'Harm's Way'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
World Shut Your Mouth is Julian's first and (I think) best solo album.
I like Kilimanjaro of the Teardrop albums.
But also checkout Julian's website which has tons of amazing reviews and writing. He's personally responsible for the popular rediscovery of Krautrock, among other tastemaker achievements.
I love his Glamrocksampler.
I've got that Sunspots 7" (actually, I have a double 7" version that's got another good song called Mik Mak Mok), but I agree with David in recommending World Shut Your Mouth and Kilimanjaro. In terms of songs, the title track of the former and "When I Dream" from the latter are both great tunes.
Looking through my collection, I've got a five song "World Shut Your Mouth" 12" EP that has a great cover version of Pere Ubu's Non Alignment Pact.
Andy Hummel has died: [link]
Kilimanjaro has been reiussed and was reviewed just last week:
I really like Reward but it's not a typical song of theirs/his, I think.
Just four months after the death of lead singer Alex Chilton, original Big Star bassist Andy Hummel has died at the age of 59.
So sad.
Skippers.
Sue was sad way before the rest of you!
It is sad news though. I used to contribute to the Big Star zine Back of a Car back in the early 90s, and the editor, Judith Beeman, actually got to know Jody and Andy pretty well.
I was sad when Sue posted. . . but I didn't post.