Alien Soundtracks

Not to be confused with Alien (soundtrack) or Aliens (soundtrack).

Alien Soundtracks is the second studio album by American rock band Chrome. It was released in 1977 by Siren Records.

Alien Soundtracks
Studio album by Chrome
Released	1977
Studio	Alamar (San Francisco, California)
Genre	Avant-punk[1] psychedelia[2][3] industrial rock[4]
Length	38:12
Label	Siren
Producer	Damon Edge
Chrome chronology
The Visitation (1976) Alien Soundtracks (1977) Half Machine Lip Moves (1979)

Background

Alien Soundtracks was Chrome's first record to feature Helios Creed, who would remain a longtime member of the band.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Record Collector	[3]

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."^[5]

Alternative Press named it one of the 15 best punk albums to have come out in 1977, writing: "If Iggy And The Stooges’ Raw Power was the sound of the Rolling Stones in hell, then Alien Soundtracks was the sound of the Stooges in hell, as a lo-fi sci-fi soundscape. The crude bashing and trash-compactor riffing had an acid-damaged edge, making this record both an avant-punk staple and early industrial-rock statement."^[6]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Chromosome Damage"	Helios Creed, Damon 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, John Lambdin, Gary 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