WILD GIFT

'''Wild Gift''' is the second album by X.
In a review published in his "Consumer Guide" column, Robert Christgau gave ''Wild Gift'' a rare A+ rating, writing that "hippies couldn't understand jealousy because they believed in universal love; punks can't understand it because they believe sex is a doomed reflex of existentially discrete monads. As X-Catholics obsessed with a guilt they can't accept and committed to a subculture that gives them no peace, Exene and John Doe are prey to both misconceptions, and their struggle with them is thrilling and edifying...Who knows whether the insightful ministrations of their guitarist will prove as therapeutic for them as for you and me, but I say trust a bohemian bearing gifts. How often do we get a great love album and a great punk album in the same package?"
Christgau was not alone in his enthusiasm; when ''The Village Voice'' held their Pazz & Jop Critics Poll for 1981, ''Wild Gift'' was ranked at #2, right behind ''Sandinista!'' by the Clash.
'''Wild Gift''' was remastered and reissued in 2001 by Rhino Records, with seven bonus tracks.

Contents

Track listing

Bonus tracks (2001 reissue)

Personnel

Charts

Track listing

All songs written by John Doe and Exene Cervenka.
# "The Once Over Twice" – 2:31
# "We're Desperate" – 2:00
# "Adult Books" – 3:19
# "Universal Corner" – 4:33
# "I'm Coming Over" – 1:14
# "It's Who You Know" – 2:17
# "In This House That I Call Home" – 3:34
# "Some Other Time" – 2:17
# "White Girl" – 3:27
# "Beyond and Back" – 2:49
# "Back 2 the Base" – 1:33
# "When Our Love Passed Out on the Couch" – 1:57
# "Year 1" – 1:31

Bonus tracks (2001 reissue)

# "Beyond and Back" (Live) – 2:48
# "Blue Spark (Demo)" – 2:04
# "We're Desperate (Single version)" – 2:01
# "Back 2 the Base" (Live) – 1:40
# "Heater (Rehearsal)" (Doe) – 2:32
# "White Girl (Single mix)" – 3:29
# "The Once Over Twice (Unissued single mix)" – 2:35

Personnel

★ John Doe – bass, vocals

★ Billy Zoom – guitar

★ D.J. Bonebrake – drums

★ Exene – vocals

Charts

'Album'

Year	Chart	Position
1981	Billboard Pop Albums	165