A Man Called Destruction is a studio album by American pop rock musician Alex Chilton, released in 1995.
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| Released | March 1995 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 37:00 | |||
| Label | Ardent | |||
| Producer | Alex Chilton | |||
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The album consisted of six songs written by Chilton, and six cover versions including Jan and Dean's "The New Girl in School", which had featured as the B-side to their "Dead Man's Curve" single.
"It's Your Funeral" is based on Frédéric Chopin's marche funèbre which became the 3rd movement of his Piano Sonata No. 2.
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Chicago Tribune | [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A[4] |
| The New Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
| Orlando Sentinel | [6] |
| Pitchfork | 6.7/10[7] |
| PopMatters | 7/10[8] |
| Tom Hull – on the Web | B+ ( )[9] |
Title
editBlues musician Howlin' Wolf employed a pianist named William "Destruction" Johnson in the late 1940s,[10] and Chilton's title is a reference to him as well as a play on both the title of the Western film A Man Called Horse and the Biff Bang Pow! song "A Girl Called Destruction".[10]
Track listing
edit- "Sick and Tired" (Chris Kenner) – 3:04
- "Devil Girl" (Alex Chilton) – 2:55
- "Lies" (Keith Keller) – 4:01
- "It's Your Funeral" (Chilton, Jim Spake) – 1:29
- "What's Your Sign Girl" (Daniel Pearson, Anthony Sepe) – 4:37
- "Il Ribelle" (Adriano Celentano) – 2:14
- "You Don't Have to Go" (Jimmy Reed) – 4:26
- "Boplexity" (Chilton) – 2:56
- "The New Girl in School" (Brian Wilson, Bob Norberg, Roger Christian, Jan Berry) – 2:10
- "You're Lookin' Good" (Chilton) – 2:54
- "Don't Know Anymore" (Chilton) – 3:28
- "Don't Stop" (Chilton) – 2:46
Personnel
edit- Alex Chilton – guitar, vocals, harmonica on track 7
- Ron Easley – bass guitar on tracks 1–6, 8–12, guitar on track 7, backing vocals on tracks 5–6, 9 & 12
- Doug Garrison – drums on tracks 1–6, 10–11
- Richard Dworkin – drums on tracks 7–9, 12
- Bob Marbach – organ on tracks 2–3, 10–12
- Al Gamble – organ on tracks 1–4, 10–11
- Charles Hodges – organ on track 8
- Jim Spake – horn arrangements, tenor saxophone on tracks 1–4, 10–11
- Fred Ford – baritone saxophone on tracks 1–4, 10–11
- Nokie Taylor – trumpet on tracks 1–4, 10–11
- The Jackies – backing vocals on track 3
- Recorded at Ardent Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
- Recorded and mixed by Jeff Powell
- Additional engineering by Jeffrey Reed
- Assisted by Erik Flettrich and Mike Kennedy
- Mastered by Larry Nix
- Sleeve design by Jeff Kratschmer
- Art direction by Claire Boger
- Photography by Paula Burch
References
edit- ^ Deming, Mark. "A Man Called Destruction". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
- ^ Caro, Mark (1995-03-23). "Alex Chilton A Man Called Destruction (Ardent)". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on February 18, 2018. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958.
- ^ Cannon, Bob (1995-03-24). "A Man Called Destruction". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
- ^ Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Alex Chilton". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. pp. 162–3. ISBN 9780743201698.
- ^ Gettelman, Parry (1995-05-05). "Alex Chilton". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
- ^ Deusner, Stephen (2017-08-29). "Alex Chilton: A Man Called Destruction Album Review". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
- ^ Driver, Richard (2017-09-05). "Alex Chilton: A Man Called Destruction". PopMatters. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
- ^ Hull, Tom (May 24, 2021). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
- ^ a b George-Warren, Holly (2014). A Man Called Destruction: The Life and Music of Alex Chilton, from Box Tops to Big Star to Backdoor Man. Viking Penguin. ISBN 978-0-670-02563-3.