New Sheets
Studio album by
Possum Dixon
Released1998
StudioElectric Lady Studios, New York City; Chung King House of Metal, New York City
GenreAlternative rock
Length43:27
LabelInterscope
ProducerRic Ocasek[1]
Possum Dixon chronology
Star Maps
(1995)		 New Sheets
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Spin6/10[3]

New Sheets is the third and final studio album by the American alternative rock band Possum Dixon.[4][5] It was released in 1998 on Interscope Records.[6][7]

Production

Many of the songs were cowritten by outside musicians: Jane Weidlin, Fred Schneider, Dave Stewart, and producer Ric Ocasek.[8]

Critical reception

The A.V. Club wrote that "Ric Ocasek's production stamp is all over New Sheets—it sounds as much like The Cars as any outside project he's produced—which only adds to its glossy appeal."[9] The Washington Post called the album "typical of song-doctored mainstream-rock albums: reliably crafted and uniformly melodic, but a little anonymous."[8] CMJ New Music Monthly wrote: "Rich in '80s-era sheen, New Sheets is mostly crisp and studied in the detached-cool manner Ocasek made popular in his heyday."[10]

Track listing

  1. "Song from a Box" (Rob Zabrecky, Ric Ocasek) - 0:48
  2. "Holding (Lenny's Song)" (Zabrecky, Celso Chavez, Byron Reynolds, Matt Devine) - 3:09
  3. "Only in the Summertime" (Zabrecky, Chavez, Reynolds, Devine) - 3:12
  4. "Firecracker" (Zabrecky, Fred Schneider) - 3:02
  5. "New Sheets" (Zabrecky, Chavez, Reynolds, Devine) - 4:43
  6. "Always Engines" (Zabrecky, Mark Hudson, Trey Bruce) - 3:05
  7. "Stop Breaking Me" (Zabrecky, Chavez, Reynolds, Devine) - 3:43
  8. "Now What?" (Zabrecky, Chavez) - 3:46
  9. "Plan B" (Zabrecky) - 3:04
  10. "Heavenly" (Zabrecky) - 4:03
  11. "Faultlines" (Jane Weidlin, Pat MacDonald, Zabrecky) - 4:06
  12. "What You Mean" (Zabrecky, Chavez, Reynolds, Devine) - 2:29
  13. "End's Beginning" (Zabrecky, Dave Stewart) - 4:17

Personnel

Possum Dixon
  • Rob Zabrecky - vocals, bass, keyboards
  • Celso Chavez - guitar, vocals
  • Byron Reynolds - drums and such
Additional musicians

References

  1. ↑ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 888.
  2. ↑ AllMusic review
  3. ↑ "Quick Cuts". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. October 23, 1998 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "Possum Dixon | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  5. ↑ "Celso Chavez, Possum Dixon Guitarist and Key L.A. Player, Dead at 44". May 14, 2012.
  6. ↑ Thompson, Dave (December 23, 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306076 – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ "Interscope's Possum Dixon Gather Acclaim". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. July 18, 1998 – via Google Books.
  8. 1 2 Jenkins, Mark (October 2, 1998). "BETTER THAN EZRA" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  9. ↑ "Possum Dixon: New Sheets". Music.
  10. ↑ "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly. CMJ Network, Inc. September 23, 1998 – via Google Books.
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