Album
The Big Bang! Best Of The MC5
2000 · Rock
Rare pressing on Gatefold
The Big Bang! Best Of The MC5 is a Rock album by MC5, originally released in 2000. On Gatefold: 17 pressings tracked.
About
For a band that only churned out three proper albums, proto-punkers MC5 left us with a good grip of outtakes, demos, b-sides, and live recordings. From these, <i>The Big Bang! Best of the MC5</i> compiles top-shelf selections. The band kicks off the jams with a hard-hitting cover of Van Morrison and Them’s raunchy staple “I Can Only Give You Everything.” This lo-fi demo pulses with the embryonic kick of the band’s Detroit-steeped beginnings. And it reveals that MC5 started like a lot of bands—by covering their favorite garage-rock tunes. “Looking at You” from the sophomore album <i>Back in the USA</i> breaks chronology, but it’s a great example of how the soul, R&B, and doo-wop of the band's Motor City surroundings seeped into its sound, making for hard-rock songs that you can dance to. Of course the band’s signature song, “Kick Out the Jams,” is here in all its raw glory, with Rob Tyner doing his power soul singing over Wayne Kramer’s gargantuan guitar sound. Fred “Sonic” Smith’s “Baby Won’t Ya” hints at the brilliance of his Sonic’s Rendezvous Band.
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Tracklist
- 1I Can Only Give You Everything2:58
- 2Looking at You (Original "A-Square" Single Version)3:01
- 3I Just Don't Know2:39
- 4Ramblin' Rose4:25
- 5Kick Out the Jams (Uncensored Version)2:47
- 6Come Together4:34
- 7Rocket Reducer No. 62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa)5:42
- 8Tonight2:32
- 9Teenage Lust2:33
- 10High School2:39
- 11Call Me Animal2:03
- 12The American Ruse2:28
- 13Shakin' Street2:19
- 14The Human Being Lawnmower2:21
- 15Back In the USA2:25
- 16Sister Anne7:21
- 17Baby Won't Ya5:31
- 18Miss X5:07
- 19Over and Over5:12
- 20Skunk (Sonicly Speaking)5:30
- 21Thunder Express4:22
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Hard Rock
- raw
- aggressive
- punky
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Dennis ThompsonDRUMS, PERCUSSION, TAMBOURINE, VOCALS
- Fred SmithGUITAR, ORGAN, HARMONICA, VOCALS LEAD GUITAR LEAD VOCALS
- Michael DavisBASS, VOCALS
- Rob TynerLEAD VOCALS, HARMONICA, CONGAS , MARACAS LEAD VOCALS, HARMONICA, CONGAS, MARACAS
- Wayne KramerGUITAR, PIANO, BASS, VOCALS LEAD GUITAR LEAD VOCALS
- Bob SegerDRUMS, PERCUSSION GUEST , DRUMS, PERCUSSION
- Brenda KnightGUEST , VOCALS VOCALS
- Butch O'BrienBASS DRUM GUEST , BASS DRUM
- Charles MooreARRANGED BY FLUGELHORN, VOCALS GUEST , FLUGELHORN, VOCALS
- Dan BullockGUEST , TROMBONE TROMBONE
- Danny JordanKEYBOARDS
- Dave HellerDRUMS, PERCUSSION GUEST , DRUMS, PERCUSSION
- Dave MorganDRUMS, PERCUSSION GUEST , DRUMS, PERCUSSION
- David OversteakGUEST , TUBA TUBA
- Ellis DeeDRUMS, PERCUSSION GUEST , DRUMS, PERCUSSION
- Joanne HillGUEST , VOCALS VOCALS
- Larry HortonGUEST , TROMBONE TROMBONE
- Leon HendersonGUEST , TENOR SAXOPHONE TENOR SAXOPHONE
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 17 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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