Janis Joplin Cheap Thrills (180 Gram Vinyl)

Janis Joplin Cheap Thrills (180 Gram Vinyl)After a relatively obscure indie debut album, Big Brother's unforgettable appearance at the Monterey Pop Festival led to CHEAP THRILLS, their major label bow. Its R. Crumb cover art made it a visual standout, but the visceral power contained within heralded Janis Joplin's arrival as a new countercultural blues rock diva. Partially recorded live at San Francisco's Fillmore, CHEAP THRILLS showed Joplin's affinity for the blues, as she effortlessly

" "The One That Got Away" and the title cut continue the aural dimestore novel approach Waits began early in his career

with 2 LPs

and 2018's We're Your Friends

Part of that could be due to a newfound musical elasticity

Lisa's Birthday

It's also a tribute to the everyman genius of Phife

which treats the style as just another variation of hard rock

The Old Brigade

Town Mountain's 'Lines In The Levee' is a vibrant collection of modern country tunes

This was no longer the art rock Velvet Underground

leaving behind a sleek album of theatrical angst

The churning opener "The Answer" boils relationships down to the plainest ultimatum possible: "If you don't love me/Don't love anybody