New Sheets

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New Sheets
New Sheets.jpg
Studio album by
Possum Dixon
Released1998
Studio
  • Electric Lady (New York City)
  • Chung King "House of Metal" (New York City)
Genre Alternative rock
Length43:27
Label Interscope
Producer Ric Ocasek [1]
Possum Dixon chronology
Star Maps
(1995)		New Sheets
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Spin 6/10 [3]

New Sheets is the third and final studio album by the American alternative rock band Possum Dixon. [4] [5] It was released in 1998 on Interscope Records. [6] [7] Many of the songs were co-written by outside musicians, including Jane Wiedlin, Fred Schneider, Dave Stewart, and producer Ric Ocasek. [8]

Contents

Critical reception

Stephen Thompson of The A.V. Club wrote that "Ric Ocasek's production stamp is all over New Sheets—it sounds as much like The Cars as any outside project he's produced—which only adds to its glossy appeal." [9] Mark Jenkins of The Washington Post called the album "typical of song-doctored mainstream-rock albums: reliably crafted and uniformly melodic, but a little anonymous." [8] Mark Woodlief of CMJ New Music Monthly wrote, "Rich in '80s-era sheen, New Sheets is mostly crisp and studied in the detached-cool manner Ocasek made popular in his heyday." [10]

Track listing

All lyrics by Rob Zabrecky except 4, by Zabrecky, Fred Schneider, and 11, by Zabrecky, Jane Wiedlin, Pat MacDonald.

  1. "Song from a Box" (Rob Zabrecky, Ric Ocasek) – 0:48
  2. "Holding (Lenny's Song)" (Zabrecky, Celso Chavez, Byron Reynolds, Matt Devine) – 3:09
  3. "Only in the Summertime" (Zabrecky, Chavez, Reynolds, Devine) – 3:12
  4. "Firecracker" (Zabrecky, Fred Schneider) – 3:02
  5. "New Sheets" (Zabrecky, Chavez, Reynolds, Devine) – 4:43
  6. "Always Engines" (Zabrecky, Mark Hudson, Trey Bruce) – 3:05
  7. "Stop Breaking Me" (Zabrecky, Chavez, Reynolds, Devine) – 3:43
  8. "Now What?" (Zabrecky, Chavez) – 3:46
  9. "Plan B" (Zabrecky) – 3:04
  10. "Heavenly" (Zabrecky) – 4:03
  11. "Faultlines" (Jane Wiedlin, Pat MacDonald, Zabrecky) – 4:06
  12. "What You Mean" (Zabrecky, Chavez, Reynolds, Devine) – 2:29
  13. "End's Beginning" (Zabrecky, Dave Stewart) – 4:17

Personnel

Credits adapted from CD liner notes. [11]

Possum Dixon

Additional musicians

Technical

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References

  1. ↑ Graff, Gary; Durcholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. p. 888.
  2. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Possum Dixon - New Sheets Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic .
  3. ↑ Himmelsbach, Erik (October 23, 1998). "Quick Cuts". Spin – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ Bush, John. "Possum Dixon | Biography & History". AllMusic .
  5. ↑ Grow, Kory (May 14, 2012). "Celso Chavez, Possum Dixon Guitarist and Key L.A. Player, Dead at 44". Spin .
  6. ↑ Thompson, Dave (December 23, 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN   9780879306076 – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ Reece, Doug (July 18, 1998). "Interscope's Possum Dixon Gather Acclaim". Billboard . Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books.
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