Cheap Thrills
by Big Brother And The Holding Company
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Cheap Thrills is ranked as the best album by Big Brother And The Holding Company.
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Cheap Thrills track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 5 days ago | colabunga | 622 | 80/100 |
| ! | 07/22/2026 17:44 |  Tamthebam | 23,146 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/18/2026 19:55 | xhitmanx | 1,519 | 77/100 |
| ! | 06/25/2026 22:04 | mrmcrook | 1,105 | 77/100 |
| ! | 05/10/2026 09:54 |  Milhaud | 2,126 | 71/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.9/100, a mean average of 78.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.7.
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Nice mix of psychedelia, psych blues, rock, even a touch of prog & soul. My preferred album featuring Janis.
This album is pretty average in my opinion with there being just one song that is really worth listening to and the rest feeling like filler. Obviously, the vocal is phenomenal and it makes what would be a very dull album into one that is reasonably entertaining. Once you look past the voice though the music is pretty simplistic and feels very repetitive by the time you get to the end. It also doesn't take any risks and feels like a safe record that blends in with other generic rock releases. Overall, I was quite disappointed revisiting this album as I love the big single and Joplin's voice is fantastic but the rest falls flat in my opinion.
Not always sure "Pearl" is her best album; there's a lot of good stuff here. But apparently they were stressful sessions and management was determined to split her off from the band by the end.
teague 09/08/2021 23:40 | #273571
Blisteringly hot blues rock. Rivals the likes of Blue Cheer and The Velvet Underground for the title of most raucous release of 1968.
the energy of Janis. decent stuff
Great album. Love her voice
planetneutral 01/18/2021 10:32 | #264594
Janis is untouchable and the song material is almost as consistently great, though the half-assed effort to make it seem like a live album feels like the cheapest thrill.
2nd-Impressions 09/26/2020 23:37 | #258757
60/100.
Best songs: Summertime, Piece of My Heart
Worst song: Oh, Sweet Mary
Pretty good album!
A powerful psychedelic album with plenty of edge and energy. Janis Joplin sounds like what Grace Slick might have sounded like if she gargled with Whisky regularly. Love 'Piece of my Heart'. Parts of Joplin's vocal style reminds me of a female version of Robert Plant.
llibnanoon 08/21/2020 17:25 | #257277
Janis is Amazing and The Holding Company can jam with the best of them. Rating (82.86)
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