Neil Younger has introduced that he’ll lastly launch his legendary ‘misplaced’ album ‘Chrome Goals’ this summer season.
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The 12-track LP was initially set for launch in 1977, however ended up being shelved and has by no means seen the sunshine of day.
On August 11, Younger will launch ‘Chrome Goals’ by way of Reprise Data, introduced in its unique type.
4 of the 12 songs are originals, and plenty of have by no means been introduced in recorded type earlier than.
See the tracklist and recording dates for ‘Chrome Goals’ and its art work, by Ronnie Wooden, beneath.
1. ‘Pocahontas’ (August 11, 1976)
2. ‘Will To Love’ (December 3, 1976
3. ‘Star of Bethlehem’ (December 13, 1974)
4. ‘Like a Hurricane’ (November 29, 1975)
5. ‘Too Far Gone’ (September 5, 1975)
6. ‘Maintain Again The Tears’ (February 6, 1977)
7. ‘Homegrown’ (November 19, 1975)
8. ‘Captain Kennedy’ (August 11, 1976)
9. ‘Stringman’ (March 31, 1976)
10. ‘Sedan Supply’ (Might 22, 1975)
11. ‘Powderfinger’ (August 11, 1976)
12. ‘Look Out for My Love’ (January 20, 1976)
The discharge of ‘Chrome Goals’ is the newest in an extended line of recent and archival releases from Younger in recent times.
Late final yr, he launched a fiftieth anniversary reissue of his 1972 album ‘Harvest’, whereas he additionally not too long ago launched ‘World Document’, a brand new album he created along with his band Loopy Horse.
2022 additionally noticed him launch ‘Toast’, a beforehand shelved album he recorded with Loopy Horse all the best way again in 2001.
In accordance with Younger, ‘Toast’ is “an album that stands by itself in [his] assortment”. He cited the report’s melancholic tone as a motive why it by no means left the studio, explaining in final Might’s aforementioned weblog submit: “Not like some other, ‘Toast’ was so unhappy that I couldn’t put it out. I simply skipped it and went on to do one other album instead. I couldn’t deal with it at the moment. 2001.”
All these releases come amid Younger’s ongoing sequence of archival reissues. In April final yr, he launched the ‘Official Launch Collection Quantity 4’ field set, comprising three traditional albums from the Nineteen Eighties – considered one of his personal, and two collaborative efforts – in addition to a uncommon EP that was solely ever bought in Australia and Japan.
His most up-to-date album was one other effort with Loopy Horse, ‘Barn’, which landed final December. NME gave it a four-star evaluate, with Rhys Buchanan writing: “Uncooked and rugged at each flip, the album captures the telepathic bond that these rock’n’roll renegades have cultivated over time.”
