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The Best Of Big Star
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Track Listings
1 | In the Street (Single Mix) |
2 | Don't Lie to Me (Single Version) |
3 | September Gurls (Single Version) |
4 | Thirteen |
5 | Jesus Christ (Single Edit) |
6 | I'm in Love With a Girl |
7 | O My Soul (Single Edit) |
8 | Feel |
9 | When My Baby's Beside Me |
10 | Take Care |
11 | Life Is White |
12 | Watch the Sunrise (Single Version) |
13 | The Ballad of El Goodo |
14 | Nightime |
15 | Back of a Car |
16 | Thank You Friends |
Product description
Though Big Star were only active for a handful of years in the early -mid 70s, the Memphis group has gone on to become one of the most influential bands in modern music, with a cult status that few can compete with. This new compilation celebrates the founding fathers of power pop with 16 tracks spanning all 3 of their LPs (1972's #1 Record, 1974's Radio City and Third, released after the group disbanded). Includes rare single versions of some of their most popular songs, plus new liner notes.
Product details
- Is discontinued by manufacturer : No
- Product Dimensions : 14.1 x 12.7 x 0.61 cm; 47.91 g
- Manufacturer : UMC/Concord Records
- Item model number : 0888072021310
- Label : UMC/Concord Records
- ASIN : B01MYE232C
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: 130,162 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
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- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 October 2019Alex Chilton is most famous for being the lead singer on The Letter by the Box Tops and formed Big Star in the early 1970s. If you like melodic rock, this is definitely worth a listen as a sampler to Big Star's work.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 January 2021I bought this on vinyl to replace my Big Star CD collection. I had all three albums but chose this as it has nearly all the Big Star songs that I really like playing - and omits most of those I find less enjoyable. While I agree that Holocaust and Kangaroo are masterpieces, I get little joy from listening to them too often and I admire the compilers for being brave enough to leave them out. If I had compiled this myself, the only change I would have made would have been to take out Jesus Christ and add in Blue Moon.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 June 2018They were only together for a few years, and they never had any hits. Yet, this ironically named, power pop group’s 1970s work has been cited as an influence by an array of alternative rock acts like The Replacements, Teenage Fanclub, and REM. There have also been numerous reissues and compilations released over the years that have helped burnish their reputation, such as 1999’s The Best of Big Star.
This (annotated) CD shares its title, and 10 tracks, with that compilation, including: ‘In The Street’; ‘September Gurls’; ‘The Ballad Of El Goodo’, and ‘Thirteen’. It also fixes one of the problems of that short collection – there was nothing from the disturbed, but compelling, Third / Sister Lovers – by selecting 4 of the more commercial tracks from that album. The inclusion of different mixes and edits of certain songs is also a welcome novelty, and it even comes housed in a suitably melancholy, William Eggleston-esque sleeve.
Yet, this good-looking compilation still doesn’t feel quite right. There is no room for ‘What’s Goin’ Ahn’, ‘Kanga Roo’, or ‘Holocaust’ – though they were all considered good enough for the similarly-sized Biggest – and at just over 45 minutes it feels a little on the short side.
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- Brock. RobinsonReviewed in the United States on 25 October 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars Exactly what I ordered
I've been trying to replace my vinyl with the CD format for a lot of bands great CD thank you
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Miguel A. Quintana ParronReviewed in Spain on 30 August 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars IMPRESCINDIBLE.
Si te gustan BIG STAR y el powerpop no puedes pasar por alto cualquier trabajo de la banda que inauguró el género, y esta compilación es esencial para conocer el conjunto de su corta vida musical. Recoge todos sus obras maestras.
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dnlprReviewed in France on 14 July 2019
1.0 out of 5 stars Pas insdispensable
Je ne connaissais pas et franchement j'aurais dû continuer à ne pas connaitre.
- kevin wellsReviewed in Australia on 10 November 2021
5.0 out of 5 stars So Good to find new old stuff
So Good to find new old stuff
- RyanReviewed in the United States on 27 July 2017
5.0 out of 5 stars Well- Deserved (and Well-Done) Best of for 70's Best Band Nobody's Heard of
Awesome record by an awesome (and severely underrated) 70's band. So glad to see they're still in the consciousness of the studios and music aficionados to warrant a Best Of release all these years later. Hopefully they reach new fans and continue to rock on in classic pop rock lore.
If you've never heard of Big Star, or mistakenly thought of them as "one hit wonders", this would be a great album to sample just how great they were (not their fault the studios and radio stations dropped the ball on getting their sound out to the mass markets).