''Out of the Silent Planet'' is the debut studio album by the American

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band

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, released in 1988. The title of the album comes from that of a book by

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, an author favored by band members

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and

Jerry Gaskill Jerry Wayne Gaskill (born December 27, 1957) is an American Rock music, rock musician who is the drummer for King's X. History Gaskill has been interested in making music and playing drums for as long as he can remember. His father bought hi ...

. "Out of the Silent Planet" is also the title of the first track from the follow-up album '' Gretchen Goes to Nebraska''. The cover art features the skyline of

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with the southern outline of the state of

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. The album received widespread acclaim from music contemporaries.

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bassist

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commented of his and

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's impressions, noting "Dime called me and said, ‘Dude, have you heard this? Have you checked out King’s X?'” He says. “We went on a long road trip, and we must have listened to that first record I don’t know how many times, and we couldn’t stop! This was the sound that Dime and I were always looking for.”

Track listing

All songs written by Gaskill, Pinnick and Tabor, except "Sometimes" and "Far, Far Away" written by Pinnick, Tabor, Gaskill and Marty Warren.

Personnel

;King's X *

Doug Pinnick Douglas Theodore Pinnick (born September 3, 1950), sometimes stylized as dUg Pinnick or simply dUg, is an American musician best known as the bass guitarist, co-lead vocalist, and songwriter for the hard rock and progressive metal band King's ...

– vocals & bass *

– guitar & vocals *

– drums & vocals ;Production *Sam Taylor - producer *Steve Ames - engineer *

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- mastering at

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, New York *

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, Marsha Zazula - executive producers

Charts

;Album

Accolades

References

External links

Official King's X Site
Accessed on July 10, 2005.

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