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Cheap Thrills: Remastered
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Track Listing
- Combination Of The Two
- I Need A Man To Love
- Summertime
- Piece Of My Heart
- Turtle Blues
- Oh Sweet Mary
- Ball And Chain
- Roadblock
- Flower In The Sun
- Catch Me Daddy
- Magic Of Love
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #9695 in Music
- Released on: 1999-08-30
- Number of discs: 1
Customer Reviews
500
This is generally accepted as one of the top 500 albums of all time. Listen to it and find out why. Not only that, but the live album captures the band at it best.
Just love it!
One of my favorites. I expected to enjoy it, must say it exceeded my expectations. If you like ... well, if you like music and are serious about it, you must definitely own a copy. Nice bonus tracks, too.
Four gentlemen and one great, great broad...
That's what the announcer says at the beginning of this live/studio masterpiece... and for good reason because what follows is an outstanding example of blues-rock singing at its very best. But there's a lot more on offer here than just the touchstone that catapulted Janis Joplin to international stardom. First off, the band, in particular James Gurley's guitarwork, lay down some seriously impressive playing that's not only fully up to the task of keeping pace with her but which provides the perfect backdrop for her raw, stunningly powerful vocals. Then there's the quality and range of the songs themselves (other than the unnecessary, second rate "bonus tracks") including the "hippy" enthusiasm of "Combination of the Two", the driving acid-rock of "Sweet Mary" & "I Need a Man to Love", and the quite outstanding electric blues of "Summertime", "Piece of my Heart" & "Ball & Chain". And finally, the whole "style" of the album itself with it's quintessential Robert Crumb artwork, its atmospheric, often heavily reverbed sound, the enthusiastic audience reaction and the announcer's wonderfully laid-back contributions, all of which combine to capture what San Francisco's hugely influential ballroom scene was all about. A perfect time capsule that stands the test of time because it's more than good enough to and which, on the way, showcases a truly great singer on absolutely top form.
