Any Alex Chilton fan who's disappointed in a set of R&B and pop covers just hasn't been paying attention to his career. Ever since his comeback in the mid-'80s, Chilton has relied on covers -- from 1985's Feudalist Tarts EP on, new songs have been at a premium, and often felt like covers anyway. Maybe that's why he decided to ditch the originals for his 2000 album Set (charmingly titled Loose Shoes and Tight Pussy in every country outside of America). Set is pitched somewhere between the pop-standards albu...   [ read more ]

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Much has been written about the curious career path of Alex Chilton, from his beginnings as a teenaged Memphis soul man for the Box Tops, to his power pop brilliance with Big Star, and then, of course, his ragged, quality control- challenged solo years, which have piqued, baffled, and frustrated his fans ever since. The man just won't stay comfortably in any box, and he seems to take particular joy in avoiding anything close to what might be reasonably expected of him as a musician, preferri...   [ read more ]

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With the possible exception of Richard Hell, Alex Chilton may well be the laziest great artist in the history of American rock & roll. Sure, the man belted out some terrific blue-eyed soul with the Box Tops, and created three heartbreakingly good albums with Big Star, but what has the man done for listeners since, say, High Priest in 1987? Well, he's mostly been doing the occasional gig here and there where he plays two or three of his own tunes while filling out the set with old R&B numbers and the Italia...   [ read more ]

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