The Big Bang!: Best of the MC5
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The Big Bang!: Best of the MC5 | ||||
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Greatest hits album by | ||||
Released | February 15, 2000 | |||
Genre | Protopunk | |||
Length | 78:42 | |||
Label | Rhino Entertainment | |||
Producer | MC5, John Sinclair, Jac Holzman, Bruce Botnick, Jon Landau, Geoffrey Haslam | |||
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NME | 9/10[4] |
The Big Bang!: Best of the MC5 is a greatest hits album by MC5, released in 2000.[5][6] Rhino remastered and released the anthology, which draws from three of their four albums.[2] It also adds several of their early singles, which pre-date Kick Out the Jams, and concludes with a live 1972 number, "Thunder Express." [7]
Track listing
[edit]- "I Can Only Give You Everything" - 2:59
- "Looking at You" (Original "A-Square" Single Version) - 2:48
- "I Just Don't Know" - 2:40
- "Ramblin' Rose" - 4:25
- "Kick Out the Jams" (Uncensored Version) - 2:46
- "Come Together" - 4:34
- "Rocket Reducer No. 62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa)" - 5:44
- "Tonight" - 2:33
- "Teenage Lust" - 2:33
- "High School" - 2:40
- "Call Me Animal" - 2:04
- "The American Ruse" - 2:30
- "Shakin' Street" - 2:19
- "The Human Being Lawnmower" - 2:22
- "Back in the USA" - 2:26
- "Sister Anne" - 7:22
- "Baby Won't Ya" - 5:32
- "Miss X" - 5:09
- "Over and Over" - 5:13
- "Skunk (Sonicly Speaking)" - 5:31
- "Thunder Express" - 4:22
References
[edit]- ^ "The Big Bang: The Best of the MC5 - MC5 | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ a b Jeff Mccord (2020-02-21). "Review: MC5 The Big Bang! Best of the MC5 (Rhino) - Music". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
- ^ Chainsaw, Billy (March 25, 2000). "Albums". Kerrang!. No. 794. EMAP. p. 44.
- ^ "The Big Bang! Best Of The MC5". Nme.com. 12 September 2005. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Carson, David A. (24 March 2011). Grit, Noise, and Revolution: The Birth of Detroit Rock 'n' Roll - David A. Carson - Google Books. ISBN 9780472026654. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
- ^ "A Look Back at Bad-Boy Pioneers MC5, Stooges". Los Angeles Times. 25 March 2000. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Unterberger, Richie. "The Big Bang: The Best of the MC5: Review". AllMusic. Retrieved December 11, 2015.