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{{For|the Lonnie Lee album|Back to Base X}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = Back 2 Base X
| type = studio
| artist = [[Hed PE|(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 Records|Suburban Noize]]
| producer = [[Jared Gomes|Jahred Gomes]], Kevin Zinger, Brad Xavier
| prev_title = [[Only in Amerika]]
| prev_year = 2004
| next_title = [[Insomnia (Hed PE album)|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 music|rock]] band [[Hed PE]]. Released on June 6, 2006, it is the band's first release on [[Suburban Noize Records|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>
}}
''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 (band)|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==
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*[[Jared Gomes|Jahred Gomes]] – [[Lead vocalist|vocals]]
*Jaxon Benge – guitar
*Doug «DJ Product © 1969» Boyce – [[Turntablist|turntables]]
*Mark «Mawk» Young – [[Bass guitar|bass]]
*[[Mark Bistany|Mark «Moke» Bistany]] – [[Drum kit|drums]]
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;Production
*[[Sound recording and reproduction|Produced]] by Jahred Gomes, Kevin Zinger & Brad Xavier
*Recorded @ Jared's Huntington Beach Apartment
*[[Audio mixing (recorded music)|Mixed]] & [[Audio mastering|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}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Hed PE}}

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[[Category:2006 albums]]
[[Category:Hed PE albums]]
[[Category:Suburban Noize Records albums]]

Back 2 Base X - Revision history

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