Producer: Alex Chilton,
Engineer: Jeff Powell,
Tracks: Sick and Tired; Devil Girl; Lies; It's Your
Funeral; What's Your Sign Girl; II Ribelle; You Don't Have to Go;
Boplexity; New Girl in School; You're Lookin' Good; Don't Know
Anymore; Don't Stop
Producer: Alex Chilton,
Engineer: Jeff Powell,
Tracks: Sick and Tired; Devil Girl; Lies; It's Your
Funeral; What's Your Sign Girl; II Ribelle; You Don't Have to Go;
Boplexity; New Girl in School; You're Lookin' Good; Don't Know
Anymore; Don't Stop
Though their albums sold little, Big Star's music managed to travel into the hands of people who would go on to form REM, the Replacements, Let's Active and others. Much like the Velvet Underground of roughly the same time period, anyone who managed to hear Big Star appears to have formed a band. It's safe to say that both Big Star and VU have sold more albums 20+ years down the road than they did when they were active entities. Alex Chilton fronted Big Star and wrote some of pop music's classically underappreciated (for the time) songs. This latest solo album is a definite keeper. Lots of good R&B grooves and raw rock 'n roll here. This album, more than any of his other solo work, shows why he (and Big Star) are such a huge influence on today's crop of pop bands (like Teenage Fanclub, Game Theory/Loud Family, Polyphemus, Matthew Sweet, Peter Case, Tommy Keene, REM and Paul Westerberg, among others).
Rating : ***1/2