Special Deluxe Collector's Edition / Fully remastered sound shaped from 24 Bit digital technology / Classic debut album / Contains Goldilox , King and Shot Of Love / 16 page full colour booklet 3,500 word essay, enhanced artwork, rare photos and new band interview. All hail to the kings. The emergence of Houston, Texas based power trio Kings X resonated through the music industry like a breath of fresh air. Cowering under a barrage of hair bands the scene was fast stagnating but it was Kings X who rode into the fray like knights in shining armour unleashing a stylistically innovative and brilliant new sound; one that would revolutionise the direction of modern rock music for years to come. Out Of The Silent Planet is one of the finest hard rock albums of the period.

It is a record that pretty much laid the foundations for the coming onslaught of grunge, a style that introduced detuned guitar work by the bucket load and basked in thick muscular riffs of the type that would soon be appropriated by future stars such as Alice In Chains and Stone Temple Pilots. That they were a huge influence on the grunge movement is in no doubt.Originally Issued in 1988, the album was stuffed to the rafters with a brace of extraordinary tunes each with a lyrical twist that indicated that they were communicating on a far deeper level than what might have been expected from such a robust and bruising outfit. Check out tracks such as Shot Of Love , Goldilox and the classic King with its haunting refrain and unnerving defiance.Track listing: In The New Age; Goldilox; Power Of Love; Wonder; Sometimes; King; What Is This? Far, Far Away; Shot Of Love; Visions

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One of the all-time worst product descriptions I've ever read.

That being said, this is a wonderful album that everyone should check out.

Also note that in Europe an "Original Album Series" was released for King's X that contains the first five albums (all excellent). I think it can be ordered from Amazon UK for something like $15 once the VAT is subtracted.

The descriptions are often terrible, but no label out there is better at remasters than Rock Candy.

Do not even judge by one word of that nonsense.

I'm not sure what to make of this since, IIRC Ty and Doug have said that the masters were lost for the first couple of albums. If they can do anything about Jerry's snare and bring out a little more of the bottom end I might be willing to go for it.

I actually like Dogman the best (ducking) but I appreciate their early material as well. I'll be checking this out.

It's a shame there aren't any bonus tracks for this. It's a pretty short album as is – but a great one. All of their first 3 albums are amazing IMO. How great would a 5.1 mix be?

I hate the obligitory bonus live album that usually accompanies these types of remasters, but King's X is a group where a live CD from each tour would be very welcomed. It's too bad that, at the least, they didn't throw in a live disc along with it.

The band has quite a few shows from different eras, but they've pretty much been keeping that stuff to release themselves. I think partly because Sam Taylor still gets royalties from the original releases. They've released several old shows through Molken Music, which is runs by Wally Farkas.

Is it true Farkas, ex-Galactic Cowboy, is kind of nuts?

Oh he's out there alright. Somewhere I still have a voicemail from him on an old answering machine. He was pretty paranoid and complaining to me about some stuff going on at a King's X message board I used to help moderate. I also spent a few hours hanging out with him at Ty Tabor's house (Ty wasn't home).