Kick Out the Jams

Kick Out the Jams
Live album by
MC5
ReleasedFebruary 1969
RecordedOctober 30–31, 1968
VenueGrande Ballroom, Detroit, Michigan
Genre
Length39:52
LabelElektra
ProducerJac Holzman, Bruce Botnick
MC5 chronology
Kick Out the Jams
(1969) 		Back in the USA
(1970)

Kick Out the Jams is the debut album by American rock band MC5. It was released in February 1969, through Elektra Records. It was recorded live at Detroit's Grande Ballroom over two nights, Devil's Night and Halloween, 1968.[5]

The LP peaked at No. 30 on the Billboard 200 chart, with the title track peaking at No. 82 in the Hot 100. Although the album received an unfavorable review in Rolling Stone magazine upon its release, it has gone on to be considered an important forerunner to punk rock music, and was ranked number 294 in both 2003 and 2012 editions of Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" lists,[6][7] and at number 349 in a 2020 revised list.[8]

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  7. ^ "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. May 31, 2012. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
  8. ^ "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. September 22, 2020. Retrieved July 6, 2021.