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#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 British Invasion groups of the 1960s, including The Beatles, The Kinks and The Who), #1 Record fared quite dismally in terms of commercial success. However, like Big Star's follow-up albums Radio City and Third/Sister Lovers, #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 al
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Manufacturer: Ardent
Release date: 4 April 1972
EAN: 8026575028128
Release date: 4 April 1972
EAN: 8026575028128
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"#1 RECORD (1972) BIG STAR Review coming soon... FAV TRACKS: "The Ballad of El Goodo"; "Watch the Sunrise"; "Thirteen"; "Feel"; "In the Street"; "When My Baby's Beside Me"; "Give Me Another Chance"; "My Life Is Right"; "Try Again" "
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""Alex Chilton and Chris Bell were the Memphis whiz kids at the heart of Big Star. They mixed British pop finesse with all-American hard rock, from the surging "Feel" to the acoustic "Thirteen." Big Star didn't sell many records at the time, but over the years they inspired artists such as R.E.M. and Jeff Buckley.""
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