Big Brother And The Holding Company
by Big Brother And The Holding Company

Big Brother And The Holding Company by Big Brother And The Holding Company
Year: 1967
Overall rank: 8,107th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 83 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1967 (87th)
Award Top albums of of the 1960s (592nd)
Award Best albums of all time (8,107th)

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Big Brother And The Holding Company bestography

Big Brother And The Holding Company is ranked 2nd best out of 9 albums by Big Brother And The Holding Company on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Big Brother And The Holding Company is Cheap Thrills which is ranked number 750 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,305.

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Cheap Thrills
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Big Brother And The Holding Company
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Big Brother And The Holding Company rankings

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Overall rank: 8,107th | 1960s rank: 592nd | 1967 rank: 87th

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Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 83 votes)
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70/100
Did not impress, a kinda half.baked combo of blue and black
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50/100
Raw and ragged and kind of thin and flat; their first trip to the studio wasn't any better than anybody else's, and they were still figuring out whose guitar would be better where. But it is strangely compelling; like the very early U2 recordings, they aren't very good, but you can tell that will not be true for long.
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An extremely solid debut from a great band
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70/100
Somewhat sloppy release typical of the era characterized by the idiosyncratic vocals of Joplin and a very solid rhythm section. A few of the Joplin-led songs are really good. Poorly produced for the most part, though.
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