''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.

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 twenty-five free vinyl copies of the album. The album was released on CD, digital download,

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and

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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 Tribute albums