{{For|the Lonnie Lee album|Back to Base X}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2018}} {{Infobox album | name = Back 2 Base X | type = studio | artist = (hed) <sup>p.e.</sup> | cover = Back_2_Base_X.jpg | alt = | released = June 6, 2006 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Punk rock | length = 45:50 | label = Suburban Noize | producer = Jahred Gomes, Kevin Zinger, Brad Xavier | prev_title = Only in Amerika | prev_year = 2004 | next_title = Insomnia | next_year = 2007 | misc = {{Singles | name = Back 2 Base X | type = studio | single1 = Get Ready | single1date = 2006 | single2 = Beware Do We Go | single2date = July 18, 2006 }} }} '''''Back 2 Base X''''' (written as '''''B∆CK 2 B∆SE X''''') is the fifth studio album by American rock band Hed PE. Released on June 6, 2006, it is the band's first release on Suburban Noize.
== Music ==
''Back 2 Base X'' was influenced by classic punk bands such as the Sex Pistols and the Clash,<ref>{{cite news |title=(HED)P.E Announces Co-Headlining Tour With Kingspade |url=http://www.thegauntlet.com/article/189/11183/(hed)pe.html |publisher=The Gauntlet |date=January 5, 2008 |accessdate=October 7, 2008 }}</ref> and was intended as a return to the basics of rock music, and did not rely as heavily on studio enhancement as previous releases.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.live-metal.net/features_interviews_hedpe.html |title=Interview with (hed)P. E. |accessdate=August 23, 2008 |date=July 28, 2006 |publisher=Live-Metal| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080725054634/http://www.live-metal.net/features_interviews_hedpe.html| archivedate= July 25, 2008 | url-status= usurped}}</ref>
== Reception == {{Album ratings |rev1 = 411Mania |rev1score = (9/10)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.411mania.com/music/album_reviews/42438/(hed)p.e.---Back-2-Base-X-Review.htm |title=411Mania review |access-date=December 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612202708/http://www.411mania.com/music/album_reviews/42438/(hed)p.e.---Back-2-Base-X-Review.htm |archive-date=June 12, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |rev2 = Allmusic |rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=allmusic>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=back-2-base-x-r828700/review|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref> |rev3 = Melodic.net |rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>[http://www.melodic.net/?page=review&id=5255 Melodic.net review]</ref> |rev4 = Metal Underground |rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>[http://www.metalunderground.com/reviews/details.cfm?releaseid=350/review Metal Underground review]</ref> |rev5 = musicOMH |rev5score = {{Rating|1|5}}<ref>[http://www.musicomh.com/albums/hed-pe_0606.htm musicOMH review]</ref> }}<!-- Automatically generated by DASHBot--> ''Back 2 Base X'' peaked at #12 on the Top Independent Albums chart, #154 on the Top Internet Albums Chart and at #154 on the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r828700|pure_url=yes}} |title=Charts and awards for ''Back 2 Base X'' |accessdate=August 23, 2008 |website=Allmusic}}</ref>
Allmusic's Rob Theakston wrote that "''Back 2 Base X'' suffers from the same problems as ''Amerika'': it tries to be conceptual in thought à la Tool and vicious in its political commentary à la Fugazi or System of a Down, but somehow falls short by sounding like an angry stoner on a soapbox. It won't win any new fans, but existing fans of (hed) pe's work won't be turning their backs away from the band in anger anytime soon, either."<ref name=allmusic/>
== Track listing == {{Tracklist |total_length = 45:50|title1 = Listen|writer1 = Jared Gomes|length1 = 2:53|title2 = Novus Ordos Clitorus|writer2 = Gomes, Jaxon Benge|length2 = 3:13|title3 = Lock and Load|writer3 = Gomes|length3 = 3:03|title4 = White Collars|writer4 = Gomes, Benge|length4 = 3:22|title5 = Get Ready|writer5 = Gomes|length5 = 2:52|title6 = Sophia|writer6 = Gomes, Mark Bistany|length6 = 3:23|title7 = Peer Pressure|writer7 = Gomes|length7 = 0:44|title8 = Beware Do We Go|writer8 = Gomes|length8 = 3:54|title9 = Daze of War|writer9 = Gomes, Benge, Bistany, Doug Boyce, Michael Todd, Mark Young|length9 = 5:13|title10 = Sweetchops|writer10 = Gomes, Benge|length10 = 3:05|title11 = So It Be|writer11 = Gomes|length11 = 3:57|title12 = Let's Ride|writer12 = Gomes, Benge, Bistany, Boyce, Todd, Young|length12 = 4:08|title13 = The Chosen One|writer13 = Gomes, Young|length13 = 3:18}} {{tracklist | headline = Japanese Bonus Track | title14 = Night Club in Bali | length14 = 2:45 }}
==Personnel== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} ;(Hed) Planet Earth *Jahred Gomes – vocals *Jaxon Benge – guitar *Doug «DJ Product © 1969» Boyce – turntables *Mark «Mawk» Young – bass *Mark «Moke» Bistany – drums {{col-2}} ;Production *Produced by Jahred Gomes, Kevin Zinger & Brad Xavier *Recorded @ Jared's Huntington Beach Apartment *Mixed & mastered by Patrick «P-Nice» Shevelin *Additional vocals by The Rabbi Michael Zimmerman (2, 10, 11) *Additional guitar by Ray Bones (3) & Heath (1) *Additional bass by Heath (1) *Additional composer: Michael Todd (9, 12) *Management by Kevin Zinger *Art concept by Jahred Gomes *Artwork & layout design by Larry Love {{col-end}}
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Category:2006 albums Category:Hed PE albums Category:Suburban Noize Records albums