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Big Stars's third album, THIRD (also known as SISTER LOVERS) was recorded in 1974 but not released until 1978 and was never widely available. Two bonus tracks have been added.
After Big Star released RADIO CITY, they fell apart, leaving Alex Chilton to record in 1975 what was later released as THIRD (AKA SISTER LOVERS). The album is strikingly different from everything Chilton has done before or since. With pained outpourings such as the haunting "Holocaust," it holds its own against rock's greatest monuments to existential angst, from TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT to BRYTER LATER. It also ranks alongside the Beach Boys' SMILE as perhaps the only "classic" album with no set sequence. Chilton never bothered to sequence it because, upon its completion, no label wanted to release it. It finally came out four years later, and since then, while it has appeared on several labels, no two have used the same track order.
Recorded at Ardent Studios, Memphis, Tennessee. Includes liner notes by Rick Clark.
Engineers include: Jim Dickinson, John Fry, Richard Roseborough.
Big Star: Alex Chilton (vocals, guitar); Jody Stephens (vocals, drums).
Big Star: Alex Chilton (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Jody Stephens (drums).
Additional personnel: Lesa Aldridge (vocals); Jim Dickinson (various instruments); Lee Baker, Steve Cooper (guitar); Noel Gilbert (violin); Carl Marsh (strings); William Eggleston (piano); Tommy Cathey, William Murphey, Jimmy Stephens, Tommy McClure (bass guitar); Tarp Tarrant (drums).
Additional personnel: Lesa Aldridge (vocals); Lee Baker, Steve Cropper (guitar); Carl Marsh (reeds, woodwinds, synthesizer); Jim Dickinson (mellotron, bass, drums); John Lightman, Jimmy Stephens, Tommy Cathey, William Murphey, Tommy McClure (bass); Richard Roseborough, Tarp Tarrant (drums).
Rolling Stone (3/19/92, p.87) - 5 Stars - Classic - "...Chilton's untidy masterpiece...baroque, guitar-driven pop...one of the most idiosyncratic, deeply felt and fully realized albums in the pop idiom..."
Q (5/8/92, p.90) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...Never did depression bordering on psychosis sound so compelling in popular music..."
Village Voice (3/2/93, p.5) - Ranked #4 in the Village Voice's list of the 10 Best Reissues Of 1992.
Mojo (Publisher) (3/01/04, p.55) - Included in Mojo's The 67 Lost Albums You Must Own! - "SISTER LOVERS was desolate, nocturnal, frosty, but translated Chilton's frustrations into sublime music."
NME (Magazine) (8/12/00, p.28) - Ranked #1 in The NME "Top 30 Heartbreak Albums" - "...Their final album...highly melodic, Beatles-derived music...adding a desperate sadness..."
NME (Magazine) (10/2/93, p.29) - Ranked #90 in NME's list of the `Greatest Albums Of All Time.'
NME (Magazine) (9/18/93, p.19) - Ranked #39 in NME's list of the `Greatest Albums Of The '70s.' Third/Sister Lovers Music | List Price | $11.98 (You save $1.59) | | Category | Rock Albums, Rock/Pop CDs, Power Pop | | Label | Ryko Distribution | | Orig Year | 1992 | | All Time Sales Rank |  7050  | | CD Universe Part number | 1011442 | | Catalog number | 10220 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Feb 21, 1992 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Jim Dickinson | | Recording Time | 55 minutes | | Personnel | Alex Chilton - vocals, guitar, keyboards
Alex Chilton - vocals, guitar, keyboards
Jody Stephens - drums
Also: Steve Cropper, Jim Dickinson, Carl Marsh, Richard Rosebrough, Lee Baker, Noel Gilbert, Lesa Aldridge, Tarp Tarrant, William Eggleston, Tommy McClure, Steve Cooper, John Lightman, Jimmy Stephens, Tommy Cathey, William Murphey |
Big Star Third/Sister Lovers Songs Third/Sister Lovers Music Third/Sister Lovers Music Review Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)  sister LOVE-IT!
If you're reading this you're probably already knee-deep in masterpiece albums of the classic-rock persuasion. You might own SMiLE, the White Album, Village Green, maybe even the first two Big Star albums. But wait till you hear the third one. This is where it really gets good, Alex coming into his own real style and his vocal approach or "accent" making a bigger impact then ever before. It is only a career suicide album in writing, the actual experience though is beautifully dark, suprising, and groundbreaking. I put it in for the first time and waited for "Kizza Me" to start not knowing what would happen, and the explosion that came was a strange mix of frighteningly off production techniques and chaotically empty rock music. I felt like my ears were straining to hear something or focus in on missing parts. Others songs("kangaroo") are so ahead of their time especially because of the distressing and confusing elements. Chilly, sarcastic, brilliant, and druggy in the best way it rises to the top of my favorite albums pile. The bonus tracks are amazing, some really wild and I consider them part of the album. "Big Black Car" may be one of my favorites, the music and feel matching the lyrics so well, the Holiday Inn reference, the sound, can't explain it. I have listened to it on many road trips. Perfect album, strange album, fun album. You will find yourself falling in love with and rolling around in the sadness and loathing, worrying about suicide. In a good way!
Submitted by bradley (connecticut)
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The most accurate depiction of a nervous breakdown told through the medium of 70s power pop ever commited to vinyl.
Truly astonishing!
Submitted by Dave (Hanoi VN)
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