Bach's Bottom

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Bach's Bottom
Bach's Bottom.jpg
Studio album by
Alex Chilton
Released1981
RecordedSeptember–October 1975
StudioArdent Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
GenreRock
Length29:42
LabelLine Records[1]
ProducerJon Tiven
Alex Chilton chronology
Like Flies on Sherbert
(1979) 		Bach's Bottom
(1981) 		High Priest
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic2.5/5 stars[2]
Robert ChristgauB+[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 stars[3]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide3/5 stars[4]
Orlando Sentinel5/5 stars[5]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5 stars[6]
Spin Alternative Record Guide7/10[7]

Bach's Bottom is the second solo album by American pop rock musician Alex Chilton, released in 1981.[3] Bach's Bottom was recorded in September and October 1975 at Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee.

Production[]

The album was produced by Jon Tiven, who also played guitar in place of Chilton.[8] The album title is a play on both the Box Tops and the phrase "rock bottom."[9]

Critical reception[]

The Orlando Sentinel wrote that "nothing is pretty on Bach's Bottom, but it's all beautiful in a scary, decrepit sort of way."[5] The Spin Alternative Record Guide deemed the album a "major 'lost'-era work."[7] 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[]

  • Alex Chilton - vocals, piano, backing vocals
  • Ken Woodley - bass
  • John Lightman - bass
  • Jonathan Sanborn - bass on "Take Me Home and Make Me Like It (Version 1)" and "I'm So Tired"
  • Rick Clarke - bass, piano, backing vocals
  • Chris Bell - guitar, timbales on "All of The Time"
  • Richard Rosebrough - drums, engineer
  • Jon Tiven - acoustic and electric guitar, slide guitar, backing vocals, percussion, producer
  • Andy Hummel - organ
  • David Beaver - organ, clavinet
  • Tommy Hoehn - piano, backing vocals
  • The Bad Acoustics (Dave Rave, Lauren Agnelli, Gary Pig Gold), Andrew Loog Oldham - additional backing vocals

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Alex Chilton: Bach's Bottom". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  2. ^ "AllMusic Review by Stewart Mason". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 2: MUZE. p. 340.CS1 maint: location (link)
  4. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 231.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "ALEX CHILTON". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  6. ^ The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. p. 162.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 40–41.
  8. ^ "Alex Chilton". Trouser Press. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Alex Chilton, RIP". Slate. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Tales from the vaults - Bach's Bottom by Alex Chilton". Stereo Review. 58 (9): 95. Sep 1993.
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