| 词条 | Radio City (album) |
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| name = Radio City | type = studio | artist = Big Star | cover = radio city cover.jpg | alt = | released = February 1974 | recorded = Fall 1973 | venue = | studio = Ardent Studios, Memphis | genre = Power pop | length = 36:14 | label = Ardent | producer = John Fry and Big Star | prev_title = #1 Record | prev_year = 1972 | next_title = Third/Sister Lovers | next_year = 1978 }} Radio City is the second album by the American rock group Big Star. Released in 1974, Radio City was recorded during 1973 at Memphis' Ardent Studios. Though not a commercial success at the time, it is now recognized as a milestone album in the history of power pop music. Critically acclaimed upon its release, the record sold poorly, partly due to a lack of promotion and the distribution problems of the band's struggling record label, Ardent Records. The album included "September Gurls" and "Back of a Car", which remain among the most famous Big Star songs; both the Searchers and the Bangles have covered "September Gurls". The original Ardent Records LP featured record-jacket photographs by noted photographer William Eggleston, including The Red Ceiling on the cover.[1] Eggleston was a close friend of band member Alex Chilton. Some of the outtakes from the album include "I Got Kinda Lost", "Gone with the Light", "Motel Blues", and "There Was a Life" (an early version of "There Was a Light" from Chris Bell's I Am the Cosmos CD). The singles released from the album were "O My Soul" and "September Gurls". Radio City{{'}}s reputation has grown since its release, with many critics and listeners of the opinion that it is not only the definitive power pop album but one of the finest rock-music albums. As writer Richard Meltzer told an interviewer, "Big Star...is the means through which most bands today who are influenced by the Beatles get their dose of the British Invasion." In 2003, the album was ranked number 405 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.[2] Rolling Stone magazine also ranked the song "September Gurls" as number 178 on its 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[3] Sound & Vision ranked it number 43 on its Top 50 Albums of All Time list.[4] Composition and recordingIn late 1972, following the release of the debut album, #1 Record, founding member Chris Bell left the group and the band became inactive for four months.[5] Bell had already contributed to the music and lyrics of "O My Soul" and "Back of a Car"—songs which Alex Chilton recalls were written "by committee"— but receives no official credit.[6] Chilton, aided by drummer Richard Rosebrough and at times by bassist Danny Jones, completed the recording of "Mod Lang", "She's a Mover", and "What's Going Ahn" without Jody Stephens or Andy Hummel.[7] After performing at the Rock Writers Convention in 1973, the band returned to the studio to start work on Radio City.[8] Reception{{Album ratings| rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[9] |rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide |rev2Score = A[10] | rev3 = Paste | rev3score = favorable[11] | rev4 = Pitchfork | rev4score = favorable[12] | rev5 = PopMatters | rev5score = very favorable[13] | rev6 = Rolling Stone | rev6score = favorable[14] | rev8 = Stylus Magazine | rev8score = favorable[15] }} On its release in February 1974,[16] Radio City met with general acclaim. Record World judged the musicianship "superb"; Billboard described the album as "a highly commercial set", and Cashbox called it "a collection of excellent material".[17] However, sales were thwarted by an inability to make the album available in stores. Stax Records, primary distributor for the band's Ardent Records label, had recently placed distribution of its catalog in the hands of the much larger Columbia Records; Radio City's release coincided with a disagreement between Stax and Columbia, which left Columbia refusing to distribute the catalog. As a result, the album achieved only minimal sales of around 20,000 copies at the time. Giving an "A" rating, Robert Christgau calls the album "Brilliant, addictive", observing meanwhile that "The harmonies sound like the lead sheets are upside down and backwards, the guitar solos sound like screwball readymade pastiches, and the lyrics sound like love is strange," concluding his review with, "Can an album be catchy and twisted at the same time?"[18] AllMusic's William Ruhlmann considers that the band's follow-up to #1 Record "lacked something of the pop sweetness (especially the harmonies)" of the debut but captured "Alex Chilton's urgency (sometimes desperation) on songs that made his case as a genuine rock & roll eccentric. If #1 Record had a certain pop perfection that brought everything together, Radio City was the sound of everything falling apart, which proved at least as compelling."[9] Track listingSide one
PersonnelBig Star
Cover versions
Notes1. ^Jovanovic, p. 132. 2. ^{{cite web|title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/big-star-radio-city-20120525 |website=Rolling Stone |accessdate=July 9, 2017 |date=May 31, 2012 |quote=#403 - Radio City |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106060422/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/big-star-radio-city-20120525 |archivedate=November 6, 2016 }} 3. ^{{cite web|title=500 Greatest Songs of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-20110407/big-star-september-gurls-20110526 |website=Rolling Stone |accessdate=9 July 2017 |date=April 7, 2011 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129091547/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-20110407/big-star-september-gurls-20110526 |archivedate=November 29, 2016 }} 4. ^{{cite web|title=The Top 50 Albums of All Time Page 4 |url=https://www.soundandvision.com/content/top-50-albums-all-time-page-4 |website=Sound & Vision |accessdate=9 July 2017 |language=en |date=5 November 2008 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615023452/http://www.soundandvision.com/content/top-50-albums-all-time-page-4 |archivedate=June 15, 2015 }} 5. ^Eaton, p. 42. 6. ^Eaton, p. 87. 7. ^Eaton, pp. 74,80–81,91. 8. ^Eaton, pp. 52–53. 9. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/radio-city-r1878 |title=Radio City |author=William Ruhlmann |work=AllMusic |accessdate=February 4, 2012 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111211074217/http://allmusic.com/album/radio-city-r1878 |archivedate=December 11, 2011 }} 10. ^{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: B|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=B&bk=70|accessdate=February 21, 2019}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/08/big-star-1-record-radio-city.html |title=Big Star: #1 Record/Radio City |author=Reid Davis |date=August 26, 2009 |work=Paste |accessdate=February 4, 2012 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831010020/http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/08/big-star-1-record-radio-city.html |archivedate=August 31, 2011 }} 12. ^{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13101-1-record-radio-city/ |title=Big Star: #1 Record/Radio City |author=Stephen M. Deusner |date=June 16, 2009 |work=Pitchfork |accessdate=February 4, 2012 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123055410/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13101-1-record-radio-city/ |archivedate=January 23, 2012 }} 13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/bigstar-1record |title=Big Star: Radio City |author=David Fufkin |work=PopMatters |accessdate=February 4, 2012 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108161945/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/bigstar-1record |archivedate=November 8, 2012 }} 14. ^{{cite journal|title=Radio City |journal=Rolling Stone |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/no-1-record-radio-city-19730201 |accessdate=February 4, 2012 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317233853/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/no-1-record-radio-city-19730201 |archivedate=March 17, 2012 }} 15. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/on_second_thought/big-star-radio-city.htm |title=Big Star – Radio City |author=Anthony Miccio |date=February 15, 2005 |work=Stylus Magazine |accessdate=February 4, 2012 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510113002/http://stylusmagazine.com/articles/on_second_thought/big-star-radio-city.htm |archivedate=May 10, 2012 }} 16. ^George-Warren, Holly. A Man Called Destruction: The Life And Music Of Alex Chilton, From Box Tops To Big Star To Backdoor Man. New York: Viking, 2014. 152. {{ISBN|978-0-670-02563-3}}. Eaton's date of March 1974 is not corroborated by other sources. Confusingly, the back of the album jacket bears the date "January 1974," a date cited in the updated edition of the Jovanovic book. 17. ^Jovanovic, p. 140. 18. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=big+star|title=Big Star|author=Robert Christgau|work=robertchristgau.com|accessdate=February 4, 2012}} 19. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.alterthepress.com/2011/11/chris-carrabba-to-release-covered-in.html |title=Chris Carrabba To Release "Covered In The Flood" Solo Album |work=Alter The Press! |first=Jon |last=Ableson |accessdate=June 17, 2013 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428003518/http://www.alterthepress.com/2011/11/chris-carrabba-to-release-covered-in.html |archivedate=April 28, 2012 }} References
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