Big Star
#1 Record (Indie Exclusive Metallic Gold & Purple Smoke)
Release Date: 05/19/2023
Format: LP
Label: Ardent / RSD Essentials
Release type: RSD Essential Indie Exclusive Metallic Gold & Purple Smoke Colored Vinyl LP Pressing
Recorded at Ardent Studios and released in 1972, the album has gone on to become one of the most influential and iconic debut albums of all time. This 50th-anniversary edition is pressed on 180-gram metallic gold with purple smoke vinyl and features all-analog mastering by Jeff Powell at Take Out Vinyl. The album has been included in Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, with the song “Thirteen” featured in its 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
- Prancer 3:52
- When I Lost My Bet 3:52
- One Of Us Is The Killer 3:28
- Hero Of The Soviet Union 2:59
- Nothing's Funny 3:25
- Understanding Decay 3:48
- Paranoia Shields 4:26
- CH 375 268 277 ARS 2:32
- Magic That I Held You Prisoner 2:49
- Crossburner 5:04
- The Threat Posed By Nuclear Weapons 3:46
