Number 1 Record

The correct title of this article is #1 Record. The substitution of the # is due to technical restrictions.
#1 Record
A white neon star with the word "BIG" in neon yellow in the middle
Studio album by
Big Star
ReleasedApril 24, 1972
RecordedMay 1971 – February 1972
StudioArdent Studios, Memphis
Genre
Length37:03
LabelArdent
ProducerJohn Fry
Big Star chronology
#1 Record
(1972) 		Radio City
(1974)
Singles from #1 Record
  1. "Thirteen" / "Watch the Sunrise"
    Released: March 1972
  2. "When My Baby's Beside Me" / "In the Street"
    Released: April 1972
  3. "Don't Lie to Me" / "Watch the Sunrise"
    Released: July 1972

#1 Record is the debut album by the American rock band Big Star. It was released on April 24, 1972, by Memphis-based Ardent Records.

Many critics praised the album's vocal harmonies and songcraft but #1 Record suffered from poor distribution and sold fewer than 10,000 copies upon its initial release. However, #1 Record gained wider attention in the late 1970s in the UK when EMI reissued it with Radio City as a double LP package due to increasing demand.[5] The same combination was used when the album was released on CD in 1992.[6] It is now widely-regarded as a seminal work in pop rock and power pop. In 2020 it was ranked number 474 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.[7] Rolling Stone also ranked the song "Thirteen" as number 406 on its 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[8] It was voted number 188 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000).[3]

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