Happy anniversary to the KING'S X album Out of the Silent Planet!

According to Wikipedia, March 28th is the release date for this album. I like the melodic classic/heavy rock of King's X, and for a long time, I mistakenly thought that this was their debut album. Wikipedia says that they were called Sneak Preview before and even released an album under that name!Regardless of my error, I think this is a wonderful debut. To me, this is a pretty cool sound: it's prog, it's melodic, and it's classic rock. It has a nice conglomeration of sounds (like those vocal melodies and that specific guitar sound) that makes it the sound of King's X. Wikipedia has some interesting tidbits of history about the album, and it says:

Out of the Silent Planet is the second studio album by the American rock band King's X (and the first to be released under that name), released in 1988. The title of the album comes from that of a book by C. S. Lewis, an author favored by band members Ty Tabor and Jerry Gaskill. "Out of the Silent Planet" is also the title of the first track from the follow-up album Gretchen Goes to Nebraska. The cover art features the skyline of Houston with the southern outline of the state of Texas. The album received widespread acclaim from music contemporaries. Pantera bassist Rex Brown commented of his and Dimebag Darrell's impressions, noting "Dime called me and said, 'Dude, have you heard this? Have you checked out King's X?'" He says. "We went on a long road trip, and we must have listened to that first record I don't know how many times, and we couldn't stop! This was the sound that Dime and I were always looking for." The Houston Chronicle noted that "the playing is ferocious, unencumbered with studio trickery, and the emerging vision elevates this music into its own sphere... If it 'has' to [be] considered heavy metal, it is the most original metal since Van Halen burst on the scene 10 years ago."

King's X

Out of the Silent Planet

Megaforce

March 28, 1988

Doug Pinnick – bass, lead vocals

Ty Tabor – guitars, backing vocals

Jerry Gaskill – drums, backing vocals

1. "In the New Age" 5:23, 2. "Goldilox" 4:41, 3. "Power of Love" 4:57, 4. "Wonder" 4:13, 5. "Sometimes" 3:40, 6. "King" 3:01, 7. "What Is This?" 3:48, 8. "Far, Far Away" 4:14, 9. "Shot of Love" 3:15, 10. "Visions" 5:11.

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