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Artist: Alex Chilton
Label: Last Call Records
Category: Music
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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2
EAN: 3383001210829
ASIN: B0000049Z5
Release Date: 1997-06-24 |
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Tracks:
- Bangkok
- Can't Seem To Make You Mine
- My Rival
- Rock Hard
- Like Flies On Sherbert
- Aligator Man
- Tee Ni Nee Ni Noo
- Stuff
- Lost My Job
- Paradise
- No Sex
- Underclass
- With A Girl Like You
- Take It Off
- Volare
Tracks:
- Thing For You
- Make A Little Love
- Nobody's Fool
- Lonely Week Ends
- Rubber Room
- Nice And Easy Does It
- Guantammerika
- Baby, Baby, Baby
- I Will Turn Your Money Green
- My Baby Just Cares For Me
- Time After Time
- Frame For The Blues
- Save Your Love For Me
- September Gurls
- I'm Gonna Make You Mine
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Customer Reviews:
Children By The Millions Scream For Alex Chilton.......2006-05-11
Sadly, Alex Chilton is not a household name like other less-influential names in Rock. But it's also that bit of truth that makes him a diamond in the rough and makes a person's discovery of him such a sweet experience. There are very few artists or bands that make such a strong impression on us that cause us to remember when we first heard them. Chilton's "The Ballad of El Goodo" makes such a strong impression on me that I can hardly forget every time I've heard it, much less the first time.
I don't know if Alex Chilton is a genius. I do know that Alex Chilton is a rock god. That's not a term to be bandied about, either..."god"...in most countries and religions you get stoned or your hand chopped off for calling some mere mortal a god. Alex would likely be pissed off, too. Listen to the live Big Star album and hear Alex explain how critical acclaim is all well and good but it doesn't pay any of the bills. So along with begin a rock star I'm sure Alex would enjoy more people hearing his songs and buying them. So buy this record! ;)
Songs like "Bangkok" and "Guantammerika" are gems and have been known to be played on the radio by those in the know. Listening to the early solo "With a Girl Like You" is a great glimpse at the post-Box Tops period. But as covers go, "Can't Seem To Make You Mine" (the old Seeds standard) is superb. Though you'll find a version of "September Gurls" on this set, don't buy it looking for Big Star songs. Buy this for the Alex solo material that you may not have heard. Be treated to "Volare"...probably my favorite because it just feels like Alex having fun. He's been in it for the fun, right? It's rare when that comes off the disc, through the speakers and into your ears so clearly.
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- Mouthful of Copper ~ Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons
- Crying at Teatime ~ Alfie
- Engines of Creation ~ Joe Satriani
- Tension and the Spark ~ Darren Hayes
- The Naked Dutch Painter and Other Songs ~ Stew
- In an Off White Room ~ The Album Leaf
- Live at Maxwell's ~ The Reigning Sound
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Night Dreamer ~ Wayne Shorter
Dentro de la Noche ~ Jaime Anglada
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