X - The Best: Make the Music Go Bang

There are generally two schools of thought on assembling a career-spanning anthology of a musician of consequence -- you can compile a fan-oriented set that loads up all manner of rare and unreleased tracks alongside the act's better-known material, or go for an album designed for newcomers and dabblers that presents an efficient one-stop overview of their best work. Since X, arguably the best band to emerge from L.A.'s punk scene (no small statement given how good many of their contemporaries were), have already spawned a truly inspired fan-friendly double-disc compilation, Beyond & Back: The X Anthology, The Best: Make The Music Go Bang reasonably goes in the opposite direction. Read More