Like Flies on Sherbert

1. Boogie Shoes

2. My Rival

3. Hey! Little Child

4. Hook Or Crook

5. I've Had It

6. Rock Hard

7. Girl After Girl

8. Waltz Across Texas

9. Alligator Man

10. Like Flies On Sherbert

11. Baron Of Love, part II

12. No More The Moon Shines On Lorena

13. Baby Doll

14. She's The One Who's Got It

15. Stranded On A Dateless Night

Like Flies on Sherbert,Alex Chilton,Last Call Records,Pop,Rock,Rock & Roll,Rock/Pop,Roots Rock

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Like Flies on Sherbert/Feudalist Tarts Alex Chilton Manufacturer: Last Call Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Roots Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: High Priest/Black List ASIN: B0009XFIY6 Release Date: 2005-07-12

Tracks:

1. Boogie Shoes
2. My Rival
3. Hey! Little Child
4. Hook of Crook
5. I've Had It
6. Rock Hard
7. Girl After Girl
8. Waltz Across Texas
9. Alligator Man
10. Like Flies on Sherbert
11. Baron of Love, Pt. 2
12. No More the Moon Shines on Lorena
13. Baby Doll
14. She's the One Who's Got It
15. Stranded on a Dateless Night

Tracks:

1. Tee Ne Nee Ni Noo/Tip on In
2. Stuff
3. B.A.B.Y
4. Thank You John
5. Lost My Job
6. Paradise
7. No Sex
8. Underclass
9. Wild Kingdom
10. Letter [Live][*]
11. No Sex [Live][*]

Average customer rating: One of the most storied albums ever! On a bender "Baron of Love pt. II" Shoulda Used the Soft-Tex? Would Make An Interesting Loony Case Study

Like Flies on Sherbert Alex Chilton Manufacturer: Peabody ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Roots Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Set Third/Sister Lovers ASIN: B00000G5GU Release Date: 2000-03-28

Tracks:

1. Baron Of Love, Pt. II
2. Girl After Girl
3. My Rival
4. No More The Moon Shines On Lorena
5. I've Had It
6. Rock Hard
7. Waltz Across Texas
8. Alligator Man
9. Hey! Little Child
10. Hook Or Crook
11. Like Flies On Sherbert
12. Boogie Shoes
13. Baby Doll
14. She's The One That's Got It
15. Dateless Night

Customer Reviews:

One of the most storied albums ever!.......2005-11-27

First of all this is not a conventional GOOD or BAD album. It requires too much explaining for most people to even care to "get it". The album was recorded in a few boozy/druggy nights and was mixed on and off for a year according to Mr. Chilton. The musicians were very unfamilliar with the material (and unrehearsed) which was somehow very attracive to Alex. The album kinda makes sense considering Alex's state of mind at the time - having been burned a few times by the music industry by now. He was in a "if anyone's gonna screw this up it's gonna be me" spiteful mind set. False starts, wrong notes and pure lunacy is accentuated in the mix. Even flaunted.
The Replacements boozy tendencies make a lot of sense after hearing this record. You hear the influence right away.
Maybe it's just me but there's something very exciting and even primal in this recording which you simply don't hear much in "music".
Thank you Mr. Chilton

On a bender.......2005-10-14

So, which is the "real" punk rock? The Clash slamming home the loudest, tightest, most powerful political rants anyone had ever heard in 1977? Or Sid Vicious/Johnny Thunders falling all over themselves onstage, too out of it to know what key the band is in? The answer to this question will likely determine how well you like this album. The catch is that Chilton and his pals aren't untutored, enthusiastic amateurs bashing out three chords for the hell of it--they're professionals who are intimately familiar with every genre of American music bashing out three chords for the hell of it. So if a slop-pot of Ernest Tubb, K. C. and the Sunshine Band, Doug Kershaw, the Carter Family, and LX himself (and how could I forget Ross Johnson?), played by a bunch of musical experts so wasted they can barely find the microphones to sing into, sounds like a party to you, have at it.

"Baron of Love pt. II".......2005-05-31

Ross Johnson's "Baron of Love pt. II" is missing from this version. A pity, for Johnson's masterpiece provides another glimpse at this fantastically creative time in the independent music sceen in Memphis in the late 70s and early 80s. This work suffers from its absence, and without the immortal phrase "get in here before this stuff coagulates!" none of this makes any sense at all.

Shoulda Used the Soft-Tex?.......2004-04-24

This is the album that divides Alex Chilton fans. On the one hand, there are people who revere the Big Star albums as the ultimate revisionist take on British-Invasion and west-coast pop music. "#1 Record" and "Radio City" certainly derive from the Byrds, Beatles, Zombies, Who, Kinks, as well as from the Beach Boys and Moby Grape. And the Big Star albums are untouchable. On the other hand, there are fans who, in my opinion, get the bigger picture and see how "Like Flies on Sherbert" and other solo works by Chilton ("Bangkok," "Walking Dead," "Take Me Home and Make Me Like It") are the next step past mere reverence for the admittedly storied past.

I'm of the opinion that "Sherbert" is one of the great albums of the late '70s, or indeed of any era. As a corrective to the mere reverence I referred to earlier, it's unbeatable; and of course it fits in with the so-called psychobilly of bands like the Cramps. Yet "Sherbert" is unique because it combines a lingering affection for the somewhat naive products of men like Ernest Tubb and Jimmy C. Newman with a desire to reveal the rather unpleasant or at least geographically and romantically fraught realities that lie beneath seemingly artless songs like A. P. Carter's version of an old Civil War song, "Lorena," that later became, through some alchemy, a song about slavery called both "Way Down in Alabama" and "No More the Moon Shines on Lorena."

Many, including the obviously challenged folk at AMG, simply dismiss this album. Goodness gracious, what delicate sensibilities one must have to be offended by the twanging guitars and sprattling synthesizers of "Sherbert." And merciful heavens, sometimes the singing is a bit out of tune, and on the brilliant cover of K. C. and the Sunshine Band's "Boogie Shoes," Chilton even starts singing a bit early, and he didn't correct the mistake. Of course, "Boogie Shoes" is such a sacred object, such a classic, that the desecration is unbearable.

There are a few other artists who, having recorded such sublime and well-crafted pop music, have chosen to bare their souls in such a manner while remaining essentially unknowable; and few who have been brave enough to take a romp through the pop-music past in a way that actually shows respect for it. What I think the detractors of "Sherbert" miss is that true respect is not always solemn.

This record was originally released in late 1979 on Sid Selvidge's Peabody label, in a limited editon of 500. Aura Records released it in a sonically inferior version, in 1980, leaving off Ross Johnson's "Baron of Love pt. II" and "No More the Moon Shines on Lorena," and replacing them with "Boogie Shoes." There have been various reissues since then. This reissue restores the original tracks, keeps "Boogie Shoes," and adds something kind of sick called "Baby Doll" and an instrumental version of a Cordell Jackson tune. The record was produced by Jim Dickinson and makes a nice companion piece to his early-'70s classic "Dixie Fried," which mixed covers of Carl Perkins, Furry Lewis and Bob Dylan for a somewhat similar listening experience.

Would Make An Interesting Loony Case Study.......2002-10-17

Not one to straddle the fence, Chilton's release of "Flies" could be compared to Lou Reed's attempt at artistic/commercial suicide with "Metal Machine Music."

It would be too easy to dismiss this album as an accidental realease of unlistenable, half-baked demos that pointlessly reveal more idyosincracy than music. After all, the vocals are tuneless, drowned out, and/or distant -- barely audible or intelligible. The songrwriting, if it can be called that, is fragmentary at best and downright banal at worst. All this, of course, barely made coherent by arrangements that mostly seem intent on breaking down the flow and structure of each song. Although many musicians have ambitiously and successfully experimented with fragmentation, incoherence, etc., believe me, this is not the case here. "Flies" is the sound of a poorly made shack collapsing under its own puny weight.

Still, all this begs the question: why would Chilton want to record this and, most bewildering still, release it at all? Gathering from other recordings, both by Big Star and on his own, it is clear that the man can move, charm, and leave one breathless.

Perhaps there is a time for everything in this life. And "Flies" was the time to take a stab at himself.

Average customer rating:

Like Flies on Sherbert/Feudalist Tarts Alex Chilton Manufacturer: Last Call/Wagram ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Roots Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0009RS5BA Release Date: 2005-05-23

Tracks:

1. Boogie Shoes
2. My Rival
3. Hey! Little Child
4. Hook of Crook
5. I've Had It
6. Rock Hard
7. Girl After Girl
8. Waltz Across Texas
9. Alligator Man
10. Like Flies on Sherbert
11. Baron of Love, Pt. 2
12. No More the Moon Shines on Lorena
13. Baby Doll
14. She's the One Who's Got It
15. Stranded on a Dateless Night

Tracks:

1. Tee Ne Nee Ni Noo/Tip on In
2. Stuff
3. B.A.B.Y
4. Thank You John
5. Lost My Job
6. Paradise
7. No Sex
8. Underclass
9. Wild Kingdom
10. Letter [Live][*]
11. No Sex [Live][*]

Album Description

In 1980, after a long silence since the end of Big Star, Alex came back with 'Like Flies', produced in Memphis by Jim Dickinson. It is a totally unpredictable, chaotic, fascinating and surreal album, which probably describes accurately what Alex had been going through for a while. 'Like Flies On Sherbert' has taken on the status of a cult masterpiece. 'Feudalist Tarts', recorded four years later takes Alex back to his roots, with a pure Memphis sound album. Also included in this double CD is the great 'No Sex' EP, and 2 previously unreleased Live bonus tracks 'The Letter' &'No Sex'. Last Call. 2005.

Album Details

In 1980, after a Long Silence Since the End of Big Star, Chilton Came Backwith "Like Flies", Produced in Memphis by Jim Dickinson. It is a Totally Unpredictable, Chaotic, Fascinating and Surreal Album, which Probably Describes Accurately What Chilton Had Been Going Through for a While. "Like Flies on Sherber"t Has Taken on the Status of a Cult Masterpiece. "Feudalist Tarts", Recorded Four Years Later Takes Chilton Back to his Roots,with a Pure Memphis Sound Album. Also Included in this Double CD, is the Great "no Sex EP", and Two Previously Unreleased Live Tracks.

Average customer rating: garage indie nerds got nuthin on this

Like Flies on Sherbert Alex Chilton Manufacturer: New Rose ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Roots Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000001Q5D Release Date: 1996-08-13

Tracks:

1. Baron of Love [*]
2. Girl After Girl
3. My Rival
4. No More the Moon Shines on Lorena
5. I've Had It
6. Rock Hard
7. Waltz Across Texas
8. Alligator Man
9. Hey! Little Child
10. Hook or Crook
11. Like Flies on Sherbert
12. Boogie Shoes
13. Baby Doll [*]
14. She's the One That's Got It [*]
15. Dateless Night [*]

Customer Reviews:

garage indie nerds got nuthin on this.......1998-10-13

yeah, its sloppy. yeah, the entire band sounds out of it. yeah at times its even unlistenable. but only on a few big star cuts does alex chilton tap the primal spirit of rock and roll as he does consistently on this disc. standouts are my rival, hook or crook, ive had it and the title cut. this version has extra tracks my old cd dont have and if they're anything like the other 10 cuts, you've got a true bonus. i dont even CARE if you don't like it, I like it

Average customer rating:

Like Flies on Sherbert/Live in London Alex Chilton Manufacturer: Castle ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000071WFS Release Date: 2003-02-03

Tracks:

1. Boogie Shoes
2. My Rival
3. Hey! Little Child
4. Hook or Crook
5. I've Had It
6. Rock Hard
7. Girl After Girl
8. Waltz Across Texas
9. Alligator Man
10. Like Flies on Sherbert
11. No More the Moon Shines on Lorena
12. Bangkok [Live]
13. Tramp [Live]
14. In the Street [Live]
15. Hey! Little Child [Live]
16. Nightime [Live]
17. Rock Hard [Live]
18. Alligator Man [Live]
19. Letter [Live]
20. Train Kept A Rollin' [Live]
21. Kanga-Roo [Live]
22. My Rival [Live]
23. Stranded on a Dateless Night [Live]
24. September Gurls [Live]

Album Description

UK two-fer combines the college rock icon's 1979 album, 'Like Flies On Sherbert' with 1982's 'Live In London', both are unavailable domestically. Castle Music. 2003.

Average customer rating: garage indie nerds got nuthin on this

Like Flies on Sherbert Alex Chilton Manufacturer: Cooking Vinyl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Roots Rock | Rock | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Pop General | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Pop Rock | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Pop Rock | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Oldies | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B00000DRUG Release Date: 1996-01-23

Tracks:

1. Baron of Love [*]
2. Girl After Girl
3. My Rival
4. No More the Moon Shines on Lorena
5. I've Had It
6. Rock Hard
7. Waltz Across Texas
8. Alligator Man
9. Hey! Little Child
10. Hook or Crook
11. Like Flies on Sherbert
12. Boogie Shoes
13. Baby Doll [*]
14. She's the One That's Got It [*]
15. Dateless Night [*]

Customer Reviews:

garage indie nerds got nuthin on this.......1998-10-13

yeah, its sloppy. yeah, the entire band sounds out of it. yeah at times its even unlistenable. but only on a few big star cuts does alex chilton tap the primal spirit of rock and roll as he does consistently on this disc. standouts are my rival, hook or crook, ive had it and the title cut. this version has extra tracks my old cd dont have and if they're anything like the other 10 cuts, you've got a true bonus. i dont even CARE if you don't like it, I like it

Average customer rating: An underrated classic

Like Flies on Sherbert/Live in London Alex Chilton Manufacturer: See for Miles UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Live Albums | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000011DH Release Date: 1998-01-21

Tracks:

1. Boogie Shoes
2. My Rival
3. Hey! Little Child
4. Hook Or Crook
5. I've Had It
6. Rock Hard
7. Girl After Girl
8. Waltz Across Texas
9. Alligator Man
10. Like Flies On Sherbert
11. No More The Moon Shines On Lorena
12. Bangkok
13. Tramp
14. In The Street
15. Hey Little Child
16. Nightime
17. Rock Hard
18. Alligator Man
19. The Letter
20. Train Kept A Rollin'
21. Kanga Roo
22. My Rival
23. Stranded On A Dateless Night
24. September Gurls

Customer Reviews:

An underrated classic.......2004-11-12

People who revere Big Star like to dump all over this album, but to me "Like Flies on Sherbert" is an immediately likeable rock and roll classic. "Boogie Shoes", the opening track just grabs you with Chilton's cool delivery of a missed vocal cue, followed by fat rock and roll guitars and a bright-sounding piano. The rest of the LP is mostly great, with some exceptions: "I've Had It" sounds like of a bunch of extremely drunk people trying to jam to an early 80's Stones song, and "No More the Moon Shines on Lorena" tries to get by on pointing out that country music is hokey (well, duh), and would be much better handled by someone understated, like, say, Beck. "Girl after Girl," on the other hand, sounds like an insincere tribute to Fabian or Elvis, but Chilton's vocal is so well-executed it doesn't matter if he's being deliberately schlocky or not. Everything else is just as uneven, but overall it's refreshingly unpredictable rock. The squeaky-clean production works surprising well with the generally loose and sometimes sloppy playing of the musicians.
"Live in London" rocks even more, but alas the audio is a just-average club recording, so the real meat of these songs doesn't quite come through. "Bangkok" opens the set with a garage-punk thrash, followed by a cool, lock-downed beat of Otis and Carla's r+b hit "Tramp". Chilton charms throughout, but things sound a little too muddy to ever make you forget you're listening to a club recording. If you're an Alex Chilton fan, though, you'll probably end up listening to it as often as I do, which is often.

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Like Flies on Sherbert/Live in London Alex Chilton Manufacturer: See For Miles Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00000E81N Release Date: 1998-01-27

Average customer rating:

Like Flies On Sherbert Alex Chilton Manufacturer: Last Call ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Roots Rock | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000024RKL Release Date: 2003-07-22

Tracks:

1. Boogie Shoes
2. My Rival
3. Hey! Little Child
4. Hook or Crook
5. I've Had It
6. Rock Hard
7. Girl After Girl
8. Waltz Across Texas
9. Alligator Man
10. Like Flies on Sherbert
11. Baron of Love, Pt. 2
12. No More the Moon Shines on Lorena
13. Baby Doll
14. She's the One Who's Got It
15. Stranded on a Dateless Night

Average customer rating: A decent effort but was expecting more Definitive version

Like Flies on Sherbert Alex Chilton Manufacturer: Last Call Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Roots Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000AUHRT Release Date: 2003-07-22

Tracks:

1. Boogie Shoes
2. My Rival
3. Hey! Little Child
4. Hook Or Crook
5. I've Had It
6. Rock Hard
7. Girl After Girl
8. Waltz Across Texas
9. Alligator Man
10. Like Flies On Sherbert
11. Baron Of Love, part II
12. No More The Moon Shines On Lorena
13. Baby Doll
14. She's The One Who's Got It
15. Stranded On A Dateless Night

Customer Reviews:

A decent effort but was expecting more.......2004-01-16

When I first listened to the album, I have to admit I had second
thoughts. The more I listened to it, it kind of grew on me. Chilton takes an idea or concept like "My Rival" and gives it
an early rock n'roll sound. I mean he even sounds like Buddy Holly in one song. He sings like the singer in the band "The
Clash" in the song "Should I stay or should I go." He combines
styles that I wasn't expecting. I think his guitar riffs have
a recklessness about them; yet they are still entertaining.
Chilton is a different kind of rocking. It's like he's mellow
with a rockin' undercurrent.

Definitive version.......2003-11-21

This is the definitive version of this album. It has been remixed by Jim Dickinson who "produced" the original recording and there are three great bonus tracks. The ghost of Memphis meets the Cramps. If you don't like this album you don't like rock'n'roll. Grade A+

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