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Big Star - #1 Record

€47,95
We have said it before, we'll say it again. This is the best album of all time.
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Recorded at Ardent Studios and released in 1972, #1 Record has gone on to become one of the most influential and iconic debut albums of all time. 

Big Star, considered to be among the founders of power pop, has been cited as an influence by many of the major alternative bands of the ’80s and ’90s, and continues to be a powerful presence in today’s musical landscape. Artists such as R.E.M., Teenage Fanclub, The Replacements (who famously penned the song “Alex Chilton”) and Wilco all enthusiastically tout the artistic impact of the group. Mike Mills recalls Big Star as “a band who had gotten it right, who made records that sounded like rock and roll bands should sound. A band who wrote all the songs, from flat-out rockers to achingly beautiful ballads that were still somehow rock songs.”

The legacy of #1 Record has far exceeded the original commercial letdowns of both albums (Radio City and #1 Record), which are now considered to be milestones in the history of rock by critics and musicians alike. The LP made it onto Rolling Stone‘s 500 “Greatest Albums of All Time” lists, and numerous artists (Elliott Smith, Beck and Jeff Buckley to name a few) have recorded covers of the band’s songs.

Edition Info

• Pressed on Metallic Gold with Purple Smoke Vinyl

Tracklisting

Side A
Feel
The Ballad Of El Goodo
In The Street
Thirteen
Don’t Lie To Me
The India Song

Side B
When My Baby’s Beside Me
My Life Is Right
Give Me Another Chance
Try Again
Watch The Sunrise

Released: 12th May 2023

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Big Star - #1 Record

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