Born Innocent (Redd Kross album)

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Born Innocent
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Studio album by
Released1982
Genre Hardcore punk
Label Smoke 7
Frontier
Producer Red Cross
Felix Alanis [1]
Redd Kross chronology
Red Cross
(1980)
Born Innocent
(1982)
Teen Babes From Monsanto
(1984)
Alternate cover art
ReddKross BornInnocentLP altcover.jpeg
1986 reissue as Redd Kross.

Born Innocent is the first studio album by Red Cross (later known as Redd Kross), released in 1982 on Smoke 7 Records, and re-released in 1986 on Frontier Records featuring different cover art and three bonus tracks taken from the Sudden Death and American Youth Report compilations. [2] The record was produced by Smoke 7 owner, Felix Alanis, who was also the lead singer of RF7.

Contents

In 2007 the album was performed live in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties-curated Don't Look Back series. [3]

Music and lyrics

The album's lyrics contain references to Charles Manson and actress Linda Blair. The album contains elements of blues. [4]

Reception

Nathan Bush of AllMusic gave the album three and a half stars out of five. He said: "Though subsequent releases found Redd Kross cleaning up their act, this debut captures them in all their youthful glory; documenting the sound of the McDonalds and company unleashed on an unsuspecting set of guitars, bass, and drums." [4]

Track listing

All tracks written by Jeff and Steve McDonald except where noted.

  1. "Linda Blair" – 2:04
    • named for the actress Linda Blair, who starred in the 1973 film The Exorcist , as well as starring in the movie that the album was named after.
  2. "White Trash" – 1:27
  3. "Everyday There's Someone New" – 1:06
  4. "Solid Gold" – 1:13
  5. "Burn-Out" – 1:24
  6. "Charlie" – 1:47
  7. "Tatum O'Tot and the Fried Vegetables" – 1:32 [reissue bonus track]
  8. "St. Lita Ford Blues" – 3:28 [reissue bonus track] [5]
  9. "Self Respect" – 0:42
  10. "Pseudo-Intellectual" – 1:12
  11. "Kill Someone You Hate" – 1:26 [6]
  12. "Look on Up at the Bottom" (Stu Phillips) – 2:11
  13. "Cellulite City" – 1:59
  14. "I'm Alright" – 1:57
  15. "Cease to Exist" (Charles Manson) – 2:29
    • Charles Manson cover
  16. "Notes and Chords Mean Nothing to Me" – 2:24 [reissue bonus track]

Personnel

References

  1. "Born Innocent - Redd Kross | Credits". AllMusic.
  2. "TrouserPress.com :: Redd Kross (Red Cross)". www.trouserpress.com.
  3. Earles, Andrew (September 15, 2014). Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996. Voyageur Press. ISBN   9780760346488 via Google Books.
  4. 1 2 Born Innocent - Redd Kross | Album | AllMusic , retrieved August 17, 2025
  5. "Redd Kross, 'Researching the Blues' (Merge)". August 8, 2012.
  6. "Born Innocent".