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#1 Record/Radio City by: Big Star List Price: $18.98 CD-Charts Price: $14.99 You Save: $3.99 (21%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0025218302524 Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered Label: Fantasy Manufacturer: Fantasy Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Fantasy Release Date: June 10, 1992 Studio: Fantasy Sales Rank: 8570 MPN: 60025 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.com: 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 Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - #1 Record came back when Chilton and Bell still had hope of being successful, easily in the top ten of the 70sThe name of the band ended up being one of the worst ironies in music history, because when #1 Record came out the band were anything but a "Big Star". It's unbelievable that #1 Record wasn't more popular, but then again this was around the same time that Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin were ruling the rock airwaves along with James Taylor. The band in between couldn't fit in for either side, but if they had come out just five years earlier during the heyday of the British Invasion they would've been giants. There are many highlights on the album, with Chris Bell and Alex Chilton being an amazing songwriting team. 1. "Feel" is the perfect album opener, epic in scope. 2. "Ballad of El Goodo" is a ballad, one of ... Read More: Rating:  - influential, timeless, power-pop...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........ Rating:  - Big Star = Big DisappointmentNo, 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 ... Read More: Rating: - #1 Record by itself would have made this essentialWhat 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 ... Read More: Rating: - I'm sooo embarrassed!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. |
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