Description
I Am the Cosmos is the only solo album by the American pop-rock musician Chris Bell, posthumously released in 1992 by Rykodisc, having been recorded over a period of two to three years during the mid-1970s. Bell had previously been a member of Big Star. In 2009, the album was remastered and re-released in a deluxe two-CD version by Rhino Handmade with alternate versions and additional tracks, and three songs by Bell's pre-Big Star groups, Icewater and Rock City. Some copies included a bonus 7" single of "I Am the Cosmos"/"You and Your Sister", a replica of the original single.The booklet notes for the album were written by Bell's brother David, who also took the photographs used on the cover and in the CD booklet. The cover features a picture that was taken near Nendaz in Switzerland, it shows the opposite side of the valley with Ardon and the south flank of the snowy massif of Les Diablerets in the back. The 2017 Omnivore Recordings edition comprises 35 tracks, including eight previously unreleased tracks and two that appear on CD for the first time. Three pre-Big Star tunes that appeared on the 2009 edition are omitted; these are now found on Omnivore's Looking Forward: The Roots of Big Star (also 2017).
Release Info
Artist: Chris Bell
Label: Omnivore Recordings
Format: LP, Album, Reissue
Country: US
Label: Omnivore Recordings
Released: 2020-01-10
Genre: Rock
Style: Folk Rock, Power Pop
Tracklist
A1 I Am The Cosmos
A2 Better Save Yourself
A3 Speed Of Sound
A4 Get Away
A5 Make A Scene
B1 Look Up
B2 I Got Kinda Lost
B3 There Was A Light
B4 Fight At The Table
B5 I Don't Know
B6 Though I Know She Lies
B7 You And Your Sister