Neil Young Discography:
"Trans"
Neil Young
Geffen 25019
December, 1982
|
Track |
Title |
Duration |
Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Little Thing Called Love | 3:06 | c. May 12, 1982: Commercial Recorders, Honolulu, Hawaii |
| 2 | Computer Age | 5:28 | c. September 24, 1981: Modern Recorders, Redwood City, CA |
| 3 | We R In Control | 3:28 | c. September 24, 1981: Modern Recorders, Redwood City, CA |
| 4 | Transformer Man | 3:22 | c. September 24, 1981: Modern Recorders, Redwood City, CA |
| 5 | Computer Cowboy (aka Syscrusher) | 4:08 | c. September 24, 1981: Modern Recorders, Redwood City, CA |
| 6 | Hold On To Your Love | 3:25 | c. May 12, 1982: Commercial Recorders, Honolulu, Hawaii |
| 7 | Sample And Hold | 5:09 8:04 (CD) |
c. September 24, 1981: Modern Recorders, Redwood City, CA |
| 8 | Mr. Soul | 3:16 | c. September 24, 1981: Modern Recorders, Redwood City, CA |
| 9 | Like An Inca | 8:08 9:45 (CD) |
c. May 12, 1982: Commercial Recorders, Honolulu, Hawaii |
Contrary to most people's opinion, Neil Young says that this is the one of his best two albums. The other was Everybody's Rockin'.
The 'acoustic' songs on Trans ("Like An Inca", "Hold On To Your Love", and "Little Thing Called Love") were from the very first album that Neil turned in for release by Geffen Records, entitled Island In The Sun. Geffen rejected the album.
Most of Trans (except for the Island In The Sun tracks) features Neil & Nils singing through a Vocoder, which makes the voice sound like a "computer voice".
This album, in a way, is like an all-star collection of people that Neil has played with over the years. Besides the members of Crazy Horse, Ben Keith has played on several of Neil's albums, the first of which was Harvest. Nils Lofgren first played with Neil at the young age of 18 on After The Gold Rush and later on Tonight's The Night. (He also played on Crazy Horse's 1971 album.) Lofgren later became the guitarist in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, replacing Steve Van Zandt. Joe Lala played percussion with CSNY on their 1974 tour and later in the Stills/Young Band. Last, but not least, Bruce Palmer was the bassist from Buffalo Springfield.
There is a different version of "Like An Inca" and "Sample And Hold" on the CD version of Trans. "Like An Inca" is actually 9:45 minutes long, instead of 8:08 as listed on the CD. "Sample And Hold" is actually 8:04 minutes long, instead of 5:09 as listed on the CD. This same version of "Sample And Hold" also appears on Lucky Thirteen.
Also, there was one song which was removed from Trans very close to the album's release, so late that the song title and lyrics *did* appear on some liner notes. The song was entitled "If You Got Love" and was an electric-based song about the tribulations encountered in another quest to find love. (Jef Piehler's Sidestreet Records has a reprint of the Broken Arrow article he wrote about the acetate of Trans.)
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