No. 1 record
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12 |
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37:02 |
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John Fry |
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# 1 Record (also known as No. 1 Record ) is the debut album by American rock band Big Star . It was released in 1972 by the Ardent Records label. Although the album was commercially unsuccessful, it influenced numerous subsequent musicians and bands such as REM and The Replacements .
background
# 1 Record is the first album by the power pop band Big Star, which was founded in Memphis in 1971 by childhood friends Alex Chilton and Chris Bell as well as Jody Stephens and Andy Hummel. The group was heavily influenced by 1960s bands like The Beatles and The Byrds . Big Stars music on # 1 Record has been described as a "synthesis of British pop and 60s-styled Los Angeles harmonies" and a "mix of power pop and acoustic ballads".
The majority of the songs on the debut were written by Alex Chilton and Chris Bell, who also took turns doing the lead vocals . The bad sales of the album and disputes with Chilton led to the exit of Bell in 1972, who from then on appeared as a solo artist. He was killed in a car accident in 1978.
After the highly acclaimed successor Radio City 1974 was also unsuccessful, Andy Hummel left the band. After recording their third album Third / Sister Lovers , Big Star broke up that same year.
Track list
With the exception of the marked exceptions, all songs are written by Alex Chilton and Chris Bell .
page 1
- 1. Feel - 3:34
- 2. The Ballad of El Goodo - 4:21
- 3. In the Street - 2:55
- 4. Thirteen - 2:34
- 5. Don't Lie to Me - 3:07
- 6. The India Song (Andy Hummel) - 2:20
Page 2
- 7. When My Baby's Beside Me - 3:23
- 8. My Life Is Right (Bell, Tom Eubanks) - 3:08
- 9. Give Me Another Chance - 3:27
- 10. Try Again - 3:31
- 11. Watch the Sunrise - 3:45
- 12. ST 100/6 - 1:01
reception
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The debut album received very positive reviews from the press. In the list of 500 best albums of all time the music magazine Rolling Stone has # 1 Record space 434. The magazine chose Thirteen also ranked 406 of the 500 greatest songs of all time. Thirteen reached # 22 in Pitchfork's selection of the 200 best songs of the 1970s . The album was included in the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die .
“The doomed quartet Big Star from Memphis offered romantic Anglo-Pop - and thus shaped the power-pop genre and the curse of the forgotten cult band. [...] No. 1 Record does not only consist of delightful details and relaxed melodies. His influence is profound, noticeable in bands like REM , Teenage Fanclub , The Posies - actually in everyone who still has a sweet, sad song to sing. "
“The beauty of unamplified ballads like“ Thirteen ”and“ Give Me Another Chance ”merged effortlessly with the creaky guitar rock of“ Don't Lie To Me ”or“ Feel ”. The perfectly produced record consistently offered splendid melodies in connection with lyrics that weep disdained love and lost innocence. "
There are cover versions of some of the songs on the album by well-known musicians, including Thirteen ( Wilco , Garbage , Håkan Hellström , Elliott Smith , Hole ) and The Ballad of El Goodo ( Counting Crows , Evan Dando ). Cover versions of In the Street were used as the theme songs of the sitcom The Wild Seventies .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ David A. Graham: Big Star: 'The Greatest Band You've Never Heard,' Now on Film at theatlantic.com, accessed November 22, 2017
- ↑ Big Star Biography on laut.de, accessed on November 21, 2017
- ↑ Larkin, Colin (eds.): The Virgin Illustrated Encyclopedia of Pop & Rock, Virgin Books Ltd. London 2002, p. 44.
- ↑ Buckley, Peter (ed.): Rock Rough Guide, 2nd edition, Verlag JB Metzler Stuttgart / Weimar 2004, pp. 67-68.
- ↑ The Big Star Story ( Memento of the original from October 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on bigstarband.com, accessed November 21, 2017
- ^ Review by William Ruhlmann on allmusic.com, accessed November 21, 2017
- ↑ 500 Greatest Albums of All Time on rollingstone.com, accessed November 21, 2017
- ↑ 500 Greatest Songs of All Time on rollingstone.com, accessed November 21, 2017
- ↑ The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s on pitchfork.com, accessed April 14, 2019
- ↑ Dimery, Robert (ed.): 1001 albums - music that you should hear before life is over, 8th edition, Edition Olms Zurich 2015, p. 256.
- ↑ Buckley, Peter (ed.): Rock Rough Guide, 2nd edition, Verlag JB Metzler Stuttgart / Weimar 2004, p. 67.
- ↑ Big Star covers on whosampled.com, accessed November 22, 2017
