Big Star's first two albums were crisp power-pop full of bright Sixties melodies. Their third album very much wasn't. The band recorded it, their final LP, in 1974, but it didn't get released until 1978, in part because singer Alex Chilton sounds like he's having a nervous breakdown. It's a record of gorgeous, disjointed heartbreak ballads such as "Take Care," "Nighttime," and "Blue Moon." Even when they're more optimistic, the songs almost seem to disintegrate as they unfold, finally collapsing into the sublime apocalypse of the album-closing "Kanga Roo."
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