Big Star - #1 Record (Full Album)

Country: United States
Year: 1972

00:00 Feel
03:34 The Ballad of El Goodo
07:52 In The Street
10:46 Thirteen
13:20 Don't Lie To Me
16:28 The India Song
18:48 When My Baby's Beside Me
22:10 My Life Is Right
25:17 Give Me Another Chance
28:44 Try Again
32:16 Watch The Sunrise
35:59 ST 100/6

#1 Record is the debut album by the American power pop group Big Star. It was released in 1972 by Memphis-based Ardent Records. Though many critics praised the album's elegant vocal harmonies and refined songcraft (frequently drawing comparisons to the best songs of The Beatles), #1 Record suffered from poor distribution and sold fewer than 10,000 copies. However, #1 Record has more recently attracted wider attention, and in 2003 it was ranked number 438 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Rolling Stone magazine also ranked the song "Thirteen" as number 396 on its 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. #1 Record is the only Big Star album on which group founder Chris Bell is officially credited as a member. Bell had a major hand in the record through songwriting, vocals, and guitar work - wikipedia

What was remarkable about #1 Record in 1972 was that nobody except Big Star (and maybe Badfinger and the Raspberries) wanted to sound like this -- simple, light pop with sweet harmonies and jangly guitars. These are sturdy songs, feelingly performed, and once you get beyond the style to the content, you'll still be impressed - allmusic