Songs From They Came To Rock, by The Amplifier Heads

Songs From They Came To Rock

by The Amplifier Heads

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1.	Transmission #1 Arrival 00:39
2.	They Came To Rock 02:49	buy track
3.	Transmission #2 1957 00:34
4.	They Heard My Radio 02:36
5.	Transmission #3 Objects 00:16
6.	Something Went Down 02:59	buy track
7.	Transmission #4 Welcome 01:02
8.	Bienvenue 02:57
9.	Dead Star 03:08
10.	Transmission #5 Showtime 00:08
11.	The Best It's Gonna Be 02:41
12.	Transmission #6 Outer Space Eddie: Betty and Bernie 01:35
13.	That Girl Betty 02:23
14.	Space Cadette 02:12
15.	Transmission #7 Outer Space Eddie: Cosmic Show 00:15
16.	Alien Blues 02:27
17.	Transmission #8 TCTR 00:27
18.	The Moon Rocks 01:29

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The Amplifier Heads soundtrack the alien rock opera ‘Songs From They Came To Rock’
Sal Baglio steers a musical speed rocket ship for Norty Cohen’s theatrical production-KnyvetPR Substack: knyvet.substack.com/p/the-amplifier-heads-soundtrack-the

Tickets on sale now for The Amplifier Heads (feat. Barrence Whitfield, Sal Baglio, Dan Kopko) @ The Bull Run, Shirley MA 8/9: rumbarrecords.bandcamp.com/edit_album?id=559477319

"Songs from They Came To Rock, the fifth album by The Amplifier Heads, is the most essential soundtrack album to be released in a good while." - Lord Rutledge

"They don't make pop music like this anymore." - Stereogum

"Is there a genre called “extra-terrestrial rock”? If so, Sal Baglio has mastered it. The Amplifierheads’ latest release, They Came to Rock, was created as a soundtrack to a rock opera about an alien invasion. It’s a trip through space and time – emphasis on trip. And it’s outta this world good." - Richard Rossi's Power Pop News

"It’s such a great album, almost like a greatest hits compilation. Listeners love the heck out of "They Came To Rock" and "Space Cadette” and will love many more I’m sure. The talent on this album just drips off the cd. I love this collaboration of such amazing individuals who have constructed a cosmic time portal to the sonic solar system of Sal Baglio! Just tighten your asteroid belt, you’re in for a rocket ’n roll ride! I'm gonna grab another glass of Tang and listen again!" - Rock Never Rusts

"The Amplifier Heads Deliver Otherworldly Goodness With New Album, “Songs From They Came To Rock” an intergalactic musical experience, that you can’t afford to miss." - The Whole Kamesse

"In style and sprit, the songs from They Came To Rock resemble what extraterrestrials actually would have heard if they'd be tuned into Planet Earth's airwaves in the mid–20th century. You'll hear everything from rhythm & blues to country to first generation rock and roll to '60s beat and garage rock to out-of-this-world '70s glam. Part of Baglio's brilliance was in picking the right vocalist for each song. Any aliens hearing Barrence Whitfield belt out the title track will immediately be scheduling return trips to experience the thrill of Earthling rock and roll. The legendary Allen Estes gives "They Heard My Radio" classic country vibes. "Dead Star" sounds like a song that Dan Kopko was literally born to sing. "That Girl Betty" succeeds in recreating the Phil Spector wall of sound for a variety of reasons, but mostly because of the extraordinary vocal talents of Jen D'Angora and Samantha Goddess. I'm such a fan of Jen D'Angora as a songwriter and musician that I sometimes don't fully appreciate what a great singer she is. Her lead vocal on the old school rocker "Something Went Down" is something special. Baglio is no slouch on vocals either, breathing extraterrestrial cool into "Bienvenue" and perfectly mimicking Elvis Presley on "The Moon Rocks." "Space Cadette" brings to mind dancing aliens on spaceships jetting across the galaxy." - Faster And Louder

"Sal Baglio is writing songs like crazy these days. They Came to Rock is a soundtrack to a stage show. The album is done under The Amplifier Heads umbrella but has lots of guest like: Barrence Whitfield, Sal Baglio, Jen D’Angora, Dan Kopko, Allen Estes and Samantha Goddess. A lot is done in 1950s and 60s rock styles. The fifties were the golden age of spaceship sightings for some reason. Some songs are more modern like: "Bienvenue", "Dead Star", "The Best It's Gonna Be". “That Girl Betty” starts with a transmogrified “When She Walks In The Room” and then Jen D’Angora takes the song to sixties girl group sounding heaven. The album ends with “The Moon Rocks” done up in Sun Records era Elvis style. It’s really a showcase for Sal who seems to take on all songwriting challenges." - Boston Groupie News

“What I love about albums like `Songs From They Came To Rock` is that they are either going to annoy you or float your boat but for me it was the latter category and had me on that cruiser out at sea. It had a cosmic, galactic almost other-worldly charm about it and runs at around the thirty minute mark so won`t overtake your life to any significant degree. Give it a blast and after a close encounter with its delights, i`m sure it`ll take you to that galaxy far, far away.” - Maximum Volume Music

Who are they, and what do they want? That’s a loaded question no matter the topic, but when it comes to aliens and why they’ve visited us here on Earth, the answer is relatively simple – They Came To Rock.

And rock they have, as executive producer Norty Cohen’s immersive rock opera about an alien invasion and its undeniable connection to rock and roll gets the proper soundtrack treatment courtesy of The Amplifier Heads. The project of Boston music scene icon Sal Baglio unleashes Songs From They Came To Rock, a masterclass in extra-terrestrial rock and roll with sound that spans decades.

First debuting in Nashville three years ago and receiving praise from Rolling Stone, Cohen’s theatrical production of They Came To Rock details a story about friendly little green men coming to Earth – which they call The Vinyl Frontier – in search of the type of music heard through static and noise on their radio.

“The term rock opera has come to mean different things to anyone's interpretation,” Baglio says. “There is a lyrical and musical line that follows through the record. Some fantasy, some fact. It is a musical speed rocket trip and the seat belt sign is off!”

The soundtrack’s barnstorming title track, “They Came To Rock,” featuring Barrence Whitfield was premiered last month by Spill Magazine. And Whitfield is not alone in joining forces with Baglio on the record, who rounded up some notable players to help tell the story of how the invention of rock and roll sent out guitar signals through the galaxy – drawing those spacemen into our own orbit. Also appearing on Songs From They Came To Rock are Jen D’Angora, Dan Kopko, Dave Mattacks, and others.

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released April 5, 2024

Produced by Sal Baglio
Executive Producer Norty Cohen

Vocalists: Barrence Whitfield, Sal Baglio, Jen D’Angora, Dan Kopko, Allen Estes, Samantha Goddess
Guitars: Sal Baglio
Bass: Sal Baglio, Brad Hallen, Jamie Rubin
Drums and percussion: Dave Mattacks, Kevin Raplillo
Keyboards: Sal Baglio, Tom West, Richard Hilton
Sax: Henley Douglas Jr
Theremin: David Bryce

Words and music by Salvatore Baglio
“Something Went Down” written by Renee Wahl & William F Maier (BMI)
“They Heard My Radio” written by Dave Coleman (SESAC)

Words & Music Salvatore Baglio (ASCAP) © ℗ 2024 Sunset on Mars Publishing (ASCAP)

Recorded and mixed by Warren Babson at Bang-A-Song Studios in Gloucester, MA
Except “Space Cadette” mixed by Ducky Carlisle Ice Station Zebra in Medford, MA
Mastered by Jonathan Wyner at M-Works Mastering Studios in Somerville, MA

Artwork by Sarah Downen

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