Alex ChiltonBest Alex Chilton Albums Ranked
7.3
Avg Score
5
Opinions
4
Albums
2
Reviewers
Summary from 5 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated Alex Chilton’s catalog across 4 albums from 5 opinions, with an overall average of 7.3/10. The top-rated Alex Chilton album is Electricity By Candlelight / NYC 2/13/97 (2013) with a 8.1/10 average from 1 rating, followed by Free Again: The "1970" Sessions and Ocean Club '77 (Live). The discography on Rate.fm spans 1995 to 2015.
Electricity By Candlelight / NYC 2/13/97
“Alex Chilton's second set at NYC's Knitting Factory was cancelled in February 1997 when the power went out. But somebody had an acoustic guitar, and there were candles, so Chilton decided to play what turned into an impromptu 17-song set of covers. It was captured on tape, and the resulting Electricity By Candlelight is a wonderful mess.”
Free Again: The "1970" Sessions
“In 1970, after the Box Tops and before forming Big Star, Alex Chilton holed up in a Memphis studio and recorded an album's worth of material. Omnivore Records has now reissued those sessions, long out of print, with bonus tracks.”
Ocean Club '77 (Live)
“In 1977, Alex Chilton was 10 years out from his Box Tops hit "The Letter" and recovering from the recent collapse of his power-pop band Big Star. Still in his mid-twenties, the Memphis singer tried his luck in New York, playing gigs like this one (in strong quasi-boot fidelity) that were as close, in plaintive voice and power-trio scruff, as he ever got live to the open wounds on Big Star's farewe”