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Chilton had previously been a member of the Box Tops and Big Star before embarking on a solo career. Produced by himself with Jim Dickinson and released in 1979, Like Flies on Sherbert was recorded at two Memphis studios, Phillips Recording and Ardent Studios, in 1978 and 1979. A number of CD reissues followed in the 1990s and 2000s, some with bonus tracks such as the one in 1996 which adds Baby Doll, She’s the One That’s Got It and Stranded on a Dateless Night. The songs on the album were either Chilton originals or cover versions of songs by artists including KC and the Sunshine Band, The Bell Notes, Ernest Tubb and the Carter Family. This album included backing work from such notable Memphis musicians as Rosebrough, drummer Ross Johnson, and Chilton's longtime on-again/off-again companion, Lesa Aldridge. Years later, for Robert Gordon’s book on the Memphis music scene, It Came from Memphis, Chilton stated, “My life was on the skids, and Like Flies on Sherbert was a summation of that period. I like that record a lot. It’s crazy but it’s a positive statement about a period in my life that wasn’t positive.”
This album was found a chaotic mess by most people’s standards, with its content of "gutbucket R&B" and deliberately torpedoed pop and country songs. Critic Robert Christgau described them as a “bag of wrecked covers and discarded originals”, with false starts and vocal and musical errors, either created by accident or on purpose. Yet this album has continued to be reissued. And Alex Chilton is no less an cult artist, frequently cited by influential rock artists and bands and considered, especially in France, as an underground icon whose influence was major. (Qobuz)
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Alex Chilton (guitar, vocals, piano) - Jim Dickinson (keyboards, guitar) - Lee Baker (guitar) - Ross Johnson (drums, vocals) - Mike Ladd (guitar, drums) - Jim Lancaster (bass) - Richard Rosebrough (drums) - Lesa Aldridge & Sid Selvidge, background vocals - Written by Harry Wayne Casey & Richard Finch - Produced by Alex Chilton & James Luther Dickinson - Engineered & mixed by Alex Chilton, Richard Rosebrough, John Hampton - Mastered by Larry Nix
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Alex Chilton (guitar, vocals, piano) - Jim Dickinson (keyboards, guitar) - Lee Baker (guitar) - Ross Johnson (drums, vocals) - Mike Ladd (guitar, drums) - Jim Lancaster (bass) - Richard Rosebrough (drums) - Lesa Aldridge & Sid Selvidge, background vocals - Written by Alex Chilton - Produced by Alex Chilton & James Luther Dickinson - Engineered & mixed by Alex Chilton, Richard Rosebrough, John Hampton - Mastered by Larry Nix
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Alex Chilton (guitar, vocals, piano) - Jim Dickinson (keyboards, guitar) - Lee Baker (guitar) - Ross Johnson (drums, vocals) - Mike Ladd (guitar, drums) - Jim Lancaster (bass) - Richard Rosebrough (drums) - Lesa Aldridge & Sid Selvidge, background vocals - Written by Alex Chilton - Produced by Alex Chilton & James Luther Dickinson - Engineered & mixed by Alex Chilton, Richard Rosebrough, John Hampton - Mastered by Larry Nix
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Alex Chilton (guitar, vocals, piano) - Jim Dickinson (keyboards, guitar) - Lee Baker (guitar) - Ross Johnson (drums, vocals) - Mike Ladd (guitar, drums) - Jim Lancaster (bass) - Richard Rosebrough (drums) - Lesa Aldridge & Sid Selvidge, background vocals - Written by Alex Chilton - Produced by Alex Chilton & James Luther Dickinson - Engineered & mixed by Alex Chilton, Richard Rosebrough, John Hampton - Mastered by Larry Nix
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Alex Chilton (guitar, vocals, piano) - Jim Dickinson (keyboards, guitar) - Lee Baker (guitar) - Ross Johnson (drums, vocals) - Mike Ladd (guitar, drums) - Jim Lancaster (bass) - Richard Rosebrough (drums) - Lesa Aldridge & Sid Selvidge, background vocals - Written by Johnny Wilson & Roy Orbison - Produced by Alex Chilton & James Luther Dickinson - Engineered & mixed by Alex Chilton, Richard Rosebrough, John Hampton - Mastered by Larry Nix
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Alex Chilton (guitar, vocals, piano) - Jim Dickinson (keyboards, guitar) - Lee Baker (guitar) - Ross Johnson (drums, vocals) - Mike Ladd (guitar, drums) - Jim Lancaster (bass) - Richard Rosebrough (drums) - Lesa Aldridge & Sid Selvidge, background vocals - Written by Alex Chilton - Produced by Alex Chilton & James Luther Dickinson - Engineered & mixed by Alex Chilton, Richard Rosebrough, John Hampton - Mastered by Larry Nix
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Alex Chilton (guitar, vocals, piano) - Jim Dickinson (keyboards, guitar) - Lee Baker (guitar) - Ross Johnson (drums, vocals) - Mike Ladd (guitar, drums) - Jim Lancaster (bass) - Richard Rosebrough (drums) - Lesa Aldridge & Sid Selvidge, background vocals - Written by Alex Shelton - Produced by Alex Chilton & James Luther Dickinson - Engineered & mixed by Alex Chilton, Richard Rosebrough, John Hampton - Mastered by Larry Nix
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Alex Chilton (guitar, vocals, piano) - Jim Dickinson (keyboards, guitar) - Lee Baker (guitar) - Ross Johnson (drums, vocals) - Mike Ladd (guitar, drums) - Jim Lancaster (bass) - Richard Rosebrough (drums) - Lesa Aldridge & Sid Selvidge, background vocals - Written by Talmadge Tubb - Produced by Alex Chilton & James Luther Dickinson - Engineered & mixed by Alex Chilton, Richard Rosebrough, John Hampton - Mastered by Larry Nix
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Alex Chilton (guitar, vocals, piano) - Jim Dickinson (keyboards, guitar) - Lee Baker (guitar) - Ross Johnson (drums, vocals) - Mike Ladd (guitar, drums) - Jim Lancaster (bass) - Richard Rosebrough (drums) - Lesa Aldridge & Sid Selvidge, background vocals - Written by Floyd Chance & Jimmy C. Newman - Produced by Alex Chilton & James Luther Dickinson - Engineered & mixed by Alex Chilton, Richard Rosebrough, John Hampton - Mastered by Larry Nix
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Alex Chilton (guitar, vocals, piano) - Jim Dickinson (keyboards, guitar) - Lee Baker (guitar) - Ross Johnson (drums, vocals) - Mike Ladd (guitar, drums) - Jim Lancaster (bass) - Richard Rosebrough (drums) - Lesa Aldridge & Sid Selvidge, background vocals - Written by Alex Chilton - Produced by Alex Chilton & James Luther Dickinson - Engineered & mixed by Alex Chilton, Richard Rosebrough, John Hampton - Mastered by Larry Nix
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Alex Chilton (guitar, vocals, piano) - Jim Dickinson (keyboards, guitar) - Lee Baker (guitar) - Ross Johnson (drums, vocals) - Mike Ladd (guitar, drums) - Jim Lancaster (bass) - Richard Rosebrough (drums) - Lesa Aldridge & Sid Selvidge, background vocals - Written by Ross Johnson - Produced by Alex Chilton & James Luther Dickinson - Engineered & mixed by Alex Chilton, Richard Rosebrough, John Hampton - Mastered by Larry Nix
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Alex Chilton (guitar, vocals, piano) - Jim Dickinson (keyboards, guitar) - Lee Baker (guitar) - Ross Johnson (drums, vocals) - Mike Ladd (guitar, drums) - Jim Lancaster (bass) - Richard Rosebrough (drums) - Lesa Aldridge & Sid Selvidge, background vocals - Written by A.P. Cartner (Alvin Pleasant Delaney Carter) - Produced by Alex Chilton & James Luther Dickinson - Engineered & mixed by Alex Chilton, Richard Rosebrough, John Hampton - Mastered by Larry Nix
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Alex Chilton (guitar, vocals, piano) - Jim Dickinson (keyboards, guitar) - Lee Baker (guitar) - Ross Johnson (drums, vocals) - Mike Ladd (guitar, drums) - Jim Lancaster (bass) - Richard Rosebrough (drums) - Lesa Aldridge & Sid Selvidge, background vocals - Written by Alex Chilton - Produced by Alex Chilton & James Luther Dickinson - Engineered & mixed by Alex Chilton, Richard Rosebrough, John Hampton - Mastered by Larry Nix
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Alex Chilton (guitar, vocals, piano) - Jim Dickinson (keyboards, guitar) - Lee Baker (guitar) - Ross Johnson (drums, vocals) - Mike Ladd (guitar, drums) - Jim Lancaster (bass) - Richard Rosebrough (drums) - Lesa Aldridge & Sid Selvidge, background vocals - Written by Cordell Jackson - Produced by Alex Chilton & James Luther Dickinson - Engineered & mixed by Alex Chilton, Richard Rosebrough, John Hampton - Mastered by Larry Nix
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Alex Chilton (guitar, vocals, piano) - Jim Dickinson (keyboards, guitar) - Lee Baker (guitar) - Ross Johnson (drums, vocals) - Mike Ladd (guitar, drums) - Jim Lancaster (bass) - Richard Rosebrough (drums) - Lesa Aldridge & Sid Selvidge, background vocals - Written by Alan Page - Produced by Alex Chilton & James Luther Dickinson - Engineered & mixed by Alex Chilton, Richard Rosebrough, John Hampton - Mastered by Larry Nix
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Album review
Chilton had previously been a member of the Box Tops and Big Star before embarking on a solo career. Produced by himself with Jim Dickinson and released in 1979, Like Flies on Sherbert was recorded at two Memphis studios, Phillips Recording and Ardent Studios, in 1978 and 1979. A number of CD reissues followed in the 1990s and 2000s, some with bonus tracks such as the one in 1996 which adds Baby Doll, She’s the One That’s Got It and Stranded on a Dateless Night. The songs on the album were either Chilton originals or cover versions of songs by artists including KC and the Sunshine Band, The Bell Notes, Ernest Tubb and the Carter Family. This album included backing work from such notable Memphis musicians as Rosebrough, drummer Ross Johnson, and Chilton's longtime on-again/off-again companion, Lesa Aldridge. Years later, for Robert Gordon’s book on the Memphis music scene, It Came from Memphis, Chilton stated, “My life was on the skids, and Like Flies on Sherbert was a summation of that period. I like that record a lot. It’s crazy but it’s a positive statement about a period in my life that wasn’t positive.”
This album was found a chaotic mess by most people’s standards, with its content of "gutbucket R&B" and deliberately torpedoed pop and country songs. Critic Robert Christgau described them as a “bag of wrecked covers and discarded originals”, with false starts and vocal and musical errors, either created by accident or on purpose. Yet this album has continued to be reissued. And Alex Chilton is no less an cult artist, frequently cited by influential rock artists and bands and considered, especially in France, as an underground icon whose influence was major. (Qobuz)
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:45:17
- Main artists: Alex Chilton
- Label: Last call records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
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