Biography

Along with Badfinger and the Raspberries, Big Star helped forge the power pop template in the early-1970s. But unlike these other bands, there was always something darker lurking under the obvious pop hooks in leader Alex Chilton's songwriting and lyrics. After Chris Bell left the band, Big Star's sound turned moodier and more unconventional, foreshadowing Chilton's eclectic, unpredictable solo career. Every group that's ever flown the power-pop banner owes a debt to the pioneering recordings of Big Star.

Top Tracks

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• Back Of A Car

• Ballad Of El Goodo

• Big Black Car

• Can't Seem To Make You Mine

• Dony

• Feel

• Hung Up With Summer

• In The Street

• Kangaroo

• Kizza Me

• Mod Lang

• Motel Blues

• My Rival

• O My Soul

• September Gurls

• She's A Mover

• Slut

• Thank You Friends

• The Ballad Of El Goodo

• The Letter

• Thirteen

• Turn My Back On The Sun

• When My Baby's Beside Me

• You & Your Sister

• You Get What You Deserve

Discography

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• In Space

  Ryko Distribution / Rykodisc

  2005

• Columbia: Live at Missouri University

  Zoo/Volcano Records

  1993

• Radio City

  Ardent

  1974

• #1 Record

  Ardent

  1972