Bach's Bottom


Bach's Bottom is the second solo album by American pop rock musician Alex Chilton, released in 1981. Bach's Bottom was recorded in September and October 1975 at Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee.

Production

The album was produced by Jon Tiven, who also played guitar in place of Chilton. The album title is a play on both the Box Tops and the phrase "rock bottom."

Critical reception

The Orlando Sentinel wrote that "nothing is pretty on Bach's Bottom, but it's all beautiful in a scary, decrepit sort of way." The Spin Alternative Record Guide deemed the album a "major 'lost'-era work." Stereo Review called it an "unholy mess of an album," writing that "if you like Chilton at his most ludicrously dissolute, you'll be glad to have it."

Track listing

;Side 1
  1. "Take Me Home and Make Me Like It" – 2:32
  2. "Everytime I Close My Eyes" – 1:47
  3. "All of the Time" – 2:42
  4. "Oh Baby I'm Free " – 6:22
  5. "I'm So Tired " – 3:12
;Side 2
  1. "Free Again" – 2:20
  2. "Jesus Christ" – 2:18
  3. "Singer Not the Song" – 2:02
  4. "Summertime Blues" – 2:35
  5. "Take Me Home Again " – 3:52

Personnel

  • Alex Chilton – vocals, piano, backing vocals
  • Ken Woodley – bass
  • John Lightman – bass
  • Jonathan Sanborn – bass on "Take Me Home and Make Me Like It " and "I'm So Tired"
  • Rick Clarke – bass, piano, backing vocals
  • Chris Bell – guitar, timbales on "All of The Time"
  • Richard Rosebrough – drums, engineer
  • Jon Tiven – acoustic and electric guitar, slide guitar, backing vocals, percussion, producer
  • Andy Hummel – organ
  • David Beaver – organ, clavinet
  • Tommy Hoehn – piano, backing vocals
  • The Bad Acoustics, Andrew Loog Oldham – additional backing vocals