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- Before settling for enduring cult fame with Big Star, Alex Chilton enjoyed ephemeral pop stardom as a singer with Memphis group the Box Tops. Their first hit, "The Letter", was a tantalisingly short and perfect pop song-from its drum-tapped intro to its sound effects-drenched fadeout. In an effort to sustain momentum after this 1967 chart topper, the rest of the band was kept out of the studio while the American Sound studio mafia backed the gravel-voiced teenage Chilton under the supervision of producer Dan Penn.
The group had a total of ten Top 100 hits, all included here. The finest of these, "Cry Like a Baby", is an impeccable slice of blue-eyed soul penned by Penn and Spooner Oldham. The pair was less successful with its other compositions, leaving it to Wayne Carson Thompson to conjure up "The Letter", "Neon Rainbow", and the stirring "Soul Deep". Alongside the hits, SOUL DEEP includes seven B-sides-all but one of which also appeared on the group's quartet of original albums-and an album-only cover of the Clifford Curry hit "She Shot a Hole in My Soul".
- Letter
- Neon Rainbow
- Happy Times
- Cry Like A Baby
- Fields Of Clover
- Choo Choo Train
- She Shot A Hole In My Soul
- People Gonna Talk
- I Met Her In Church
- Sweet Cream Ladies Forward March
- Together
- I Must Be The Devil
- Soul Deep
- I Shall Be Released
- Happy Song
- Turn On A Dream
- I See Only Sunshine
- You Keep Tightening Up On Me
Average rating (1 review)
Measly 50 minute compilation of hits and a few other tracks
OldEnglandsEyes69 | 30/03/2008 | See all OldEnglandsEyes69's reviews (200) »
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This compilation clocks in at under 50 minutes which is ridiculously mean. It's not one of the Sundazed reissues, being on Arista. There are many Box Tops classic tracks missing and a couple included that shouldn't be. One unexpected inclusion, however, is the ace fuzz-drenched "Together".
Take away "The Happy Song", "I See Only Sunshine" and "I Must Be The Devil" (I love blues but not on a Box Tops Best Of) and I reckon that an 80 minute single CD Best Of could include all the missing goodies: "Everything I Am", "I'm Your Puppet", "Sandman", "Trouble With Sam", "Lost" "Good Morning Dear", "A Whiter Shade of Pale", "People Make The World", "727", "You Keep Me Hanging On" and "The Door You Closed To Me".
My advice if you want a Box Tops Best Of is to wait for something more comprehensive, though whether you'll ever get it is another matter.
