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Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums Part V 401 - 500
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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 car
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Manufacturer: Chiswick
Release date: 26 March 1990
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0029667491020 UPC: 029667491020
Release date: 26 March 1990
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0029667491020 UPC: 029667491020
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