A largely misunderstood album and fortunately given new life with a reissue courtesy of Omnivore Recordings, the torch bearer of Big Star's legacy. In Space continues Alex Chilton's weird and wonderful progression from Third and better solo efforts such as Like Flies On Sherbet with the band's line up at time of recording. The power pop cross merges with Chilton's fascination of doo wop, garage and rock 'n roll. The rest of the band, presumably with great effort from Posies participants smooth out Chilton's erratic tendencies as best as possible for melodic compromise. This is not early Big Star pleasing stuff by any means. However Chilton was never the type of musician to continue onward with anything routine simply for either commercial or nostalgic purposes. Take it or shove it, he would most likely counter. Worth a revisit on the turntable.
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