Manic Moonlight

2001 studio album by King's X

Manic Moonlight

Studio album by

King's X

Released

September 25, 2001

Recorded

February – May 2001

Genre

Hard rock, experimental rock

Length

45:57

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
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Chronicles of Chaos	2/10^[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[4]
Rock Sound	^[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]

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.	Title	Length
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:

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

Personnel

Doug Pinnick – bass, vocals
Ty Tabor – guitar, vocals
Jerry Gaskill – drums, vocals

Liner notes

Produced and mixed by Ty Tabor
All songs written by King's X
Recorded between February and May 2001 at Alien Beans Studios
Engineered and mastered by Ty Tabor at Alien Beans Studios
Graphics by Brian J Ames
Cover art by Ty Tabor

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
2001	Top Independent Albums	19^[9]

References

^ "King's X "Manic Moonlight" | Metal Blade Records".
^ ^a ^b "Manic Moonlight - King's X | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
^ "CoC : King's X - Manic Moonlight : Review". www.chroniclesofchaos.com.
^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 858.
^ Griffiths, Nick (November 2001). "Reviews: Rock". Rock Sound. No. 30. UK: IXO Publishing Ltd. p. 87.
^ "King's X | Biography & History". AllMusic.
^ ^a ^b "King's X Manic Moonlight". exclaim.ca.
^ ^a ^b Shteamer, Hank (February 26, 2019). "Offbeat Rock Trailblazers King's X Get a Book Worthy of Their Unique Saga". Rolling Stone.
^ "King's X". Billboard.