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Encyclopedia > Cheap Thrills
Cheap Thrills
Cheap Thrills cover
Studio album by Big Brother and the Holding Company
Released July 1968
Recorded March 2, 1968–May 20, 1968
Genre Psychedelic rock, acid rock, blues-rock
Length 37:11 (original)
54:59 (CD re-issue)
Label Columbia Records
Producer John Simon
Professional reviews
Big Brother and the Holding Company chronology
Big Brother & the Holding Company
(1967)		 Cheap Thrills
(1968)		 Be a Brother
(1970)

Cheap Thrills is the second album from Big Brother and the Holding Company and their only studio album with Janis Joplin as primary lead vocalist. Though the album sounds like a live recording, most of it was in fact recorded in a studio with audience sounds overdubbed. Image File history File links This image is the cover of an album or single. ... A studio album is a collection of studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... Big Brother and the Holding Company is an American rock band that formed in San Francisco in 1965 as part of the psychedelic music scene that also produced the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane. ... is the 61st day of the year (62nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 140th day of the year (141st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music that attempts to replicate the mind-altering experiences of hallucinogenic drugs. ... Acid rock is a form of psychedelic music and was the first form of it to achieve popular acclaim. ... Blues Rock or Blues-rock is a fusion genre of music which combines elements of the blues with rock and roll. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Columbia Records is the oldest brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888, and was the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... John Simon (b. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 5_stars. ... Robert Christgau (born April 18, 1942), is an American essayist, music journalist, and the self-declared Dean of American Rock Critics.[1] In print, his name is sometimes abbreviated as Xgau. ... This article is about the magazine. ... Big Brother and the Holding Company is an American rock band that formed in San Francisco in 1965 as part of the psychedelic music scene that also produced the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane. ... Big Brother and the Holding Company is the debut album from Big Brother and the Holding Company and the studio debut of Janis Joplin. ... Big Brother and the Holding Company is an American rock band that formed in San Francisco in 1965 as part of the psychedelic music scene that also produced the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane. ... Janis Lyn Joplin (19 January 1943 – 4 October 1970) was an American singer, songwriter, and music arranger, from Port Arthur, Texas. ...


In 2003, the album was ranked number 338 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. The cover was drawn by underground cartoonist Robert Crumb. It is number 9 on Rolling Stone's list of 100 greatest album covers. This article is about the magazine. ... The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time is the cover story of a special issue of Rolling Stone magazine published in November 2003. ... Robert Dennis Crumb (born August 30, 1943), often credited simply as R. Crumb, is an American artist and illustrator recognized for the distinctive style of his drawings and his critical, satirical, subversive view of the American mainstream. ...


The album was released in late August 1968 and reached number one on the Billboard charts in its eighth week in October 1968. It kept the number one spot for eight (nonconsecutive) weeks while the single, "Piece of My Heart," also became a huge hit. Piece of My Heart is a song written by Jerry Ragovoy and Bert Berns and originally recorded by Erma Franklin in 1967. ...


Initially, the album was to be called Sex, Dope and Cheap Thrills, but the title was not received well by Columbia Records.


Track Listing

Original Release

  1. "Combination of the Two" (Sam Andrew) – 5:47
  2. "I Need a Man to Love" (Andrew, Joplin) – 4:54
  3. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 4:00
  4. "Piece of My Heart" (Bert Berns, Jerry Ragovoy) – 4:15
  5. "Turtle Blues" (Joplin) – 4:22
  6. "Oh, Sweet Mary" (Peter Albin, Andrew, David Getz, James Gurley, Joplin) – 4:16
  7. "Ball and Chain" (Big Mama Thornton) – 9:37

Sam Houston Andrew III (born 18 December 1941 Taft, California) is a musician, singer, songwriter, composer, artist and founding member and guitarist of Big Brother and the Holding Company, a band that still tours around the world. ... Summertime is the name of an aria composed by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. ... Gershwin redirects here. ... Ira Gershwin (6 December 1896 – 17 August 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century. ... DuBose Heyward (August 31, 1885 – June 16, 1940) was an American author best known for his 1924 novel Porgy. ... Piece of My Heart is a song written by Jerry Ragovoy and Bert Berns and originally recorded by Erma Franklin in 1967. ... Bertrand Russell Berns (November 8, 1929 - December 30, 1967) (a/k/a Bert Russell and Bert Berns) was one of the great American songwriters and record producers of the 1960s. ... Jerry Ragovoy (born 1935, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American songwriter and record producer. ... James Gurley (born December 22, 1939, in Detroit, Michigan) is an American musician. ... Ball and Chain is a song by Big Mama Thornton. ... Willa Mae (Big Mama) Thornton (December 11, 1926 – July 25, 1984) was an American Blues and R&B singer. ...

Re-Release Bonus Tracks

  1. "Roadblock" (studio outtake)
  2. "Flower in the Sun" (studio outtake)
  3. "Catch Me Daddy" (live)
  4. "Magic of Love" (live)

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Cheap Thrills, Classical Notes, Peter Gutmann (2016 words)
Cheap people hate spending money at all, while frugal folks demand value for whatever they do spend.
Cheap, frugal, whatever; the cost of CDs has always bugged me. But I’ve finally managed to do something about it.
Their garish covers, no-name artists and hackneyed repertoire screamed cheap in the worst way of having no appeal beyond their price tags.
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