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For years, I had heard the name Big Star dropped, and by some pretty heavy hitters in the 80s, most notably REM. They were raved about, named as a huge influence by many alternative rockers. But I had never heard a single song from them. Their debut album, #1 Record, released in 1972, was nearly impossible to find.
Enter file sharing and Ryko releases, and in 2004 I finally had my copies of their first two albums. I think #1 Record is the superior release, and in big part because of Chris Bell, the founding member of Big Star.
Chris Bell left the band after the first album, reportedly crushed that it hadn't been a hit record. He began a solo career and a tortured personal life that ended in his untimely death in a car accident in 1978.
Listen to "I Am The Cosmos". It's as anguished a cry as ever committed to vinyl.
For more information laid out better than I am able, visit these two pages:
Buzzcocks are rivalled only by the early Beatles in writing short, punchy, catchy gems about love. Call 'em punk, or pop-punk if you must, but I call it genius.
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great band but have to say 3rd best band from madchester behied joy division and new order in my opinion that is lol great post cheers
Before he really hit his stride with Eels, Mark Oliver Everett had a two-album solo career and was known simply as E. Broken Toy Shop is his second album, released in 1993. Like his first effort, A Man Called (E), it is pop/rock burnished to a high gloss with the lyrical beauty that fans of Eels have come to expect. I have to say, however, he's a lot more cheerful than he later became with Eels. Give it a listen, let me know what you think. You may even remember this track from alternative radio from the early to mid 90s.
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great track thanks for the links cheers
I think this may be the greatest track Chris ever wrote. I say "I think" because I'm ashamed to say that I do not have a copy of his solo CD, which was re-released a while ago. The Posies also do a beautiful, faithful cover of this song.
"It’s as anguished a cry as ever committed to vinyl." - I don't know, just thinking of Big Star,"Third/Sister Lovers" as a whole is pretty anguished-sounding. I still haven't picked up I am the Cosmos but I've liked all of the tracks I've heard.