Credits:

Jobriath

Description:

A rock opera with real operatics. A concept album with whatever concept you care to lay on it. A romantic comedy. Jobriath’s second long player spotlighted many of the same turns that made his debut so special — guitarist Peter Frampton, producer Eddie Kramer, vocalist Peggy Nestor — and reappraised many of the same lyrical icons and theatrical tricks as well. But if Jobriath caught our hero at least flirting with a rock & roll foundation, Creatures of the Street saw him writing soundtracks for every great movie that needed music to match, then mashing them together for the film that never was. We meet fallen stars and forgotten heroines, icicle icons and tragic auteurs and, if there’s a hint of autobiography creeping into the frame, remember that Creatures was created on the back of a media denouement of almost unprecedented savagery. Last time out, Jobriath thought he had a chance and made an a