Bach's Bottom

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Bach's Bottom
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Studio album by
Alex Chilton
Released1981
RecordedSeptember–October 1975
Studio Ardent, Memphis, Tennessee
Genre Rock
Length29:42
Label Line [1]
Producer Jon Tiven
Alex Chilton chronology
Like Flies on Sherbert
(1979)		Bach's Bottom
(1981)		 High Priest
(1987)

Bach's Bottom is the second solo album by American pop rock musician Alex Chilton, released in 1981. [2] Bach's Bottom was recorded in September and October 1975 at Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee.

Contents

Production

The album was produced by Jon Tiven, who also played guitar in place of Chilton. [3] The album title is a play on both the Box Tops and the phrase "rock bottom." [4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Robert Christgau B+ [1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Orlando Sentinel Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [7]
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 7/10 [9]

The Orlando Sentinel wrote that "nothing is pretty on Bach's Bottom, but it's all beautiful in a scary, decrepit sort of way." [7] The Spin Alternative Record Guide deemed the album a "major 'lost'-era work." [9] Stereo Review called it an "unholy mess of an album," writing that "if you like Chilton at his most ludicrously dissolute, you'll be glad to have it." [10]

Track listing

Side 1
  1. "Take Me Home and Make Me Like It" (Alex Chilton, Benny Davis, Danny Graflund, Grover DeLuca, Jon Tiven) – 2:32
  2. "Everytime I Close My Eyes" (Jon Tiven) – 1:47
  3. "All of the Time" (Alex Chilton, Lesa Aldridge) – 2:42
  4. "Oh Baby I'm Free (Part 1 & 2)" (Alex Chilton, Jon Tiven) – 6:22
  5. "I'm So Tired (Part 1 & 2)" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:12
Side 2
  1. "Free Again" (Alex Chilton) – 2:20
  2. "Jesus Christ" (Alex Chilton) – 2:18
  3. "Singer Not the Song" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 2:02
  4. "Summertime Blues" (Eddie Cochran, Jerry Capehart) – 2:35
  5. "Take Me Home Again (Part 1 & 2)" (Alex Chilton, Danny Graflund, Jon Tiven) – 3:52

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 "Alex Chilton: Bach's Bottom". Robert Christgau. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  2. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE. p. 340.
  3. ↑ "Alex Chilton". Trouser Press. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  4. ↑ Lapidos, Juliet (March 18, 2010). "Alex Chilton, RIP". Slate. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  5. ↑ "AllMusic Review by Stewart Mason". AllMusic. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  6. ↑ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 231.
  7. 1 2 "ALEX CHILTON". Orlando Sentinel. October 14, 1994. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  8. ↑ (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. p. 162.
  9. 1 2 Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 40–41.
  10. ↑ "Tales from the vaults – Bach's Bottom by Alex Chilton". Stereo Review. 58 (9): 95. September 1993.
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