''New Sheets'' is the third and final studio album by the American

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. It was released in 1998 on Interscope Records.

Production

Many of the songs were cowritten by outside musicians: Jane Weidlin, Fred Schneider, Dave Stewart, and producer

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Critical reception

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'' 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." ''

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'' called the album "typical of song-doctored mainstream-rock albums: reliably crafted and uniformly melodic, but a little anonymous." ''

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'' wrote: "Rich in '80s-era sheen, ''New Sheets'' is mostly crisp and studied in the detached-cool manner Ocasek made popular in his heyday."

Track listing

# "Song from a Box" (

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

Personnel

;Possum Dixon *

- vocals, bass, keyboards * Celso Chavez - guitar, vocals * Byron Reynolds - drums and such ;Additional musicians * Matt Devine - guitar * Jane Weidlin - vocals * Brian Sperber - keyboards *

- keyboards

References

{{Authority control Possum Dixon albums 1998 albums Interscope Records albums Albums produced by Ric Ocasek