On December 29, 1982, “Geffen” label released “Trans”, the twelfth Neil Young studio album. It was recorded September 1981 – May 1982, at “Modern Recorders”, “Redwood City” in California, “Commercial Recorders” in Honolulu, Hawaii, and was produced by Neil Young, Tim Mulligan and David Briggs.

Personnel:

• Neil Young– vocals, vocoder, guitars, bass, synclavier, electric piano
• Nils Lofgren– guitars, piano, organ, electric piano, synclavier, backing vocals, vocoder
• Ben Keith– pedal steel guitar, slide guitar, backing vocals
• Frank Sampedro– guitars, stringman
• Bruce Palmer, Billy Talbot– bass
• Ralph Molina– drums, backing vocals
• Joe Lala– percussion, backing vocals

Track listing:

1. Little Thing Called Love
2. Computer Age
3. We R in Control
4. Transformer Man
5. Computer Cowboy (aka Syscrusher)
6. Hold On to Your Love
7. Sample and Hold
8. Soul
9. Like an Inca