Read Only Memory (EP)

{{Infobox album

| name = Read Only Memory

| type = ep

| artist = Chrome

| cover = Chrome - Read Only Memory.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1979

| recorded = Alamar Studios, San Francisco, California, United States & Trident Studios, London, England

| venue =

| studio =

| genre =

| length = 20:31

| label = {{hlist|Siren|Cleopatra}}

| producer = Damon Edge

| prev_title = Half Machine Lip Moves

| prev_year = 1979

| next_title = Red Exposure

| next_year = 1980

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web |first=Ned |last=Raggett |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r33157|pure_url=yes}}|title=Read Only Memory |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=October 10, 2012}}

}}

Read Only Memory is an EP by the American rock band Chrome, released in 1979 by Siren Records. It was reissued in 2014 by Cleopatra Records.

Track listing

=Original release=

{{tracklist

| headline = Side A

| all_writing = Helios Creed and Damon Edge

| title1 = You Can't See Them – They Can't Touch You

| length1 = 3:16

| title2 = Inacontact

| length2 = 5:35

| title3 = Read Only Memory

| length3 = 1:06

}}

{{tracklist

| headline = Side B

| title1 = In Front of the Crowd

| length1 = 1:10

| title2 = I Am the Jaw

| length2 = 9:24

}}

=2014 reissue=

The 2014 Cleopatra reissue combined both original sides onto side A and added four bonus tracks, recorded from a live performance in Italy in 1981, on side B.{{cite web | last= | first= | date=2014 | url=https://cleorecs.com/store/shop/chrome-read-only-memory-lp/ | title=Chrome – Read Only Memory (LP) | publisher=Cleopatra Records}}

{{tracklist

| headline = Side B

| title1 = Perfumed Metals

| length1 = 3:41

| title2 = Jam 10

| length2 = 5:40

| title3 = Insect Human

| length3 = 6:48

| title4 = Out of Reach

| length4 = 3:58

}}

Personnel

Helios Creed – guitar synthesizer, bowed guitar, synthesizer, drum machine, bass guitar, vocals, illustrations
Damon Edge – synthesizer, guitar synthesizer, tape, drum machine, vocals, production, engineering, illustrations

Charts

class="wikitable sortable"
scope="col" \| Chart (1980) ! scope="col" \| Peak position
UK Indie Chart \| style="text-align:center;"\|48{{cite book \|first=Barry \|last=Lazell \|url=http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/c.htm \|title=Indie Hits 1980–1989 \|publisher=Cherry Red Books \|date=1997 \|accessdate=September 5, 2014 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605132906/http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/c.htm \|archivedate=June 5, 2011 }}

class="wikitable sortable"

scope="col" | Chart (1980)

! scope="col" | Peak
position

UK Indie Chart

| style="text-align:center;"|48{{cite book |first=Barry |last=Lazell |url=http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/c.htm |title=Indie Hits 1980–1989 |publisher=Cherry Red Books |date=1997 |accessdate=September 5, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605132906/http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/c.htm |archivedate=June 5, 2011 }}

References

External links

{{Discogs master|664487|Read Only Memory}}

Category:1979 EPs

Category:Chrome (band) EPs