Be a Brother

Be a Brother
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1970
Recorded1970
GenrePsychedelic rock
Length35:09
LabelColumbia
ProducerNick Gravenites
Big Brother and the Holding Company chronology
Cheap Thrills
(1968)
Be a Brother
(1970)
How Hard It Is
(1971)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideA−[2]
The Village VoiceA[3]

Be a Brother is the third album by Big Brother and the Holding Company, released in October 1970. It was their first album after Janis Joplin's departure. Recruited in her place were guitarist David Shallock and singer-songwriters Nick Gravenites and Kathi McDonald.[4]

Included are ten original Holding Company compositions; though "Home on the Strange" is credited as "Arranged and adapted by P. Albin and S. Andrew", it is in fact a new composition with no apparent derivation from any public domain work.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Allmusic was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (June 10, 1971). "Consumer Guide (18)". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved February 16, 2013 – via robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ "Be a Brother - Review". allmusic.com. Retrieved March 1, 2015.