4X GRAMMY® AWARD-WINNER SHOOTER JENNINGS MARKS 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF COUNTACH (FOR GIORGIO) WITH FIRST-EVER COLORED VINYL VARIANT
4x GRAMMY® Award-winner Shooter Jennings is marking the 10-year anniversary of his groundbreaking seventh studio album, Countach (For Giorgio), with a limited-edition new Neon Purple vinyl reissue. Available exclusively while supplies last, the limited pressing of 500 copies marks the first time Countach (For Giorgio) has been produced in a variant color. Pre-orders are available now; shipments will begin on or around Friday, May 1.
A genre-defying tribute to GRAMMY® and Academy Award-winning producer/composer Giorgio Moroder — the legendary Italian-born “Father of Disco” and sonic mind behind such iconic soundtracks as Midnight Express, Top Gun, The NeverEnding Story, and Flashdance — Countach (For Giorgio) fuses fiddle, outlaw country grit, DX7 synthesizers, and LinnDrum programming into something entirely its own. Now, nearly a decade after its original February 26, 2016 release on Jennings’ own Black Country Rock label, the record’s genre-blurring DNA — outlaw country, synth-disco, cinematic pop — feels more culturally resonant than ever. The album opens with an archival vocal from Waylon Jennings himself, threading the outlaw lineage directly into Moroder’s electronic cosmos. From there, Shooter creates a one-of-a-kind sound-collage journey through 80’s and 90’s culture, fusing innovative songwriting, fiddle-meets-synthesizer soundscapes, and guest appearances by Brandi Carlile, Marilyn Manson, the late country-rock pioneer Steve Young, and computer-game visionary Richard Garriott de Cayeux. The result is as unlikely as it is essential – a love letter to the ‘80s written in the language of outlaw country.
“I just started digging and researching and all of a sudden it hit me how much music Giorgio had made that had been an influence on me, even without knowing that it was him who was responsible for it,” says Shooter Jennings. “Hearing all that stuff and adapting it to live instruments was, in a way, showing people how ahead of his time he was. Dissecting his pieces, doing each part by part, and really understanding it from the inside…it made me fall in love with making music again, in a way.”
Countach (For Giorgio) proved both a critical and commercial sensation upon its arrival, with worldwide applause and placement on multiple year-end best-of lists from such publications as Rolling Stone, The Guardian, Consequence of Sound, Stereogum, and more while also peaking at #7 on Billboard’s “Top Dance Albums” – a remarkable crossover for an artist then still known primarily as the son of outlaw country legend Waylon Jennings. The chart placement affirmed the album’s genuine electronic roots as well as Shooter’s remarkable ability to reach audiences well beyond his core country following.
SHOOTER JENNINGS
COUNTACH (FOR GIORGIO)
(Black Country Media)
Tracklist:
1. Loading… (feat. Waylon Jennings)
2. Countach
3. From Here to Eternity
4. I’m Left You’re Right She’s Gone
5. Born to Die (feat. Steve Young)
6. Chase (feat. Richard Garriott de Cayeux)
7. Love Kills
8. The Neverending Story (feat. Brandi Carlile)
9. Cat People (Putting Out Fire) (feat. Marilyn Manson)
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