Read Only Memory (EP)

Read Only Memory
EP by
Chrome
Released1979
RecordedAlamar Studios, San Francisco, California, United States & Trident Studios, London, England
Length20:31
Labels
ProducerDamon Edge
Chrome chronology
Half Machine Lip Moves
(1979)		 Read Only Memory
(1979)		 Red Exposure
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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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

All tracks are written by Helios Creed and Damon Edge.

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."You Can't See Them – They Can't Touch You"3:16
2."Inacontact"5:35
3."Read Only Memory"1:06
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."In Front of the Crowd"1:10
2."I Am the Jaw"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.

Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Perfumed Metals"3:41
2."Jam 10"5:40
3."Insect Human"6:48
4."Out of Reach"3:58

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1980) Peak
position
UK Indie Chart 48

References

  1. ↑ Raggett, Ned. "Read Only Memory". AllMusic. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Chrome – Read Only Memory (LP)". Cleopatra Records. 2014.
  3. ↑ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved September 5, 2014.