Trans
by Neil Young
- Type: Album
- Released: 10 January 1983
- Label: Geffen
- Country: United States
- Length: 44:24
- Community rating: 3.07/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
In one of rock's most notorious left-turns, Neil Young abandoned acoustic guitars for a deeply futuristic, experimental foray into synth-pop. 'Trans' heavily utilizes vocoders and mechanical drum loops to convey profound themes of technological alienation and communication barriers, resulting in a surreal, strangely melodic cult curiosity.
Genres
Descriptors: science fiction, melodic
Tracklist
- Little Thing Called Love (3:13)
- Computer Age (5:24)
- We R In Control (3:31)
- Transformer Man (3:23)
- Computer Cowboy (4:13)
- Hold On To Your Love (3:28)
- Sample And Hold (8:03)
- Mr. Soul (3:19)
- Like An Inca (9:46)
Credits
- Neil Young - primary artist, producer, words by, music by
- Tetsu Nishi - artwork [back cover art]
- Barry Jackson - artwork [front cover art]
- Art Hotel - design
- Tommy Steele - design
- David Gold - lacquer cut by
- Paul Miller - lettering
- Elliot Roberts - management [direction]
- Ben Keith - performer
- Billy Talbot - performer
- Bruce Palmer - performer
- Frank Sampedro - performer
- Joe Lala - performer
- Nils Lofgren - performer
- Ralph Molina - performer
- Moshe Brakha - photography by [innersleeve photo]
- David Briggs - producer
- Tim Mulligan - producer