Ours Is Chrome

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Ours Is Chrome
Ours Is Chrome.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 4, 2015
RecordedOctober 2014
StudioStudio 4 Recording Studios, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
Genre Alternative rock, [1] grunge [1]
Length43:00
Label Side One Dummy, Red Bull
Producer Will Yip
Superheaven chronology
Jar
(2013)
Ours Is Chrome
(2015)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 69/100 [2]
Review scores
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Ours Is Chrome is the second studio album by American alternative rock band Superheaven. Released on May 4, 2015, it was the final album released before going on a 6-year long hiatus in 2016, ending in 2022. The snake on the cover is a DeKay's brown snake (Storeria dekayi).

Contents

Track listing

All music is composed by Superheaven

No.TitleLength
1."I've Been Bored"3:23
2."Next to Nothing"4:04
3."Room"3:37
4."All the Pain"4:14
5."Leach"3:50
6."Downswing"3:41
7."Blur"3:23
8."Gushin' Blood"3:29
9."Dig Into Me"3:35
10."From the Chest Down"6:06
11."Poor Aileen"4:27
Total length:43:00

Personnel

Superheaven
Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (2015)Peak
position
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [7] 16
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [8] 12
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [9] 25

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