Born Innocent (Redd Kross album)

Born Innocent is the first studio album by Red Cross (later known as Redd Kross), released in 1982 on Smoke 7 Records, and re-released in 1986 on Frontier Records featuring different cover art and three bonus tracks taken from Sudden Death and American Youth Report compilations.[2] The record was produced by Smoke 7 owner, Felix Alanis, who was also the lead singer of RF7.

Born Innocent
Studio album by
Redd Kross
Released1982
GenreHardcore punk
LabelSmoke 7
Frontier
ProducerRed Cross
Felix Alanis[1]
Redd Kross chronology
Red Cross
(1980)		 Born Innocent
(1982)		 Teen Babes From Monsanto
(1984)
Alternate cover art
1986 reissue as Redd Kross.

In 2007 the album was performed live in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties-curated Don't Look Back series.[3]

Track listing

All tracks written by Jeff and Steve McDonald except where noted.

  1. "Linda Blair" – 2:04
    • named for the actress Linda Blair, who starred in the 1973 film The Exorcist, as well as starring in the movie that the album was named after.
  2. "White Trash" – 1:27
  3. "Everyday There's Someone New" – 1:06
  4. "Solid Gold" – 1:13
  5. "Burn-Out" – 1:24
  6. "Charlie" – 1:47
  7. "Tatum O'Tot and the Fried Vegetables" – 1:32 [reissue bonus track]
  8. "St. Lita Ford Blues" – 3:28 [reissue bonus track][4]
  9. "Self Respect" – :42
  10. "Pseudo-Intellectual" – 1:12
  11. "Kill Someone You Hate" – 1:26[5]
  12. "Look on Up at the Bottom" (Stu Phillips) – 2:11
  13. "Cellulite City" – 1:59
  14. "I'm Alright" – 1:57
  15. "Cease to Exist" (Charles Manson) – 2:29
    • Charles Manson cover
  16. "Notes and Chords Mean Nothing to Me" – 2:24 [reissue bonus track]

Personnel

References
  1. "Born Innocent - Redd Kross | Credits". AllMusic.
  2. "TrouserPress.com :: Redd Kross (Red Cross)". www.trouserpress.com.
  3. Earles, Andrew (September 15, 2014). Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996. Voyageur Press. ISBN 9780760346488 – via Google Books.
  4. "Redd Kross, 'Researching the Blues' (Merge)". August 8, 2012.
  5. "Born Innocent".



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