''Countach (For Giorgio)'' is the seventh

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, released on February 26, 2016 on

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through Jennings' own Black Country Rock label. A

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music video for the song "

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" featuring

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was released on August 1.

Composition

''Countach'' is an album of songs composed or inspired by Italian producer

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. Jennings has described the album as "a love letter to ischildhood", explaining that "It all connected. Something that I had just written off as the sound of the Eighties, it was all Giorgio. He's the one that made that wave of music happen. It hit me like a freight train." The recording sessions featured guest vocals from

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and ''Shroud of the Avatar'' creator Richard Garriott de Cayeux, as well as his father

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on the 1st track entitled 'Loading' which itself is a remix of his 1978 single "

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Release

The album was originally scheduled for release in November 2014. However, its release was delayed due to the sudden death of

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, Jennings' longtime manager and friend and Black Country Rock co-founder. On February 22, 2016, the album was released digitally inside the

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component of the

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'' Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues'', with players encouraged to search through the game's multiplayer levels to win one of 25 free

copies of the album. The album was released on CD, digital download,

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and vinyl formats on March 11.

Track listing

Charts

External links

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"Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" videoclip on YouTube

References

{{Authority control 2016 albums Albums produced by Shooter Jennings Electronica albums by American artists Shooter Jennings albums 2010s tribute albums Giorgio Moroder