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X Marks Destination

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{{Infobox album

| name = X Marks Destination

| type = Album

| artist = The Whip

| cover = XMarksDesination.72.jpg

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| released = March 24, 2008{{cite web|url=http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;-1;-1;-1;-1&sku=768560 |title=live it |publisher=hmv |date=2005-12-15 |access-date=2012-03-22}}

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| 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

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{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}

| rev2 = The Guardian

| rev2Score = {{rating|2|5}} {{cite news|author=Jude Rogers | author-link = Jude Rogers |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/mar/21/popandrock.shopping2 |title=CD: The Whip, X Marks Destination | Music |work=The Guardian |date= 2008-03-21|access-date=2012-03-22 |location=London}}

| rev3 = Spin

| rev3Score = {{Rating|2|5}} {{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/whip-x-marks-destination-razor-tie |title=The Whip, 'X Marks Destination' (Razor & Tie) |publisher=SPIN |access-date=2012-03-22}}

| rev4 = Now

| rev4Score = {{Rating|3|5}} {{cite web|last=Bimm |first=Jordan |url=http://www.nowtoronto.com/music/discs.cfm?content=163783 |title=THE WHIP | NOW Magazine |publisher=Nowtoronto.com |access-date=2012-03-22}}

| rev5 = URB

| rev5Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} [http://www.urb.com/reviews/cd/feature.php?ReviewId=1065 ]{{dead link|date=July 2013}}

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X Marks Destination is a debut studio album from the British alternative dance band The Whip.

Reception

X Marks Destination was released on March 24, 2008 in the United Kingdom, and on March 3, 2009 in the United States.

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.{{cite web | url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/whip/xmarksdestination | title=The Whip: X Marks Destination (2009): Reviews | work=Metacritic | publisher=CNET Networks, Inc | access-date=2009-03-29 | archive-date=21 March 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090321090139/http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/whip/xmarksdestination | url-status=dead }}

Track listing

=Standard UK edition=

All songs by Bruce Carter and Danny Saville{{cite web | url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1335913|pure_url=yes}} | title=allmusic:X Marks Destination Overview | work=Allmusic | publisher=Macrovision | access-date=2009-03-20 }}

  1. "Trash" – 6:20
  2. "Frustration" – 4:51
  3. "Fire" – 5:11
  4. "Save My Soul" – 5:09
  5. "Sirens" – 4:17
  6. "Divebomb" – 5:39
  7. "Blackout" – 6:10
  8. "Muzzle #1" – 4:50
  9. "Sister Siam" – 4:43
  10. "Dubsex" – 4:10

=US iTunes release=

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.

  1. "Trash" – 6:20
  2. "Frustration" – 4:51
  3. "Fire" – 5:11
  4. "Save My Soul" – 5:09
  5. "Sirens" – 4:18
  6. "Divebomb" – 5:38
  7. "Blackout" – 6:10
  8. "Muzzle #1" – 4:50
  9. "Sister Siam" – 4:43
  10. "Dubsex" – 4:07
  11. "Blackout (Shinichi Osawa Remix)" – 5:40
  12. "Muzzle #1 (Bloody Beetroots Remix)" - 4:06
  13. "Sister Siam (Bitchee Bitchee Ya Ya Ya Remix)" - 4:49
  14. "Trash (Crookers Remix)" - 6:01
  15. "Trash (South Central Remix)" - 5:43
  16. "Sister Siam (Justin Robertson Dub)" - 5:36

Charts

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align="left"|Charts (2008)

!align="left"|Peak
position

align="left"|UK Albums Chart

| style="text-align:center;"|75https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/whip-x-marks-destination/

Personnel

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{Metacritic album}}

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Category:2008 albums

Category:The Whip (band) albums

Category:Albums produced by Jim Abbiss

Category:Southern Fried Records albums

Category:Razor & Tie albums