{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = X-Periment | type = Album | artist = the System | cover = X-Periment (The System).jpg | alt = | released = 1984 | recorded = 1983–1984 | venue = | studio = Sorcerer Sound Studios, Soho, N.Y. | genre = *Synthpop *dance rock<ref name=NY/> | length = | label = Mirage/Atlantic {{Small|(US)}}<br/>Polydor/PolyGram {{Small|(UK)}} | producer = *David Frank *Mic Murphy | prev_title = Sweat | prev_year = 1983 | next_title = The Pleasure Seekers | next_year = 1985 }} '''''X-Periment''''' is the second studio album by American band the System, released in 1984.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Britt |first1=Bruce |title=Frank and Murphy Hope They Have Success Down to a System |work=Los Angeles Daily News |date=July 4, 1987 |page=L20}}</ref> The album was produced by band members David Frank and Mic Murphy. It entered the ''Billboard'' pop albums chart in 1984.<ref name="OMG"/>
==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = ''The Village Voice'' | rev1Score = C+<ref>{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=April 24, 1984|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv4-84.php|title=Christgau's Consumer Guide|newspaper=The Village Voice|access-date=September 2, 2020|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref> }} ''The New York Times'' wrote that "there are all sorts of tricky sound effects and noise elements, provided by the inventive synthesizer player David Frank, but these effects never get in the way of the songs, which range from solid to memorable."<ref name=NY>{{cite news |last1=Palmer |first1=Robert |title=The Pop Life |work=The New York Times |date=11 Apr 1984 |page=C17}}</ref> The ''Philadelphia Daily News'' deemed the album "industrial strength but of prefabricated quality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Marsh |first1=Dave |title=System: X-Periment |work=Philadelphia Daily News |date=16 June 1984 |department=Features |page=19}}</ref>
== Track listing == All songs written by Frank and Murphy except where noted.
{{track listing | headline = Side A | title1 = I Wanna Make You Feel Good | writer1 = David Frank, Mic Murphy, Paul Pesco | length1 = 4:20 | title2 = Dangerous | writer2 = Frank, Murphy, Pesco | length2 = 3:14 | title3 = Lollipops and Everything | length3 = 3:55 | title4 = Get Jumpin' | length4 = 3:46 | title5 = Escape | length5 = 3:25 }} {{track listing | headline = Side B | title1 = Promises Can Break | writer1 = Frank, Murphy, Pesco | length1 = 4:10 | title2 = X-Periment | length2 = 5:07 | title3 = Bad Girl | length3 = 3:38 | title4 = I Can't Take Losing You | length4 = 5:00 }}
==Personnel== *Paul Pesco - electric guitar *Mic Murphy - producer, performer, directed by, electric guitar, vocals *David Frank - producer, performer, directed by, synthesizer, digital sounds
'''Production''' *Mixing: Michael Brauer, Don Wershba *Mastering: Greg Calbi, Michael Brauer *Cover design: Brian Hagiwara *Recorded by Mario Salvati
==Chart positions== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Chart (1984) ! Peak<br />position |- |US ''Billboard'' Top LPs & Tape<ref name="OMG">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/sweat-r19566/charts-awards|title="Sweat" by The System (chart positions) on Allmusic |work=Billboard, Allmusic|access-date=2011-08-23}}</ref> |style="text-align:center;"|182 |- |}
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Category:The System (band) albums Category:1984 albums Category:Mirage Records albums