Countach (For Giorgio) Explained

Countach (For Giorgio)
Type:studio album
Artist:Shooter Jennings
Cover:Shooter-jennings-countach.jpeg
Genre:Electronica[1]
Label:Black Country Rock
Producer:Shooter Jennings
Prev Title:Don't Wait Up (For George) EP
Prev Year:2014

Countach (For Giorgio) is the seventh studio album by Shooter Jennings, released on February 26, 2016 on vinyl through Jennings' own Black Country Rock label.[2] A 16-bit music video for the song "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" featuring Marilyn Manson was released on August 1.[3] [4]

Composition

Countach is an album of songs composed or inspired by Italian producer Giorgio Moroder.[5] Jennings has described the album as "a love letter to [his] childhood",[6] explaining that "It all connected. Something that I had just written off as the sound of the Eighties, it was all Giorgio. He's the one that made that wave of music happen. It hit me like a freight train."[7]

The recording sessions featured guest vocals from Steve Young,[8] Brandi Carlile,[9] Marilyn Manson[10] and Shroud of the Avatar creator Richard Garriott de Cayeux,[11] as well as his father Waylon Jennings on the 1st track entitled 'Loading' which itself is a remix of his 1978 single Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got Out of Hand

Release

The album was originally scheduled for release in November 2014. However, its release was delayed due to the sudden death of Jon Hensley, Jennings' longtime manager and friend and Black Country Rock co-founder. On February 22, 2016, the album was released digitally inside the multiplayer component of the role-playing video game , with players encouraged to search through the game's multiplayer levels to win one of twenty-five free vinyl copies of the album.[12] The album was released on CD, digital download, 8-track tape and vinyl record formats on March 11.[13]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Shooter Jennings: Countach (For Giorgio) review – keeping it weird with a Moroder tribute . Petridis . Alexis . March 10, 2016 . . 2022-04-19.
  2. Web site: Shooter Jennings Returns With 7th Studio Album, Countach (for Giorgio) . TheDailyCountry.com . March 2, 2016.
  3. Web site: Shooter Jennings feat. Marilyn Manson - Cat People (Official Video) . . August 1, 2016 . August 12, 2016.
  4. Web site: Watch Marilyn Manson star in disturbing 16-bit video for his cover of David Bowie's 'Cat People' . Moore, Sam . . . August 3, 2016 . August 12, 2016.
  5. Web site: Outlaw Country Musician Shooter Jennings to Unveil Latest Album, Countach, in Richard Garriott's Shroud of the Avatar Role-playing Game . . . February 18, 2016 . March 2, 2016.
  6. Web site: How Daft Punk and the Muppets Inspired Shooter Jennings' Giorgio Moroder Tribute Album . Daniel . Kohn . . . February 23, 2016 . March 2, 2016.
  7. Shooter Jennings, Lukas Nelson Ready New Albums . . February 29, 2016 . March 2, 2016.
  8. Shooter Jennings on Giorgio Moroder Tribute Album & How His David Bowie Cover 'Ended Up Meaning So Much More' . Chuck . Dauphin . . . February 19, 2016 . March 2, 2016.
  9. Shooter Jennings Enlists Marilyn Manson, Brandi Carlile for 'Countach' . Andrew . Leahey . . January 4, 2016 . March 2, 2016.
  10. Web site: Marilyn Manson covers the hell out of David Bowie's "Cat People" — listen . Ben . Kaye . . February 18, 2016 . March 2, 2016.
  11. Web site: Neon noir meets outlaw country in Shooter Jennings' tribute to Giorgio Moroder . Mike . Vanderbilt . . January 5, 2016 . March 2, 2016.
  12. Web site: Shooter Jennings to release album inside interactive, online video game 'Shroud of the Avatar' . Dave . Lavender . . February 10, 2016 . March 2, 2016.
  13. Web site: Shooter Jennings "Countach" 12" Pink LP . BCRMedia . March 2, 2016.

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