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1987's High Priest was Alex Chilton's first full-length studio album since the fascinatingly disastrous Like Flies on Sherbert in 1979. While it certainly wasn't the return to pure-pop form some fans were hoping for from the former leader of Big Star, it at least showed Chilton to be in firm command of his faculties again, and fronting a solid band of Memphis/New Orleans studio heavyweights. High Priest boasted only four original songs from Chilton, the best being the mildly sleazy "Thing for You" (though the just-plain-weird "Dalai Lama" has a certain perverse charm), but he dug up a handful of worthwhile covers, including the good-and-greasy "Make a Little Love" and a fine, obscure Carole King number, "Let Me Get Close to You." While Chilton's vocals betray a certain inscrutable irony, he's in fine voice throughout, and his wildly underrated guitar work is very much in evidence.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
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Alex Chilton, Composer, MainArtist
2017 Bar None Records 2017 Bar None Records
Alex Chilton, Composer, MainArtist
2017 Bar None Records 2017 Bar None Records
Alex Chilton, Composer, MainArtist
2017 Bar None Records 2017 Bar None Records
Alex Chilton, Composer, MainArtist
2017 Bar None Records 2017 Bar None Records
Alex Chilton, Composer, MainArtist
2017 Bar None Records 2017 Bar None Records
Alex Chilton, Composer, MainArtist
2017 Bar None Records 2017 Bar None Records
Alex Chilton, Composer, MainArtist
2017 Bar None Records 2017 Bar None Records
Alex Chilton, Composer, MainArtist
2017 Bar None Records 2017 Bar None Records
Alex Chilton, Composer, MainArtist
2017 Bar None Records 2017 Bar None Records
Alex Chilton, Composer, MainArtist
2017 Bar None Records 2017 Bar None Records
Alex Chilton, Composer, MainArtist
2017 Bar None Records 2017 Bar None Records
Alex Chilton, Composer, MainArtist
2017 Bar None Records 2017 Bar None Records
Album review
1987's High Priest was Alex Chilton's first full-length studio album since the fascinatingly disastrous Like Flies on Sherbert in 1979. While it certainly wasn't the return to pure-pop form some fans were hoping for from the former leader of Big Star, it at least showed Chilton to be in firm command of his faculties again, and fronting a solid band of Memphis/New Orleans studio heavyweights. High Priest boasted only four original songs from Chilton, the best being the mildly sleazy "Thing for You" (though the just-plain-weird "Dalai Lama" has a certain perverse charm), but he dug up a handful of worthwhile covers, including the good-and-greasy "Make a Little Love" and a fine, obscure Carole King number, "Let Me Get Close to You." While Chilton's vocals betray a certain inscrutable irony, he's in fine voice throughout, and his wildly underrated guitar work is very much in evidence.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:39:09
- Main artists: Alex Chilton
- Composer: Alex Chilton
- Label: Bar - None Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
2017 Bar None Records 2017 Bar None Records
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