Tape Head (1998)

About this title: On their seventh studio album (and first for the Metal Blade label), King's X get back on the right track with Tape Head. Their previous release, 1996's Ear Candy, did indeed contain several superb tracks ("The Train," "Looking for Love," etc.), but was not consistently as great as such past classics Gretchen Goes to Nebraska and Dogman. Maybe their reinstated songwriting focus is due to the fact that both bassist/vocalist Doug Pinnick and guitarist/vocalist Ty Tabor took time off to work on solo projects prior to the album's recording. Other reasons for the album's success could have been ... read more

Tracks:

1. Groove Machine [King's X]
2. Fade [King's X]
3. Over and Over [King's X]
4. Ono [King's X]
5. Cupid [King's X]
6. Ocean [King's X]
7. Little Bit of Soul [King's X]
8. Hate You [King's X]
9. Higher Than God [King's X]
10. Happy [King's X]
11. Mr. Evil [King's X]
12. World [King's X]
13. Walter Bela Farkas (Live Peace in New York) [King's X]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.