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Third / sister lovers
Big Star studio album

Publication
(s)

March 18, 1978

admission

September 1974 - December 1974

Label (s) PVC Records
Rykodisc (Re-Release)

Format (s)

LP , CD , MC

Genre (s)

Pop rock , art rock

Title (number)

14th

running time

41:18

occupation
  • Tommy Cathay - bass
  • Tommy McClure - bass
  • William Murphy - bass
  • Richard Rosebrough - drums

production

Jim Dickinson

Studio (s)

Ardent Studios , Memphis

chronology
Radio City
(1974) 		Third / sister lovers In Space
(2005)

Third / Sister Lovers is the third studio album by the American rock band Big Star . Although it is basically a solo album by singer-songwriter Alex Chilton , it is considered a regular album by the group, which at the time of recording only consisted of Chilton and drummer Jody Stephens. Completed in 1975 and pressed on vinyl as a test , the album was not released until 1978 under the title 3rd or Third on the PVC Records label. In 1985 it was reissued under the title Sister Lovers . After the re-release in 1992 by Rykodisc as Third / Sister Lovers , the album is now known under the compound title. It is also known as Big Star's "legendary third album". It was produced by Jim Dickinson at Ardent Studios in Memphis .

History and style of music

Big Star was founded in 1971 by the two singers and songwriters Alex Chilton (previously with the Box Tops ) and Chris Bell . Together with drummer Jody Stephens and bassist Andy Hummel, the band played melodic guitar pop in the style of the Byrds and British bands such as the Beatles and The Who . Stylistically, they were in contrast to Progressive Rock, which was much more successful at the time . As a result, the band, which had been traded as a kind of supergroup , was much less successful with their first two albums than had been hoped for.

Chris Bell left the band in 1972 because of internal disputes during the recording of the second album Radio City . Andy Hummel also dropped out early. The temporary sale of Ardent Studios by its founder John Fry, who had significantly supported the band, and difficulties with his record company Stax Records , which had no experience with white pop music, were added. The “blue-eyed soul prodigy” Chilton was now in charge of the band, which basically only consisted of him and Jody Stephens. He was also the composer of all titles except Lou Reeds Femme Fatale . The boxes of the studio's original tapes are labeled Jody & Al Project , and Ardents sound engineer Larry Nix only mentions Chilton in the notes . Chilton was suffering from severe alcohol and drug problems at the time . This shaped the recordings and the mood of the album significantly. The recordings took place in the second half of 1974, the mastering took place in February 1975. By this time Big Star had already disbanded. The record company Stax Records did not release the last album "... because of a lack of prospects of success ..." at first. It was not until 1978 that the album appeared on the indie label PVC Records under the title 3rd or Third . Bruno Jaschke wrote that the album “looks like it was made by someone who has his back to the wall, but doesn't really care anymore. [...] A depression grows in the contents, which musically finds almost plastic images like in 'Holocaust', where powerlessness, slow-motion pace and a dissonant guitar that sounds otherworldly combine to create morbid grave peace. "

Because of its complicated history was Third / Sister Lovers repeatedly with the unfinished album Smile of the Beach Boys compared.

Later success of the album

Even four years after the recordings and the first release, the album was “still way ahead of its time”. It "... is fragile as well as dynamic and disturbing music that Chilton [...] presented as a friendly cynic and pale apocalyptic." In the mid-1980s, bands like REM , The Bangles , Violent Femmes and the Replacements , which were declared fans of Big, did Star were whose names popularized again. So it came in 1992 under the title Sister Lovers at Rykodisc under the direction of Jim Dickinson and the use of additional titles from the recording sessions to a first re-release of the album, which claims to be the closest to the original intentions. A comeback for Alex Chilton, who died in New Orleans in 2010 , was initiated. On the 4-CD box Keep An Eye On The Sky from 2009 (released by Rhino Records ) all studio and demo recordings of the band and thus also of the album Third / Sister Lovers are documented. In 2016 the label Omnivore Recordings released the restoration of the recording sessions of the third album on three CDs as Complete Third .

reception

source rating
Allmusic
Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone magazine ranks the album at # 449 of the 500 best albums of all time .

The New Musical Express voted Third / Sister Lovers at # 451 of the 500 best albums of all time and # 39 of the 100 best albums of the 1970s.

In 1995, Mojo magazine ranked the album at number 40 of the 100 best albums.

In the selection of the 200 best albums by Uncut magazine, it ranks 53rd.

Pitchfork Media lists Third / Sister Lovers at # 66 out of the 100 Best Albums of the 1970s.

The album was included in the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die .

The test press, first published in 2011, was nominated for the Independent Music Award in the Best Reissue category in 2012 .

Complete Third

Complete Third
Box set from Big Star

Publication
(s)

October 14, 2016

admission

September 1974 - December 1974

Label (s) Omnivore Recordings

Format (s)

CD , LP

Title (number)

69

running time

204: 33

production

Jim Dickinson, Cheryl Pawelski

With Complete Third , the independent label Omnivore Recordings released a three-part compilation of all the recordings made during the production of Third in 1974, including previously unreleased demo recordings and alternative takes . For example, Complete Third contains a version of The Velvet Undergrounds After Hours sung by Lesa Aldridge and a take of For You with vocals by Alex Chilton (the album version was sung by songwriter Jody Stephens).

The complete edition contains 69 songs on 3 CDs with the titles Vol. 1: Demos to Sessions to Roughs , Vol. 2: Roughs to Mixes and Vol. 3: Final Masters . In October 2016, February 2017 and May 2017 the three parts were released separately as a double album on LP .

The new publication received very positive reviews from the trade press. Rolling Stone magazine selected Complete Third as 6th of the 10 best reissues of 2016. The Guardian praised the box set as the “definitive version” of a “cult masterpiece” and awarded it the highest rating of five stars. Allmusic and All About Jazz rated Complete Third with 4.5 out of 5 stars. Pitchfork Media awarded 9.5 out of 10 points.

Track list

With the exception of the marked exceptions, all songs were written by Alex Chilton .

Test pressing 1975

The test pressing was published in 2011 as a third (Test Pressing Edition) .

page 1

  1. Stroke It Noel - 2:06
  2. Downs - 2:44
  3. Femme Fatale ( Lou Reed ) - 3:29
  4. Thank You Friends - 3:06 am
  5. Holocaust - 3:48
  6. Jesus Christ - 2:20
  7. Blue Moon - 2:06

Page 2

  1. Kizza Me - 2:43
  2. Sometimes (For You) - 2:44
  3. O, Dana - 2:35
  4. Nightime - 2:52
  5. Whole Lotta Shakin 'Goin' On (David Curly Williams) - 3:23
  6. Kanga Roo - 3:46
  7. Take Care - 2:48

First published in 1978

page 1

  1. Stroke It Noel - 2:06
  2. For You - 2:44
  3. Kizza Me - 2:43
  4. You Can't Have Me - 3:18
  5. Nightime - 2:52
  6. Blue Moon - 2:06
  7. Take Care - 2:48

Page 2

  1. Jesus Christ - 2:20
  2. Femme Fatale ( Lou Reed ) - 3:29
  3. O, Dana - 2:35
  4. Big Black Car - 3:37
  5. Holocaust - 3:48
  6. Kanga Roo - 3:46
  7. Thank You Friends - 3:06 am

Third / Sister Lovers (1992)

  1. Kizza Me - 2:44
  2. Thank You Friends - 3:05 am
  3. Big Black Car - 3:35
  4. Jesus Christ - 2:37
  5. Femme Fatale (Lou Reed) - 3:28
  6. O, Dana - 2:34
  7. Holocaust - 3:47
  8. Kangaroo - 3:46
  9. Stroke It Noel - 2:04
  10. For You - 2:41 (Jody Stephens)
  11. You Can't Have Me - 3:11
  12. Nightime - 2:53
  13. Blue Moon - 2:06
  14. Take Care - 2:46
  15. Nature Boy ( Eden Ahbez ) - 2:30
  16. Till the End of the Day ( Ray Davies ) - 2:13
  17. Dream Lover - 3:31
  18. Downs (Chilton, Lesa Alderidge) - 1:43
  19. Whole Lotta Shakin 'Goin On (David Curly Williams) - 3:20

Titles published subsequently

  1. Manana - 0:46
  2. Dream Lover - 3:33
  3. Downs - 1:51
  4. Whole Lotta Shakin 'Goin' On (David Curly Williams) - 3:23
  5. Lovely Day - 2:07
  6. Till the End of the Day ( Ray Davies ) - 2:13

Complete Third (2016)

Three-part title list

Vol. 1: Demos to Sessions to Roughs

  1. Like St. Joan (Kanga Roo) (Demo) (1)
  2. Lovely Day (demo)
  3. Downs (demo)
  4. Femme Fatale (Demo)
  5. Thank You Friends (demo)
  6. Holocaust (demo)
  7. Jesus Christ (demo)
  8. Blue Moon (demo)
  9. Nightime (demo)
  10. Take Care (demo)
  11. Big Black Car (Demo # 2 / Acoustic Take 1)
  12. Don't worry baby
  13. I'm In Love With A Girl (1)
  14. Big Black Car (Demo # 3 / Acoustic Take 2)
  15. I'm So Tired (sung by Chilton and Lesa Alderidge) (1)
  16. That's All It Took (sung by Chilton and Alderidge) (1)
  17. Pre-Downs (1)
  18. Baby Strange (1)
  19. Big Black Car (Demo # 1 / Band)
  20. Kizza Me (Dickinson Rough Mix / Chilton lead vocals) (1)
  21. Till the End Of the Day (Dickinson Rough Mix / Chilton lead vocals) (1)
  22. Thank You Friends (Dickinson Rough Mix / Chilton lead vocals) (1)
  23. O, Dana (Dickinson Rough Mix) (1)
  24. Dream Lover (Dickinson Rough Mix) (1)

Vol. 2: Roughs to Mixes

  1. Big Black Car (Dickinson Rough Mix / Chilton lead vocals) (1)
  2. Whole Lotta Shakin 'Goin' On (Dickinson Rough Mix) (1)
  3. Take Care (Dickinson Rough Mix) (1)
  4. Holocaust (Dickinson Rough Mix) (1)
  5. Nightime (Dickinson Rough Mix) (1)
  6. Thank You Friends (Dickinson Rough Mix) (1)
  7. Nature Boy (Dickinson Rough Mix) (1)
  8. After Hours (Lou Reed) (sung by Lesa Alderidge) (1)
  9. Stroke It Noel (Backwards Intro)
  10. Lovely Day (Fry Rough Mix) (1)
  11. Nightime (Fry Rough Mix) (1)
  12. Blue Moon (Fry Rough Mix) (1)
  13. Till The End Of The Day (Alternate Mix # 1)
  14. Big Black Car (Fry Rough Mix)
  15. Holocaust (Fry Alternate / Rough Mix)
  16. Downs (Fry Rough Mix) (Chilton, Lesa Alderidge) (1)
  17. Kanga Roo (Fry Rough Mix)
  18. Femme Fatale (Fry Rough Mix) (1)
  19. For You (Jody Stephens) (Alternate Version / Chilton Lead Vocals) (1)
  20. Thank You Friends (Fry Rough Mix) (1)
  21. Take Care (Alternate Version / Chilton lead vocals) (1)
  22. Kizza Me (Fry Rough Mix) (1)
  23. Till the End Of the Day (Fry Rough Mix # 2 / sung by Alderidge)
  24. Nature Boy (Fry Rough Mix)
  25. Mañana

Vol. 3: Final Masters

  1. Stroke It Noel
  2. Downs
  3. Femme Fatale
  4. Thank you friends
  5. holocaust
  6. Jesus christ
  7. Blue moon
  8. Nice Me
  9. For you
  10. Oh, Dana
  11. Nightime
  12. Whole Lotta Shakin 'Goin' On
  13. Kanga Roo
  14. take care
  15. Big Black Car
  16. Dream lover
  17. You Can't Have Me
  18. Till the end of the day
  19. Lovely day
  20. Nature Boy
1 Previously unpublished.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b medienagentur-hh.de (accessed on October 11, 2011; PDF; 184 kB)
  2. ↑ a b c d Bruno Jaschke on suite101.de  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on October 11, 2011)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / bruno-jaschke.suite101.de  
  3. ↑ Music Fo´ Grown Fo´ks (accessed October 11, 2011)
  4. ↑ Booklet for the 4-CD box KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY
  5. ↑ Big Star's Complete Third by Andrew Hultkrans at bombmagazine.org, accessed August 11, 2017
  6. ↑ The Chaotic Beauty of Big Star's 'Third' on medium.com, accessed August 11, 2017
  7. ↑ Review by Jason Ankeny on AllMusic.com (accessed August 11, 2017)
  8. ↑ Review by Parke Puterbaugh on RollingStone.com (accessed August 11, 2017)
  9. ↑ 500 Greatest Albums of All Time on rollingstone.com (accessed September 2, 2018)
  10. ↑ The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time: 500-401 on nme.com, accessed August 11, 2017
  11. ↑ The NME Greatest Albums of The 70's on rateyourmusic.com, accessed August 12, 2017
  12. ↑ MOJO: THE 100 GREATEST ALBUMS EVER MADE on rocklistmusic.co.uk, accessed August 11, 2017
  13. ↑ Uncut: 200 Greatest Albums Of All Time on rateyourmusic.com, from: Uncut 02/2016 (accessed June 17, 2018)
  14. ↑ Top 100 Albums of the 1970s on pitchfork.com, accessed April 19, 2018
  15. ↑ Complete Third: Vol. 2: Roughs To Mixes at http://omnivorerecordings.com/ , accessed December 12, 2017
  16. ↑ 10 Best Reissues of 2016 on rollingstone.com, accessed December 12, 2017
  17. ↑ Big Star: Complete Third box set review on theguardian.com, accessed December 12, 2017
  18. ↑ Review by Mark Deming on AllMusic.com (accessed December 12, 2017)
  19. ↑ Review by Doug Collette on allaboutjazz.com (accessed December 12, 2017)
  20. ↑ Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine on pitchfork.com (accessed December 12, 2017)