Unfiltered though it may be, the album retains scores of instants that had previously made Chilton’s stretches in the Box Tops and Big Star such taut exercises in power pop perfection. At the time of release, it was mostly dismissed as a lazily-strung collection of studio toss-offs, thrown together in slapdash fashion and casually thrown out into the ether.But for all its erratum implications, at the very least, Sherbert carries the appeal of a prolific and nuanced musician laying his process bare. False starts, instrumental lapses, wonky tuning, and odd vocal tics that are usually tightened up or struck out on repeated takes are all left on record. It was in the middle of that professional recession that Like Flies on Sherbert came to be, threaded together in ’79 and put out a year later.There’s a sense of artful detachment running through most of Sherbert. After wrapping up Big Star’s tour behind Third, he’d retreated back to Memphis and would spend the next few years playing around in cover bands and rarely venturing out of his home state. Review Summary: A pratfall into beauty.For all intents and purposes, between 19, Alex Chilton had all but disappeared from the public eye.
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