The Best of Big Star

by Big Star

The Best of Big Star cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1999-01-01
  • Label: Rykodisc
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 47:08
  • Community rating: 3.77/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Chris Bell, Alex Chilton, Jody Stephens, Andy Hummel, Nick Robbins

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A best-of collection from Big Star, the Memphis power pop band whose three 1970s albums sold poorly but became foundational for alternative rock. The set samples '#1 Record', 'Radio City' and 'Third', the records through which Alex Chilton and Chris Bell's songwriting reached its later audience.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, guitars, vocal, rhythmic, distorted

Tracklist

  1. In The Street (Single Mix) (2:54)
  2. Don't Lie To Me (Single Version) (2:41)
  3. September Gurls (Single Version) (2:47)
  4. Thirteen (Album Version) (2:34)
  5. Jesus Christ (Single Edit) (2:19)
  6. I'm In Love With A Girl (1:48)
  7. O, My Soul (Single Edit) (2:47)
  8. Feel (Album Version) (3:34)
  9. When My Baby's Beside Me (Album Version) (3:23)
  10. Take Care (2:48)
  11. Life Is White (Album Version) (3:19)
  12. Watch The Sunrise (Single Version) (3:07)
  13. The Ballad Of El Goodo (Album Version) (4:21)
  14. Nightime (2:53)
  15. Back Of A Car (Album Version) (2:46)
  16. Thank You Friends (3:07)

Credits

More from Big Star: full discography