New Sheets


New Sheets is the third and final studio album by the American alternative rock band Possum Dixon. It was released in 1998 on Interscope Records. Many of the songs were co-written by outside musicians, including Jane Wiedlin, Fred Schneider, Dave Stewart, and producer Ric Ocasek.

Critical reception

Stephen Thompson of The A.V. Club wrote that "Ric Ocasek's production stamp is all over New Sheets—it sounds as much like The Cars as any outside project he's produced—which only adds to its glossy appeal." Mark Jenkins of The Washington Post called the album "typical of song-doctored mainstream-rock albums: reliably crafted and uniformly melodic, but a little anonymous." Mark Woodlief of CMJ New Music Monthly wrote, "Rich in '80s-era sheen, New Sheets is mostly crisp and studied in the detached-cool manner Ocasek made popular in his heyday."

Track listing

All lyrics by Rob Zabrecky except 4, by Zabrecky, Fred Schneider, and 11, by Zabrecky, Jane Wiedlin, Pat MacDonald.
  1. "Song from a Box" – 0:48
  2. "Holding " – 3:09
  3. "Only in the Summertime" – 3:12
  4. "Firecracker" – 3:02
  5. "New Sheets" – 4:43
  6. "Always Engines" – 3:05
  7. "Stop Breaking Me" – 3:43
  8. "Now What?" – 3:46
  9. "Plan B" – 3:04
  10. "Heavenly" – 4:03
  11. "Faultlines" – 4:06
  12. "What You Mean" – 2:29
  13. "End's Beginning" – 4:17

Personnel

Credits adapted from CD liner notes.
Possum Dixon
  • Rob Zabrecky – vocals, bass guitar, keyboards
  • Celso Chavez – guitar, vocals
  • Byron Reynolds – "drums and such"
Additional musicians
Technical