Alien Soundtracks

Studio album by Chrome

Released

1977

Recorded

Alamar Studios in San Francisco, California, United States

Genre

Experimental rock

Length

38:12

Label

Siren

Producer

Damon Edge

Chrome chronology

The Visitation
(1976)

Alien Soundtracks
(1977)

Half Machine Lip Moves
(1979)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Alien Soundtracks is the second studio album by American experimental rock band Chrome. It was released in 1977 on record label Siren.

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."^[2]

Track listing

Side A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Chromosome Damage"	Creed, Edge	3:50
2.	"The Monitors"	Creed, Edge	2:23
3.	"All Data Lost"	Creed, Edge	3:25
4.	"SS Cygni"	Creed, Edge	3:33
5.	"Nova Feedback"	Edge, Lambdin, Spain	5:53

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Pygmies in Zee Park"	Creed, Edge	6:01
2.	"Slip It to the Android"	Edge, Lambdin, Spain	3:47
3.	"Pharoah Chromium"	Edge, Lambdin, Spain	3:27
4.	"ST37"	Creed, Edge, Lambdin, Spain	2:12
5.	"Magnetic Dwarf Reptile"	Creed, Edge, Lambdin, Spain	3:41

Personnel

Chrome

Helios Creed – vocals, bass guitar, guitar
Damon Edge – drums, Moog synthesizer, production, engineering, art direction
John Lambdin – guitar, bass guitar, electric violin
Gary Spain – bass guitar, acoustic and electric violins

Technical

Michael Gore – mastering
Amy James – sleeve photography

References

↑ Raggett, Ned. "Alien Soundtracks – Chrome : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. AllRovi. Retrieved April 24, 2013.
↑ "Julian Cope Presents Head Heritage | Unsung | The Book of Seth | Chrome – Alien Soundtracks". Head Heritage. June 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2016.

External links

Alien Soundtracks at Discogs (list of releases)

Chrome
Helios Creed Damon Edge John Lambdin Mike Low Gary Spain
Studio albums	The Visitation Alien Soundtracks Half Machine Lip Moves Red Exposure Blood on the Moon 3rd from the Sun Into the Eyes of the Zombie King
Extended plays	Read Only Memory
Compilation albums	Chrome Box

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