Cliches

Alex Chilton | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 10, 1995)
• Label: Ardent Records
• ASIN: B000005D7U
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #638,769 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. My Baby Just Cares for Me

2. Time After Time

3. All of You

4. Gavotte

5. Save Your Love for Me

6. Let's Get Lost

7. Funny (But I Still Love You)

8. Frame for the Blues

9. The Christmas Song

10. There Will Never Be Another You

11. Somewhere Along the Way

12. What Was

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stays with you, November 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Cliches (Audio CD)

I would imagine Alex has taken some heat for this CD of mostly old standards done solo with acoustic guitar. However, the song choices are consistently terrific, and the performances are heartfelt without any of the pitfalls this sort of performance can encounter (sappy, overly ironic, overly interpreted). The songs are performed in an understated way that allows the qualities of the songs themselves to stand equal with the caring performance. I have returned to this CD often over the past couple of years.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cliches, March 11, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Cliches (Audio CD)

Not very many artist are able to go into the studio and with one guitar, one mike and no fancy production tricks and perform these old standards the way Alex Chilton has done. The selections range from the sublime to alittle smaltzy, but the performances are outstanding and highlight the power of raw, no frillsrecording.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant or Schlock?, June 16, 2001

By 

Peter Alpern (Minneapolis, MN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cliches (Audio CD)

It's hard to appreciate Alex Chilton's Clichés if all the listener is seeking is a rememberence of the power-pop melodies of Big Star. You ain't gonna find that here. But Chilton strangely reverts back to his soulful youth, covering jazz and soul classics with a soft leathery voice that still makes your bones tingle. He accomplishes no small feat, giving the listener something he doesn't want to hear ("Dammit, where's Don't Lie To Me???") but still putting a smile on their face. This is truly wonderful music. Great chill-out tunes for when you're alone.