Close Encounters of the Third Kind

by SST

Close Encounters of the Third Kind cover art
  • Type: EP
  • Released: 1978
  • Label: Self-Released
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:17:21
  • Community rating: 3.23/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Released as a bizarre, hyper-speed novelty in the wake of the blockbuster Spielberg film, this obscure American artifact filters cinematic sci-fi themes through frantic, lo-fi aggression. The disjointed rhythms and abrasive, shouted vocals operate as an incredibly early, idiosyncratic mutation of art punk.

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Tracklist

  1. Opening: Let There Be Light (0:47)
  2. Navy Planes (2:06)
  3. Lost Squadron (2:23)
  4. Roy's First Encounter (2:41)
  5. Encounter at Crescendo Summit (1:21)
  6. Chasing UFOs (1:18)
  7. False Alarm (1:42)
  8. Barry's Kidnapping (6:19)
  9. The Cover-Up (2:25)
  10. Stars and Trucks (0:44)
  11. Forming the Mountain (1:49)
  12. TV Reveals (1:49)
  13. Roy and Gillian On the Road (1:10)
  14. The Mountain (3:31)
  15. Who Are You People? (1:35)
  16. The Escape (2:18)
  17. The Escape (Alternate Cue) (2:40)
  18. Trucking (2:01)
  19. Climbing the Mountain (2:32)
  20. Outstretched Hands (2:47)
  21. Lightshow (3:43)
  22. Barnstorming (4:25)
  23. The Mothership (4:33)
  24. Wild Signals (4:12)
  25. The Returnees (3:45)
  26. The Visitors / Bye / End Titles: The Special Edition (12:32)

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