Third

Big Star’s final album, Third (also released as Sister Lovers; 1978), was a dark, meandering affair that lacked the focus of its predecessors. In spite of this, songs such as “Kangaroo” offered a glimpse of the noise-pop sound that would emerge in the 1980s with groups such as the…

By the time Third (also known as Sister Lovers) was released in 1978, Chilton had begun a solo career that would cement his reputation as one of rock’s most mercurial talents. Chilton’s early solo albums (particularly the 1979 release Like Flies on Sherbert) and production work for the…