Album
Trans
1982 · Electronic, Rock
34 collectors on Gatefold own this
Trans is an Electronic album by Neil Young, originally released in 1982. On Gatefold: 64 pressings tracked, owned by 34 collectors.
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Trans is an album by Neil Young, released in 1982. Recorded partially and released during his notorious Geffen era in the 1980, Trans baffled many Neil Young fan. Some suggested that the album could be a satirical message that Young was trying to send about the direction music was headed in the future. A vocoder features prominently in five of the nine track. While the album was poorly received, some critics point out that the melodies are strong and that the album involves Young addressing new musical movement, as he did previously on Rust Never Sleeps and later with the grunge movement. Neil Young found that when using a vocoder when communicating to his son (who was born with cerebral palsy), he was able to elicit a better response. The emotional power of this experiment shows in the lyric, particularly in the track "Transformer Man" with the lines "So many things still left to do / But we haven't made it yet." Portions of several tracks appeared in Young's 1982 feature length comedy film Human Highway. One song, "If You Got Love," appeared on the LP's printed track listing, but was not included on the album in a last minute change of mind .
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Little Thing Called Love3:06
- A2Computer Age5:20
- A3We R In Control3:28
- A4Transformer Man3:22
- A5Computer Cowboy (AKA Syscrusher)4:08
Side B
- B1Hold On To Your Love3:25
- B2Sample And Hold5:09
- B3Mr. Soul3:16
- B4Like An Inca8:08
Sound DNA
- Electronic
- Synth-Pop / New Wave
- synthetic
- detached
- spacey
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Ben KeithFEATURING GUITAR, VOCALS GUITAR, VOCALS, PEDAL STEEL GUITAR, SLIDE GUITAR
- Billy TalbotBASS BASS, VOCALS FEATURING
- Bruce PalmerBASS FEATURING
- Frank SampedroFEATURING GUITAR GUITAR, VOCALS, KEYBOARDS
- Joe LalaFEATURING PERCUSSION PERCUSSION, VOCALS
- Neil YoungVOCALS, GUITAR, KEYBOARDS, LYRICS BY, MUSIC BY
- Nils LofgrenFEATURING GUITAR, KEYBOARDS, VOCALS GUITAR, PIANO, ORGAN, ELECTRIC PIANO, SYNTHESIZER , VOCALS
- Ralph MolinaDRUMS, VOCALS FEATURING
34 collectors on Gatefold own this · 64 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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