billboard Guide to Progressive Music |date=1997 |publisher=Billboard Books |page=37}} It was the band's first studio release in more than a decade.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MtGGDwAAQBAJ&q=X-Communication+brand+x+1992+ozone+katz&pg=PT127|title=Bass Player Presents The Fretless Bass|first=Chris|last=Jisi|date=July 1, 2008|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9781617808135|via=Google Books}}
Track listing
All tracks written by John Goodsall, except where noted.
- "Xanax Taxi" – 5:57
- "Liquid Time" – 4:39
- "Kluzinski Period" (Percy Jones) – 7:00
- "Healing Dream" – 3:51
- "Mental Floss" – 3:17
- "Strangeness" (Jones) – 3:23
- "A Duck Exploding" (Goodsall, Jones) – 6:47
- "Message to You" – 0:25
- "Church of Hype" (Jones) – 5:54
- "Kluzinski Reprise" (Goodsall, Jones) – 4:25
Personnel
- John Goodsall – guitars, MIDI guitar
- Percy Jones – fretless bass, keyboards (6)
- Frank Katz – drums
Additional personnel
- Danny Wilding – flute (3, 10)
= Production =
- Gilad Amarillo – executive producer
- Doran Scarf – executive producer
- John Goodsall – producer
- Percy Jones – producer
- Mick Cantarella – engineer (1, 2, 3, 5-10), mixing
- Franz Pusch – engineer (4)
- Keith Lewis – second engineer (4)
- Jim Shelton – mastering at Europadisk (New York, NY)
- Laurence Horvitz – art direction, design
- Naomi Kaneda – cover photography
- Isaac Silman – design, inside and back photography
References
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