Chris Robinson and Rich Robinson of The Black Crowes perform onstage during the FIREAID Benefit Concert for California Fire Relief at The Kia Forum on January 30, 2025 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images for FIREAID)
The Black Crowesare revisiting theirthird studioalbum, 1994’sAmorica.
To celebrate the album’s 30th anniversary, the band is set to release a super-deluxe box set featuring new mixes of the original album, along 14 previously unreleased recordings.
The bonus material includesTallest, nine newly mixed songs recorded during the sessions forTall, an unreleased album the band worked on beforeAmoricabut wasscrapped byChris RobinsonandRich Robinson.
The box set also includesThe Marie Laveau Sessions,featuring seven songs Chris and Rich worked on during a soundcheck on theirHigh High The Moon tour and then recorded in New Orleans ona day off from the trek. There will also be four recordings from a live broadcast from AIR Studios in London.
“Amoricawas about breaking free and doing things on our own terms,” said Chris. “It wasn’t about fitting into what was happening in music at the time. It was about trusting our instincts – and 30 years later, that’s still who we are.”
Rich adds, “The bond between us, even when tested, always came back to the music. That’s whatAmoricarepresents – our belief in ourselves and in this band.”
As a preview of the deluxe edition, the Crowes have released “Bitter, Bitter You,” a previously unreleased song from theTallsessions.
TheAmoricasuper-deluxe box set will be released Nov. 14 as a five-LP or three-CD set. There will also be two-LP and one-CD editions.
All formats areavailable for preordernow.
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