X Marks Destination

X Marks Destination
Studio album by The Whip
Released	March 24, 2008[1]
Genre	Dance-punk Alternative dance Techno
Length	52:00
Label	Southern Fried Records (UK) Razor & Tie Records (US)
Producer	Jim Abbiss, Liam Howe

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Guardian	[3]
Spin	[4]
Now	[5]
URB	[6]

X Marks Destination is a debut studio album from the British alternative dance band The Whip.

Reception

X Marks Destination was released on March 24, 2008 in the United Kingdom, and on March 3, 2009 in the United States.^[1][7]

Initial critical response to X Marks Destination was average. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 59, based on 7 reviews.^[7]

Track listing

Standard UK edition

All songs by Bruce Carter and Danny Saville^[2]

1. "Trash" – 6:20
2. "Frustration" – 4:51
3. "Fire" – 5:11
4. "Save My Soul" – 5:09
5. "Sirens" – 4:17
6. "Divebomb" – 5:39
7. "Blackout" – 6:10
8. "Muzzle #1" – 4:50
9. "Sister Siam" – 4:43
10. "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.

1. "Trash" – 6:20
2. "Frustration" – 4:51
3. "Fire" – 5:11
4. "Save My Soul" – 5:09
5. "Sirens" – 4:18
6. "Divebomb" – 5:38
7. "Blackout" – 6:10
8. "Muzzle #1" – 4:50
9. "Sister Siam" – 4:43
10. "Dubsex" – 4:07
11. "Blackout (Shinichi Osawa Remix)" – 5:40
12. "Muzzle #1 (Bloody Beetroots Remix)" - 4:06
13. "Sister Siam (Bitchee Bitchee Ya Ya Ya Remix)" - 4:49
14. "Trash (Crookers Remix)" - 6:01
15. "Trash (South Central Remix)" - 5:43
16. "Sister Siam (Justin Robertson Dub)" - 5:36

Charts

Charts (2008)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart	40

Personnel

• Jim Abbiss – producer
• Bruce Carter – engineer, group member
• Ian Dowling – assistant engineer
• Liam Howe – 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

1. "live it". hmv. 2005-12-15. Retrieved 2012-03-22.
2. "allmusic:X Marks Destination Overview". Allmusic. Macrovision. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
3. Jude Rogers (2008-03-21). "CD: The Whip, X Marks Destination | Music". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2012-03-22.
4. "The Whip, 'X Marks Destination' (Razor & Tie)". SPIN. Retrieved 2012-03-22.
5. Bimm, Jordan. "THE WHIP | NOW Magazine". Nowtoronto.com. Retrieved 2012-03-22.
7. "The Whip: X Marks Destination (2009): Reviews". Metacritic. CNET Networks, Inc. Retrieved 2009-03-29.

External links

• X Marks Destination at Metacritic