The Atlanta band’s third studio set came on the heels of the massive success of their 1990 debut, “Shake Your Money Maker”, and 1992’s “The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion”, and featured songs like “A Conspiracy”, “Wiser Time”, and “High Head Blues.”
"Amorica was about breaking free and doing things on our own terms," says Chris Robinson. "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."
"The bond between us, even when tested, always came back to the music,” adds guitarist Rich Robinson. “That's what Amorica represents - our belief in ourselves and in this band."
The 2025 deluxe box set will be available as a 5LP or 3CD set; it features “Tallest”, a studio album of 9 newly mixed songs from the “Tall” sessions. “Tall”, the legendary unreleased album recorded before “Amorica”, was initially scrapped by Chris and Rich to bring a new creative energy to the recording of “Amorica.”
George Drakoulias and Martin Pradler have done new mixes from the original multitrack recordings.
The set includes 3 unreleased recordings: "Bitter, Bitter You," "Title Song," and "Paris Song," an instrumental that evolves into the Amorica track "Cursed Diamond."
Also included in the deluxe edition is The Marie Laveau Sessions, featuring 7 previously unreleased studio recordings from October 1992. Recorded at Kingsway Studios in New Orleans, LA, on an off day from the High High The Moon Tour, where Chris and Rich captured the 7 songs that they had worked up during soundcheck.
Additionally, the band also includes 4 live songs recorded for a worldwide live radio broadcast to premiere Amorica from AIR Studios in London, UK, on October 25, 1994.
The Amorica album was remastered from the original 1/4" production master tape by Chris Athens. The album now includes 3 b-sides, the Taj Mahal cover of "Chevrolet" and new mixes of "Song Of The Flesh" and the instrumental "Sunday Night Buttermilk Waltz."
The LP box set includes a fanzine with an interview with Chris and Rich chronicling the evolution of Amorica, a classic 20"x30" poster, a bumper sticker, and a slip mat.
The Black Crowes are sharing the unreleased track, "Bitter, Bitter You," as the first preview to the “Amorica” reissue.
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