It's not totally clear to me which version of this album should be considered the authentic one. Complicating things even further is the trifecta of different names the various releases have gone by. So, rather than trying to settle the argument, I'll just tell you that I listened to the 1992 CD release, with the following track listing and take it from there:
Kizza Me
Thank You Friends
Big Black Car
Jesus Christ
Femme Fatale
O, Dana
Holocaust
Kangaroo
Stroke It Noel
For You
You Can't Have Me
Nightime
Blue Moon
Take Care
For fear of including un-canonical music, I didn't listen to any of the bonus tracks.
Anywho, the album I listened to starts off strongly with "Kizza Me," a very listenable pop song.
Next of note is "Big Black Car," a piece mostly notable for its amazing pacing. Making time work for it, rather than the other way around, the song's increases, decreases, and disregards for tempo make for a rather absorbing piece of music. And, as a bonus, you get this really pretty piano bit at the end.
Right after that is "Jesus Christ," which starts off sounding like a cool little honky tonk song, but then just turns into an unrelated Christmas carol.
Toward the middle of the album is a couple of great songs back-to-back, making up the best part of the whole she-bang. First up is "Holocaust," which gets more haunting and terrifying in its dissonance and mood, as the song goes on. The next part of that great 2-fer is "Kangaroo," an engrossing musical experience, with a wide variety of sounds to focus on, all of which are incredibly satisfying.
Rating: 3.3 stars, just like the other Big Star albums, but this is a slightly better 3.3.
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