Like Flies on Sherbert  

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Like Flies on Sherbert is the first solo album by the American pop-rock musician Alex Chilton, released in 1979. Chilton had previously been a member of the Box Tops and Big Star.

The album was originally released as a batch of 500 copies by Peabody Records in 1979, but was reissued by Aura Records the following year. A number of CD releases followed in the 1990s and 2000s, some with added bonus tracks.

It was produced by Chilton with Jim Dickinson at Phillips Recording and Ardent Studios, which featured his own interpretations of songs by artists as disparate as the Carter Family, Jimmy C. Newman, Ernest Tubb, and K. C. and the Sunshine Band, along with several originals. While criticized by some as a druggy mess, this album is considered by many to be a lo-fi masterpiece. Sherbert, which included backing work by Memphis musicians including Rosebrough, Memphis drummer Ross Johnson, and Lisa Aldridge, has since been reissued several times.

The photograph used for the cover of the album was taken by noted American photographer William Eggleston, who had previously provided the cover for Big Star's second album Radio City.

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Track listing

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LP

  1. "Boogie Shoes" (Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch) - 2:29
  2. "My Rival" (Alex Chilton) - 3:27
  3. "Hey! Little Child" (Chilton) - 3:43
  4. "Hook or Crook" (Chilton) - 2:25
  5. "I've Had It" (Ray Ceroni, Carl Bonura) - 2:23
  6. "Rock Hard" (Chilton) - 2:42
  7. "Girl After Girl" (Gary Shelton) - 2:28
  8. "Waltz Across Texas" (Ernest Tubb) - 4:46
  9. "Alligator Man" (Floyd Chance, Jimmy C. Newman) - 2:40
  10. "Like Flies on Sherbert" (Chilton) - 2:08
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CD re-release

  1. "Baron of Love" (Ross Johnson) - 4:11
  2. "Girl After Girl"
  3. "My Rival"
  4. "No More the Moon Shines on Lorena" (A. P. Carter) - 4:35
  5. "I've Had It"
  6. "Rock Hard"
  7. "Waltz Across Texas"
  8. "Alligator Man"
  9. "Hey! Little Child"
  10. "Hook or Crook"
  11. "Like Flies on Sherbert"
  12. "Boogie Shoes"
  13. "Baby Doll" (Chilton) - 2:51
  14. "She's the One That's Got It" (Allen Page) - 1:54
  15. "Stranded on a Dateless Night" (Cordell Jackson) - 2:33


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