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Ross (3284 KP) rated #1 Record by Big Star in Music

May 6, 2020 (Updated Apr 12, 2021)

#1 Record by Big Star

1972 | Pop

7.0

(1 Ratings)

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Rolling Stone's 434th greatest album of all time (474th in the 2020 list)

My second time listening to Big Star (an act I had never heard of a few days ago) was better than the first. The songs here are much better than the "Third" album, most notably "Thirteen", which I had heard before somewhere. The singer's voice reminds me of a Scottish band, El Presidente, being part whine, part singing. Good 70s folk-rock.

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Ross (3284 KP) rated Radio City by Big Star in Music

May 11, 2020

Radio City by Big Star

1974 | Rock

8.0

(1 Ratings)

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Rolling Stone's 405th greatest album of all time

This is my third experience of a Big Star album, a band I had never heard of before I started working my way through Rolling Stone's top 500 albums. This was by far the best of those three, being good quality typical 70s rock songs. Reminiscent of the Eagles and Jackson Browne at times, the odd Bowie hint here and there. A really enjoyable listen.

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Ross (3284 KP) rated Maggot Brain by Funkadelic in Music

May 2, 2020

Maggot Brain by Funkadelic

1971 | Rhythm And Blues

9.3

(3 Ratings)

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Rolling Stone's 479th greatest album of all time

What a fantastic album. With a lot of similarities to Frank Zappa at his funk-laden jazz best, this is a short collection of brilliant 70s songs. Hints of Hendrix as well make this a really enjoybale and surprising listen. Definitely one I will listen to again, and reminded me why I am listening to Rolling Stone's top 500 albums. And then came the next one ...