Alien Soundtracks Explained

Alien Soundtracks
Type:studio
Artist:Chrome
Cover:Chrome Alien Soundtracks.jpg
Released:1977
Studio:Alamar (San Francisco, California)
Genre:
Length:38:12
Label:Siren
Producer:Damon Edge
Prev Title:The Visitation
Prev Year:1976
Next Title:Half Machine Lip Moves
Next Year:1979

Alien Soundtracks is the second studio album by American rock band Chrome. It was released in 1977 by Siren Records.

Background

Alien Soundtracks was Chrome's first record to feature Helios Creed, who would remain a longtime member of the band.

Reception

Head Heritage wrote: "'Alien Soundtracks' is where every aspect of Chrome is at its peak: at every speed and every facet as each barrage of electronic space debris, taped dialogue and collaged subterranean fears all get refracted through Damon Edge's hypersensitive and distorted mental lenses that project outwards into a crazy quilt of half-caught meaning that, however disjointed the content (which pitches and tosses at every turn), a unity emerges that remains invigorating and consistent at every turn."[3]

Alternative Press named it one of the 15 best punk albums to have come out in 1977, writing: "If Iggy And The StoogesRaw Power was the sound of the Rolling Stones in hell, then Alien Soundtracks was the sound of the Stooges in hell, as a lo-fi sci-fi soundscape. The crude bashing and trash-compactor riffing had an acid-damaged edge, making this record both an avant-punk staple and early industrial-rock statement."[4]

Personnel

Chrome
Technical

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stegall. Tim. 2019-10-03. Top 15 punk LPs of 1977 that undeniably defined the year. 2020-12-22. Alternative Press. en-US.
  2. Web site: Stegall. Tim. 2019-10-03. Top 15 punk LPs of 1977 that undeniably defined the year. 2020-12-22. Alternative Press. en-US.
  3. Web site: Chrome – Alien Soundtracks . The Seth Man . June 2014 . . December 26, 2016.
  4. Web site: Stegall. Tim. 2019-10-03. Top 15 punk LPs of 1977 that undeniably defined the year. 2020-12-22. Alternative Press. en-US.