Manic Moonlight

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Manic Moonlight
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 25, 2001
RecordedFebruary – May 2001
Genre Hard rock, experimental rock
Length45:57
Label Metal Blade [1]
Producer King's X
King's X chronology
Please Come Home... Mr. Bulbous
(2000)
Manic Moonlight
(2001)
Black Like Sunday
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Chronicles of Chaos 2/10 [3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Rock Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Manic Moonlight is the ninth studio album by American rock band King's X, released in 2001 via Metal Blade Records. [6] [7] The album was notable for its inclusion of electronic loops. [8]

Contents

Critical reception

AllMusic called the album "the most confidently organic and groove-based record of [the band's] career." [2] Exclaim! wrote that "all the requisite solid performances, chunky grooves, flashy guitar work and beautifully realised vocal harmonies are here, but they're too often obscured by muddy compositions and an apparent desire to get modern with the use of samples, record scratching and loop beats." [7] In an article about Greg Prato's oral history of the band, Rolling Stone called the album "underrated." [8]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Believe"4:46
2."Manic Moonlight"4:32
3."Yeah"3:40
4."False Alarm"4:36
5."Static"4:29
6."Skeptical Winds"6:51
7."The Other Side"4:49
8."Vegetable"6:27
9."Jenna"5:06
10."Water Ceremony"0:18

The Japanese release has two bonus tracks:

  1. "Vegetable" (long version) - 7:36
  2. "Believe" (long version) - 6:26

Personnel

Liner notes

Charts

YearChartPosition
2001 Top Independent Albums 19 [9]

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