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1. Good Morning Captain
2. Been A Long Time (Waiting On Love)
3. Appaloosa
4. A Train Still Makes A Lonely Sound
5. I Ain t Hiding
6. Kept My Soul
7. What Is Home
8. Houston Don t Dream About Me
9. Make Glad
10. And The Band Played On
11. Last Place That Love Lives

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Die Black Crowes holen zum Doppelschlag aus.
Dieses Mal ging es schneller! Nachdem die Fans der Black Crowes auf deren letztes Album Warpaint noch acht lange Jahre warten mussten, erscheint nun bereits nur ein Jahr später mit Before The Frost der Nachfolger zum sensationellen Comeback-Album. Der Clou: Das ist noch nicht alles, denn die Retrorocker geben der Veröffentlichung ein exklusives, absolut eigenständiges Download-Album mit dem Titel Until The Freeze gratis dazu.
Die Aufnahmen für beide Werke fanden an fünf Tagen und Nächten in den Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock statt. Und zwar vor Publikum! Denn die Black Crowes hatten treue Fans der Band eingeladen, am Geschehen unmittelbar teilzunehmen und den Aufnahmeprozess als Ganzes inmitten einer intimen und knisternden Atmosphäre mitzuerleben.
Dass dieses seltene Experiment mehr als glückte und praktisch wie auf die Band zugeschnitten war, zeigen die insgesamt 20 neuen Stücke ziemlich deutlich - sie rocken wie die Hölle. Kein Wunder, stehen die Black Crowes doch im Ruf, mit ihrem druckvollen und energetischen Sound zu den weltweit besten Rock n Roll-Live-Acts zu gehören.

THE BLACK CROWES ANNOUNCE RELEASE OF NEW CD
AND GIVE FANS A FREE SECOND ALBUM
‘BEFORE THE FROST…UNTIL THE FREEZE’ DUE IN STORES SEPTEMBER 01, 2009

THE BLACK CROWES will release their new studio CD, Before the Frost... on September 1, 2009.
A second album, titled …Until The Freeze, will be given away for free exclusively through a unique download code which is included in Before The Frost… as a “thank you” to their fans for two decades of continued support.
Before the Frost..., and its corresponding free album …Until The Freeze, were recorded over a series of five nights at Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock, NY. Although both are studio albums, all the new material was performed and recorded in front of an intimate audience of the band’s fans, making them a part of The Black Crowes musical history.
The innovative technique of inviting fans into the studio as part of the process during recording is a rare experience.
Before the Frost... features eleven new and previously unreleased Black Crowes songs including Good Morning Captain, I Ain’t Hiding, Been a Long Time (Waiting on Love), and other original songs that will serve to spotlight the bands ability to make emotional connections through their music. The free album …Until The Freeze is a nine-song collection featuring eight new original Black Crowes songs plus a cover version of the Stephen Stills classic So Many Times.
A limited edition vinyl release of Before The Frost…Until The Freeze, featuring all 20 tracks, will also be available on September 1, 2009.
Chris Robinson conceived the concept of Before the Frost...Until The Freeze.
“I think we fulfilled a musical commitment to continue on the golden road of artistic independence. Approaching 20 years into our careers, we still are ambitious enough to push ourselves to create something unique that we have never done before.”
As The Black Crowes approach the upcoming 20th anniversary of their release of one of rock’s most influential records, Shake Your Money Maker, which produced such hits as Jealous Again, She Talks To Angels and Hard to Handle, they are time and again hailed as one of Rock and Roll’s best live acts.

Before The Frost… (CD Track Listing)
Good Morning Captain
Been A Long Time (Waiting On Love)
Appaloosa
A Train Still Makes A Lonely Sound
I Ain’t Hiding
Kept My Soul
What Is Home
Houston Don’t Dream About Me
Make Glad
And The Band Played On
Last Place That Love Lives

…Until The Freeze (Free Download Album Track Listing)
Aimless Peacock
Shady Grove
Garden Gate
Greenhorn
Shine Along
Roll Old Jeremiah
Lady Of Avenue A
So Many Times
Fork In The River

Before the Frost…Until The Freeze was produced by Paul Stacey and will be released through The Black Crowes label, Silver Arrow Records and Megaforce Records.

THE BLACK CROWES
"Before the Frost . . . Until the Freeze"

You listen to some decades-old bands and discover they make the same album over and over again. Sometimes it works; often it doesn't.
It's refreshing when you have a band such as the Black Crowes, which has always sprinkled bluegrass, folk and even country into its signature sound, making it the musical equivalent of a glass prism.
Such is the case with the band's very-much-under-wraps release "Before the Frost," which comes with a code that allows purchasers to download a free companion disc, "Until the Freeze."
The new album, which will be released Monday, was finalized and recorded before 200 guests at the Levon Helms Studio in Woodstock, N.Y. It's an audio beauty.
"I Ain't Hiding" has just the right mix of Rich Robinson's ready-to-burst-out-of-control guitar work and Chris Robinson's slightly uppity vocal 'tude to almost guarantee it will be a major hit.
"And the Band Played On" is a peppy number with the Crowes' classic sound melding with something akin to a later-day Beatles song about travel, raising glasses in the air and a jolly good fellow.
"Until the Freeze" continues the Crowes' musical banquet with songs such as the Celtic-tinged "Aimless Peacock," which brings sitar, violins, harmonica and a charming chorus together to weave a rich musical tale. For pure, laid-back folk/country, the banjo-led "Shine Along" is a musical trip to the bayous.
The Black Crowes are coming up on their 20th anniversary, but the music has never sounded fresher.
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