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Wild Gift is the second studio album by American Rock music band X, released on May 6, 1981, by Slash Records. It was very well received critically, and was voted the year's second best album in The Village Voices Pazz & Jop poll. Wild Gift was later ranked at number 334 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
Wild Gift showcases the band's unique punk rock style, which infuses roots rock, country, blues, R&B, and rockabilly.
In 1988, Slash issued Los Angeles and Wild Gift jointly on a single compact disc. Wild Gift was remastered and reissued in 2001 by Rhino Records, with seven bonus tracks.
The track "White Girl" was sampled by the Red Hot Chili Peppers on their 1989 album Mother's Milk, in the song "Good Time Boys". The Chili Peppers song's lyrics mentioned X's John Doe specifically, "whose voice is made of gold".
In (1990), critic Robert Christgau lauded Wild Gift, writing:
Christgau later ranked Wild Gift third on his "Personal Best" list for the 1980s, the highest placing of any rock album. Wild Gift was ranked at number 334 on the 2003 edition of Rolling Stones list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time", subsequently rising to rank 333 in the 2012 edition.
Critical reception
Trouser Press wrote that "Zoom's ingeniously simple guitar transcends its influences, and the Doe/Exene harmonies attain a knifelike sharpness." In The Village Voices Pazz & Jop critics' poll for 1981, Wild Gift was ranked at number two, behind Sandinista! by the Clash.
(2025). 9781932958614, Turnaround. ISBN 9781932958614
Track listing
All tracks written by John Doe and Exene Cervenka.
Side one
Side two
Bonus tracks (2001 reissue)
Bonus tracks (2019 Remaster) (Digital Release)
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