''Xcommunication'' is the seventh album by

jazz fusion Jazz fusion (also known as fusion and progressive jazz) is a music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and jazz improvisation, improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues. Electric guitars, ...

band

Brand X Brand X were a jazz fusion band formed in London in 1974. They were active until 1980, followed by a reformation between 1992 and 1999, and were active following a 2016 reunion until 2021. Members have included John Goodsall (guitar), Percy J ...

, released in 1992. It was the band's first studio release in more than a decade.

Track listing

All tracks written by

John Goodsall John Goodsall (15 February 1953 – 10 November 2021) was a British-American progressive rock and jazz fusion guitarist most noted for his work with Brand X, Atomic Rooster, and The Fire Merchants. Life and career Goodsall was born in Middlese ...

, except where noted. #"Xanax Taxi" – 5:57 #"Liquid Time" – 4:39 #"Kluzinski Period" ( Percy Jones) – 7:00 #"Healing Dream" – 3:51 #"Mental Floss" – 3:17 #"Strangeness" (Jones) – 3:23 #"A Duck Exploding" (Goodsall, Jones) – 6:47 #"Message to You" – 0:25 #"Church of Hype" (Jones) – 5:54 #"Kluzinski Reprise" (Goodsall, Jones) – 4:25

Personnel

– guitars,

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* Percy Jones –

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, keyboards (6) * Frank Katz – drums Additional personnel * Danny Wilding –

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(3, 10)

Production

* Gilad Amarillo – executive producer * Doran Scarf – executive producer * John Goodsall – producer * Percy Jones – producer * Mick Cantarella – engineer (1, 2, 3, 5-10), mixing * Franz Pusch – engineer (4) * Keith Lewis – second engineer (4) * Jim Shelton – mastering at Europadisk (New York, NY) * Laurence Horvitz – art direction, design * Naomi Kaneda – cover photography * Isaac Silman – design, inside and back photography

References

1992 albums Brand X albums {{1990s-jazz-album-stub