UPC: 816651013326
Format: CD (2 disc)
Release Date: Sep 15, 2017
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Personnel: Chris Bell (vocals, guitar); Jim Dickinson (piano); Ken Woodley (bass); Richard Rosebrough (drums); Alex Chilton (background vocals).
Recorded at Chateau D'Heurville, France; Ardent Studios and Shoe Studios, Memphis, Tennessee. Includes liner notes by David Bell and Jeff Rougvie.
Audio Remixers: Alec Palao; Adam Hill.
Liner Note Authors: Bob Mehr; Alec Palao.
Photographer: John Dando.
Though Big Star's #1 RECORD (1972) received favorable press, distribution problems marred its release, making copies hard to find and keeping sales low. Chris Bell left the band after the release of #1 RECORD, apparently very depressed. His sad story is explained in I AM THE COSMOS' extensive liner notes, written by Bell's older brother. Apart from a few collaborations, including a couple of tracks for the second Big Star album, Chris Bell spent the six subsequent years recording music for a solo album. He fought both depression and heroin abuse before dying in a car accident in 1978.
I AM THE COSMOS is a flawless set of songs. Bell was heavily influenced by The Beatles, but his uniqueness shines through. The title track appears here in two versions, the second of which is slower and even more poignant than the first. "You & Your Sister" is also featured in several versions, all of them equally essential. "Though I Know She Lies" somehow sounds even sadder than it should, especially when the disc stops spinning, and the realization that the world was tragically robbed of one of its great songwriters is made all the more crushing.
Recorded at Chateau D'Heurville, France; Ardent Studios and Shoe Studios, Memphis, Tennessee. Includes liner notes by David Bell and Jeff Rougvie.
Audio Remixers: Alec Palao; Adam Hill.
Liner Note Authors: Bob Mehr; Alec Palao.
Photographer: John Dando.
Though Big Star's #1 RECORD (1972) received favorable press, distribution problems marred its release, making copies hard to find and keeping sales low. Chris Bell left the band after the release of #1 RECORD, apparently very depressed. His sad story is explained in I AM THE COSMOS' extensive liner notes, written by Bell's older brother. Apart from a few collaborations, including a couple of tracks for the second Big Star album, Chris Bell spent the six subsequent years recording music for a solo album. He fought both depression and heroin abuse before dying in a car accident in 1978.
I AM THE COSMOS is a flawless set of songs. Bell was heavily influenced by The Beatles, but his uniqueness shines through. The title track appears here in two versions, the second of which is slower and even more poignant than the first. "You & Your Sister" is also featured in several versions, all of them equally essential. "Though I Know She Lies" somehow sounds even sadder than it should, especially when the disc stops spinning, and the realization that the world was tragically robbed of one of its great songwriters is made all the more crushing.
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1 - I Am the Cosmos
2 - Better Save Yourself
3 - Speed of Sound
4 - Get Away
5 - You and Your Sister
6 - I Got Kinda Lost
7 - Look Up
8 - Make a Scene
9 - There Was a Light
10 - I Don't Know
11 - Fight at the Table
12 - Though I Know She Lies
13 - I Am the Cosmos [Acoustic Mix]
14 - You and Your Sister
15 - Look Up [Acoustic Movie Mix]
16 - Untitled Acoustic [Instrumental]
Disc 2:
1 - I Am the Cosmos
2 - Better Save Yourself [Alternate Mix]
3 - Speed of Sound
4 - Get Away
5 - You and Your Sister
6 - Make a Scene
7 - Fight at the Table
8 - I Don't Know
9 - Speed of Sound
10 - Stay With Me
11 - In My Darkest Hour
12 - So Long Baby (aka Clacton Rag)
13 - Fight at the Table
14 - You and Your Sister
15 - Get Away
16 - Better Save Yourself
17 - I Am the Cosmos
18 - [Untitled] [Electric Instrumental]
19 - Though I Know She Lies
1 - I Am the Cosmos
2 - Better Save Yourself
3 - Speed of Sound
4 - Get Away
5 - You and Your Sister
6 - I Got Kinda Lost
7 - Look Up
8 - Make a Scene
9 - There Was a Light
10 - I Don't Know
11 - Fight at the Table
12 - Though I Know She Lies
13 - I Am the Cosmos [Acoustic Mix]
14 - You and Your Sister
15 - Look Up [Acoustic Movie Mix]
16 - Untitled Acoustic [Instrumental]
Disc 2:
1 - I Am the Cosmos
2 - Better Save Yourself [Alternate Mix]
3 - Speed of Sound
4 - Get Away
5 - You and Your Sister
6 - Make a Scene
7 - Fight at the Table
8 - I Don't Know
9 - Speed of Sound
10 - Stay With Me
11 - In My Darkest Hour
12 - So Long Baby (aka Clacton Rag)
13 - Fight at the Table
14 - You and Your Sister
15 - Get Away
16 - Better Save Yourself
17 - I Am the Cosmos
18 - [Untitled] [Electric Instrumental]
19 - Though I Know She Lies