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Sales Rank: 4552
Category: Music
Artist: Big Star
Publisher: Fantasy
Studio: Fantasy
Manufacturer: Fantasy
Label: Fantasy
Format: Original Recording Reissued, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Edition: 2-Album Edition
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 60025
UPC: 025218302524
EAN: 0025218302524
ASIN: B000000XHA
Release Date: June 10, 1992
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| Tracks:
| • | Feel | | • | The Ballad Of El Goodo | | • | In The Street | | • | Thirteen | | • | Don't Lie To Me | | • | The India Song | | • | When My Baby's Beside Me | | • | My Life Is Right | | • | Give Me Another Chance | | • | Try Again | | • | Watch The Sunrise | | • | St 100/6 | | • | O My Soul | | • | Life Is White | | • | Way Out West | | • | What's Going Ahn | | • | You Get What You Deserve | | • | Mod Lang | | • | Back Of A Car | | • | Daisy Glaze | | • | She's A Mover | | • | September Gurls | | • | Morpha Too | | • | I'm In Love With A Girl |
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A two-for-one combo of the first two Big Star albums (they only recorded three). Heard side by side, #1 Record and Radio City only add further testament to Big Star's seminal greatness. On the first album, Chris Bell and Alex Chilton share songwriting credit, though each brings a remarkably different sensibility to the band: Bell creates pure pop nuggets ("Feel") while Chilton swaggers with reckless melancholy ("Ballad of El Goodo," "Thirteen."). After Bell's departure, Chilton took control of the helm for Radio City, and what a ride it is. While not abandoning Bell's penchant for pop, Radio City careens wildly through some of the most exhilarating music ever created, from the rave-up opener, "O My Soul," to the pure pop masterpiece "September Girls" to the whimsical ditty "I'm in Love with a Girl." It's too bad that Big Star didn't create more albums, but thank God they made the ones they did. --Tod Nelson
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 influential, timeless, power-pop... February 15, 2008
2 historically important records for the price of one! Some great stuff
here and some truly mediocre junk too. You can see the potential in these
guys and its too bad Chris Bell died young and their record label was a
bumbling bunch of idiots. Some "American Idol" clown should adopt some of these songs - they would sound as good today as they did 35 years ago.
This CD comes with a lengthy insert that is worth it just for the history
lesson. For further reading check out the internet article titled "The
Sad Life & Death of Chris Bell" - very poignant and well-written.
O my soul, my life is right, when my baby's beside me........
 Big Star = Big Disappointment October 13, 2007
1 out of 10 found this review helpful
No, no, no, scratch that; massive disappointment.
This is like listening to a garage band, with minimal talent, trying to cover songs by the Zombies and the Beatles, but unable to convey a sense of memorable melody &, at least in terms of The Zombies, stellar lyrics. And this man's voice, my god, this voice is on par with James Taylor in terms of it's degree of nerve clawing.
Elliott Smith covered them, and for some reason they're cited as being insanely influential; HOW? This is nothing new, not even for it's time, not even close to be remotely original, and more importantly, not even close to being important.
Give it up, geezers, it's just nostalgia calling when you claim this as the greatest rock album of all time.
 #1 Record by itself would have made this essential September 30, 2007
What I mean is, I have listened to the entire disc twice in the week or so that I've had the disc. But I've played #1 Record over and over too many times to count, it's OUTSTANDING, way better than I expected even after hearing about Big Star for years. It's excellent power pop.
I came around to Big Star through Chris Bell's only CD, I Am The Cosmos. That record made me a fan of Chris Bell. The only other thing he recorded was #1 Record. Those 2 discs are not enough of a legacy, there's no telling what kind of impact on music Bell could have had if things had gone better.
#1 Record by itself makes this compilation essential. But Radio City is also strong, with several excellent tracks. (And for the record, Bell did help write 2 songs on that one - O My Soul and Back Of A Car.) If you think you might like this after hearing the samples...don't worry. You will. This is about as great a CD of its kind as you could hope for.
I'm sooo embarrassed! August 14, 2007
How come I never heard of these guys? Well, my father did me a huge service in getting this double album for me for Father's Day (I'm that old to have kids of my own) a few months back. He said, "give it a listen, let it swirl around a few days, give it another listen, and I guarantee you you'll not be able to stop". Well, he was right. He also just sent me Sisters & Lovers the other day as a follow up saying that I was "ready" for Big Star's final masterpiece. As a testament to how cool this album is, my wife, who's rediculously picky about what she listens to, is right alongside me in proclaiming its perfection.
Big Star is a big influence July 9, 2007
R.E.M. and Cheap Trick are but 2 artists that have been influenced by Big Star. This cd includes their 2 best albums. Highly recommended for fans of Badfinger, the Raspberries, and of power pop in general.
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