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

| label = Ozone Records

| 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.

  1. "Xanax Taxi" – 5:57
  2. "Liquid Time" – 4:39
  3. "Kluzinski Period" (Percy Jones) – 7:00
  4. "Healing Dream" – 3:51
  5. "Mental Floss" – 3:17
  6. "Strangeness" (Jones) – 3:23
  7. "A Duck Exploding" (Goodsall, Jones) – 6:47
  8. "Message to You" – 0:25
  9. "Church of Hype" (Jones) – 5:54
  10. "Kluzinski Reprise" (Goodsall, Jones) – 4:25

Personnel

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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