Big Star: Live; Third/Sister Lovers; Chris Bell: I Am The Cosmos (All Rykodisc)
Edwin Pouncey, NME, 29 February 1992
SINCE THEY faded into obscurity in 1975, shortly after recording the sessions for the Third/Sister Lovers LP, Memphis pop/rock band Big Star have been lauded by critics and rock personalities as being a seminal influence and a hard act to follow.
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