Trans (album)
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| Studio album by Neil Young | ||
| Released | Dec. 29, 1982 | |
| Recorded | Sept. 24, 1981-May 12, 1982 | |
| Genre | Electronica, Rock | |
| Length | 44:26 | |
| Label | Geffen | |
| Producer(s) | Neil Young, Tim Mulligan, David Briggs | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Neil Young chronology | ||
| Re-ac-tor (1981) |
Trans (1982) |
Everybody's Rockin' (1983) |
Trans is an album by Neil Young, released in 1982 (see 1982 in music). Recorded and released during his notorious Geffen era in the 1980s, Trans baffled many Neil Young fans. A Vocoder features prominently in five of the nine tracks. While the album was poorly received, some critics point out that the melodies are strong and that the album involves Young addressing new musical movements, as he did previously on Rust Never Sleeps and later with the grunge movement.
The story behind its creation is very interesting. Neil Young found that when using a vocoder when communicating to his autistic son he was able to elicit a better response. The emotional power of this experiment shows in the lyrics, particularly in the track "Transformer Man" with the lines "So many things still yet to do / But we haven't made it yet."
One song, "If You Got Love," appeared on the printed track listing, but was not included on the album in a last minute change of mind [1].
Originally released as an LP, the album was re-issued in 1998 on CD, although not in the US.
[edit] Track listing
All songs written and composed by Neil Young:
- "Little Thing Called Love" – 3:13
- "Computer Age" – 5:24
- "We R in Control" – 3:31
- "Transformer Man" – 3:23
- "Computer Cowboy (AKA Syscrusher)" – 4:13
- "Hold on to Your Love" – 3:28
- "Sample and Hold" ° – 5:09 (CD - 8:03)
- "Mr. Soul" – 3:19
- "Like an Inca" ° – 8:08 (CD - 9:46)
° Different mixes of these tracks appear on the CD release
[edit] Personnel
- Neil Young: guitar, bass, synclavier, vocoder, electric piano, vocal
- Nils Lofgren: guitar, piano, organ, electric piano, synclavier, vocal
- Ben Keith: pedal steel guitar, slide guitar, vocal
- Bruce Palmer: bass
- Ralph Molina: drums, vocal
- Joe Lala: percussion, vocal
- Frank Sampedro: guitar, stringman
- Billy Talbot: bass
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