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MC5 - The Big Bang! Best Of The MC5 (Remastered) (2000)

MC5 - The Big Bang!  Best Of The MC5 (Remastered) (2000)

BAND/ARTIST: MC5

MC5 - The Big Bang!  Best Of The MC5 (Remastered) (2000)


Tracklist:

The Early Singles:
1. I Can Only Give You Everything 1967
2. Looking At You (Original A-Square Single Version) 1968
3. I Just Don't Know 1969

Kick Out The Jams 1969:
4. Ramblin' Rose
5. Kick Out The Jams (Uncensored Version)
6. Come Together
7. Rocket Reducer No. 62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa)

Back In The USA 1970:
8. Tonight
9. Teenage Lust
10. High School
11. Call Me Animal
12. The American Ruse
13. Shakin' Street
14. The Human Being Lawnmower
15. Back In The USA

High Time 1971:
16. Sister Anne
17. Baby Won't Ya
18. Miss X
19. Over And Over
20. Skunk (Sonicly Speaking)

Thunder Express: Live At The Studio Herouville 1972:
21. Thunder Express

Line-up::
Rob Tyner: lead vocals, harmonica, conga, maracas
Wayne Kramer: guitar, piano, bass, vocals; lead vocak on "Ramblin' Rose"
Fred "Sonic" Smith: guitar, organ, harmonica; lead vocal on "Shakin Street"
Michael Davis: bass, vocals
Dennis Thompson: drums, percussion, tambourine, vocals

A best-of for a group that only made three albums might be considered an inessential addition to their discography, particularly as all three of those albums remain available on CD. However, if you only want one MC5 album, this compilation makes more sense than if might appear at first. It draws judiciously from each of the three records; adds three somewhat rare tracks from pre-Kick Out the Jams singles; and finishes with a live 1972 cut, "Thunder Express," recorded for French TV and previously available on a Skydog CD. In somewhat of a surprise, it leans most heavily on Back in the U.S.A. (with eight tracks), and not so much on the album that most would view as their most significant effort, Kick Out the Jams (only four tracks). That decision works out better than you might think. The three tracks from 1967-1968 singles are fairly similar to the Kick Out the Jams vibe anyway, and if you don't own Kick Out the Jams already, you may well be ready for something a little cleaner-sounding and less assaultive by the time seven songs have gone by. It's unfortunate, nonetheless, that the two remaining pre-Kick Out the Jams tracks from non-LP 45s, "One of the Guys" and a different version of Kick Out the Jams' "Borderline," were not included. Kick Out the Jams itself would get most people's nod as the first and most essential MC5 purchase, but this is a close second, its value enhanced by detailed historical liner notes.


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  • papyrock71
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Merci beaucoup
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thanks a lot too !
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