''X Marks Destination'' is a debut studio album from the
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alternative dance
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band
The Whip.
Reception
''X Marks Destination'' was released on March 24, 2008 in the
United Kingdom
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, and on March 3, 2009 in the
United States
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.
Initial critical response to ''X Marks Destination'' was average. At
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, which assigns a
normalized
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rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an
average
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score of 59, based on 7 reviews.
Track listing
Standard UK edition
All songs by Bruce Carter and Danny Saville
# "Trash" – 6:20
# "Frustration" – 4:51
# "Fire" – 5:11
# "Save My Soul" – 5:09
# "Sirens" – 4:17
# "Divebomb" – 5:39
# "Blackout" – 6:10
# "Muzzle #1" – 4:50
# "Sister Siam" – 4:43
# "Dubsex" – 4:10
US iTunes release
Along with the 10 original tracks listed in the standard UK release, 6 remixes are added after the first-ten main tracks and all ten tracks have slight changes in time duration.
# "Trash" – 6:20
# "Frustration" – 4:51
# "Fire" – 5:11
# "Save My Soul" – 5:09
# "Sirens" – 4:18
# "Divebomb" – 5:38
# "Blackout" – 6:10
# "Muzzle #1" – 4:50
# "Sister Siam" – 4:43
# "Dubsex" – 4:07
# "Blackout (Shinichi Osawa Remix)" – 5:40
# "Muzzle #1 (Bloody Beetroots Remix)" - 4:06
# "Sister Siam (Bitchee Bitchee Ya Ya Ya Remix)" - 4:49
# "Trash (Crookers Remix)" - 6:01
# "Trash (South Central Remix)" - 5:43
# "Sister Siam (Justin Robertson Dub)" - 5:36
Charts
Personnel
*
Jim Abbiss
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– producer
*
Bruce Carter – engineer, group member
*
Ian Dowling
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Playing career
He played underage and junior club rugby with Kilkenny RFC. He won an All-Ireland League medal with Shannon RFC before ...
– assistant engineer
*
Liam Howe
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– producer
*
B.J. Ben Mason – assistant engineer
*
Nathan Sudders – group member
*
Fiona Daniel – group member
*
Danny Saville – group member
* Damian Taylor – mixing
*
Richard Wilkinson – engineer
References
External links
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2008 albums
The Whip (band) albums
Albums produced by Jim Abbiss
Southern Fried Records albums
Razor & Tie albums