Trouble with X

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Trouble With X
The W's Trouble With X Cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 19, 1999
Genre Christian ska, swing revival
Length49:36
Label Five Minute Walk
Producer Frank Tate
The W's chronology
Fourth From the Last
(1998)
Trouble With X
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Cross Rhythms link [1]
Decapolis link
HM Magazine link [2]
Jesus Freak Hideout link
The Phantom Tollbooth link
Real Magazine link

Trouble With X is the second and final album by American Christian ska band The W's. Some copies include "The Rumor Weed Song" as a bonus track. The song originally appeared during the credits of the VeggieTales episode Larry-Boy! & the Rumor Weed .

Contents

Five Iron Frenzy member Dennis Culp played trombone and managed horn arrangements extensively on the album.

Track listing

  1. "Rather Be Dead"
  2. "Saturday"
  3. "Bully Go Home"
  4. "Country Roads"
  5. "Hit 'Em Where It Hurts"
  6. "Play the Game"
  7. "Stupid"
  8. "Tip From Me"
  9. "Where Should I Go"
  10. "Used Car Salesman"
  11. "Nothing"
  12. "101"
  13. "Chump"
  14. "Two More Weeks"
  15. "The Rumor Weed Song" (from VeggieTales: LarryBoy and the Rumor Weed )

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Additional musicians

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References

  1. Wright, Paul (April 2000). "The W's – Trouble With X". Cross Rhythms (56): 62.
  2. Gordon (a girl called) (January–February 2000). "Album Reviews: THE W'S, Trouble with X". HM Magazine (81). ISSN   1066-6923.