Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Day 0243 - #1 Record

Big Star "#1 Record" (1972)


Not necessarily an appropriate title, as this album did not fare well commercially.  The band became more of a 'cult' hit.

At first listening to this I was feeling like "just a hangover of the 60s pop-rock sound.  Okay but nothing special" but it grew on me as I listened, so I ran it through a couple more times and I love it.

It does sound fairly 1960s but the songwriting elevates the music above 'just some slightly behind the times pop band'.  This has interesting vocal arrangements and a great meshing of loud guitars and pop melody, including the song that would later become the theme tune to 'That 70s Show'

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