High Priest (album)


High Priest is the third solo album by American pop rock musician Alex Chilton, released in 1987. It was his first full-length album since 1979's commercially disastrous Like Flies on Sherbert. Chilton fronts a solid band of Memphis/New Orleans studio musicians. The album includes a cover of the 1957 instrumental "Raunchy", which was co-written by Sid Manker, who had taught Chilton guitar in his childhood at his father's expense. To promote High Priest, Chilton played more than 60 concerts between 13 September and 19 December 1987, including numerous shows with Ben Vaughn as the support act. The front cover photograph was taken in Rock River, Wyoming, by Anna Lee Van Cleef.

Track listing

;Side 1
  1. "Take It Off" – 2:56
  2. "Let Me Get Close To You" – 2:39
  3. "Dalai Lama" – 5:15
  4. "Volaré" – 3:00
  5. "Thing for You" – 3:16
  6. "Forbidden Love" – 2:44
;Side 2
  1. "Make a Little Love" – 3:30
  2. "Trouble Don't Last" – 3:17
  3. "Don't Be a Drag" – 3:29
  4. "Nobody's Fool" – 3:12
  5. "Come By Here" – 3:41
  6. "Raunchy" – 2:14

CD bonus tracks

  1. "Junkyard" – 3:51
  2. "Lonely Weekends" – 3:14
  3. "Margie" – 2:19
  4. "Rubber Room" – 5:20

Personnel