Ardent Records was a Memphis-based record label of the early 1970s. Ardent featured pop-music acts and was distributed by Stax Records. It is best remembered today for Big Star, whose first two albums, released 1972 and 1974, helped define the style known as power pop. The label, an attempt by the R&B_focused Stax to move into rock music, was also infamous for the promotion and distribution problems that prevented any of its releases from succeeding.
The label was revived in the 1990s, and former Big Star guitarist Alex Chilton released recordings on the Ardent label in the mid-1990s.
The label's albums are recorded at Ardent Studios in Memphis.
It was released in 1972 by Memphis-based ArdentRecords.
#1 Record is the only Big Star album on which group founder Chris Bell is officially credited as a member, though he did make some contributions to its follow-up, 1974's Radio City.
In 1992, Fantasy Records released #1 Record and Radio City together on a single compact disc.
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