Fenix TX (album)

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Fenix TX
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 13, 1999
StudioDesert Moon (Anaheim, California), Royaltone (Burbank, California)
Genre Pop punk, skate punk
Length39:50
Label MCA, Drive-Thru
Producer Ryan Greene, Jim Barnes, Jerry Finn
Fenix TX chronology
Riverfenix
(1997)
Fenix TX
(1999)
Lechuza
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Ox-Fanzine Favorable [2]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Fenix TX (typeset as Fenix*TX) is the first of three albums Fenix TX released after their name change. It was issued on July 13, 1999, by MCA and Drive-Thru Records.

Contents

Most of the Riverfenix was re-recorded for Fenix TX. "Skinhead Jessie", "Jaw" and the untitled tracks from Riverfenix weren't included on this album, instead they were replaced by the previously unreleased "Flight 601 (All I've Got Is Time)" and "Surf Song". The track listing had also been rearranged.

Cleveland.com ranked "All My Fault" at number 91 on their list of the top 100 pop-punk songs. [4]

Track listing

(all songs written by Fenix TX)

  1. "Flight 601 (All I've Got Is Time)" – 3:28
  2. "Minimum Wage" – 2:02
  3. "Surf Song" – 2:37
  4. "All My Fault" – 2:49
  5. "Jolly Green Dumbass" – 2:51
  6. "G.B.O.H." – 3:25
  7. "Ben" – 3:27
  8. "Speechless" – 4:13
  9. "Philosophy" – 2:18
  10. "No Lie" – 2:38
  11. "Apple Pie Cowboy Toothpaste" – 4:50
  12. "Jean Claude Trans Am" – 2:37
  13. "Rooster Song" – 2:30

Personnel

Fenix TX

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References

  1. Fenix TX at AllMusic
  2. President, Erik J (June–August 2000). "Reviews: Fenix*TX / S/T CD". Ox-Fanzine (in German). Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  3. Myers, Ben (January 15, 2000). "Albums". Kerrang! . No. 784. EMAP. p. 46.
  4. Smith, Troy L. (March 2, 2022). "The 100 greatest pop punk songs of all time". Cleveland.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2022. Retrieved March 3, 2022.