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I Am the Cosmos ReviewI'll start off by saying i'm glad that at least 14 other people own this record. Music this good does not deserve to be so obscure but alas... The other thing I must say is that I want more. I want more original Big Star stuff, more Chris Bell stuff but that's only a wish. This album of mostly unreleased material is all that's left of Chris Bell music-wise and it's a shame. Recorded in pieces between his departure from Big Star and his death in 1978, this album is full of hook laden power pop and emotional accoustic and mid tempo songs. To me,the album's best track is "I Got Kinda Lost". If life was fair this would have been a hit-it's one of my favorite songs recorded during the 70's. It's an urgent song that nearly jumps out at you and it all comes together in such an amazing way. Another great "rocker" is "I don't know why". Stick with me on this but it's a song Aerosmith COULD have recorded somewhere around this time (it even has a cowbell). Of course, being inferior in every way, they never found a way to create a song this interesting or flat out good. The heavier songs are a nice fit against the reflective,slower songs. "Though I Know She Lies" is just stone beautiful. It's like a number of the songs on this album and in the Big Star catalog (both with and without Bell), they have a sadness built into them. The tittle track, "There Was A Light", "You And Your Sister" and "Better Save Yourself" all share it. They are all great songs but also bittersweet. "Better Save Yourself" in particular is so sad that it would have been perfect for Big Star's Third/Sister Lovers. The slower songs are peppered with insightful lyrics and good music plus Bell's passionate (if high pitched) vocals. The album has a few weak tracks but as they say, the weakest moments here are are better than most others best stuff. That said,I think this album is better than any Alex Chilton solo album(not including Third)-it's more focused and inspired. I don't care about which one was the better artist really, I'm just glad I became fans of both. Chris Bell IS the best singer/songwriter you've new heard of. As others have said-the liner notes by his brother David are about the best around. Read with dismay about how a man this talented ended up managing his father's restarant shortly before he died. Discover I Am The Cosmos. (p.s I'm sorry I mentioned Aerosmith)I Am the Cosmos OverviewBig Star guitarist Chris Bell was one of the unsung heroes of American pop music; despite a life marked by tragedy and a career crippled by commercial indifference, the singer/songwriter's slim body of recorded work proved massively influential on the generations of indie rockers who emerged in his wake. Lyrically poignant and melodically stunning, this lone solo album is proof of his underappreciated pop mastery. 180 gram vinyl. Original artwork.--This text refers to the Vinyl edition.

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