After several exceptional albums, X decided to change their approach on the fifth album. As usual, the songwriting and performances shine, but the raw sound of their earlier work is noticeably absent. Still, the band scored perhaps their biggest hit ever with "Burning House of Love," and they composed such other highlights as "What's Wrong With Me," "All or Nothing," and "My Soul Cries Your Name." Ain't Love Grand! would also mark guitarist Billy Zoom's last album with X, retiring from the music biz entirely until a brief X reunion in the late '90s.
