The Big Bang!: Best of the MC5

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The Big Bang!: Best of the MC5
Greatest hits album by
MC5
ReleasedFebruary 15, 2000
GenreProtopunk
Length78:42
LabelRhino Entertainment
ProducerMC5, John Sinclair, Jac Holzman, Bruce Botnick, Jon Landau, Geoffrey Haslam
MC5 chronology
Teen Age Lust
(1996) 		The Big Bang!: Best of the MC5
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Austin Chronicle[2]
Kerrang![3]
NME9/10[4]

The Big Bang!: Best of the MC5 is a greatest hits album by MC5, released in 2000.[5][6] Rhino remastered and released the anthology, which draws from each of their three albums.[2] It also adds several of their early singles, which pre-date Kick Out the Jams, and concludes with a live 1972 number, "Thunder Express." [7]

Track listing[edit]

  1. "I Can Only Give You Everything" - 2:59
  2. "Looking at You" (Original "A-Square" Single Version) - 2:48
  3. "I Just Don't Know" - 2:40
  4. "Ramblin' Rose" - 4:25
  5. "Kick Out the Jams" (Uncensored Version) - 2:46
  6. "Come Together" - 4:34
  7. "Rocket Reducer No. 62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa)" - 5:44
  8. "Tonight" - 2:33
  9. "Teenage Lust" - 2:33
  10. "High School" - 2:40
  11. "Call Me Animal" - 2:04
  12. "The American Ruse" - 2:30
  13. "Shakin' Street" - 2:19
  14. "The Human Being Lawnmower" - 2:22
  15. "Back in the USA" - 2:26
  16. "Sister Anne" - 7:22
  17. "Baby Won't Ya" - 5:32
  18. "Miss X" - 5:09
  19. "Over and Over" - 5:13
  20. "Skunk (Sonicly Speaking)" - 5:31
  21. "Thunder Express" - 4:22

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The Big Bang: The Best of the MC5 - MC5 | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Jeff Mccord (2020-02-21). "Review: MC5 The Big Bang! Best of the MC5 (Rhino) - Music". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
  3. ^ Chainsaw, Billy (March 25, 2000). "Albums". Kerrang!. No. 794. EMAP. p. 44.
  4. ^ "The Big Bang! Best Of The MC5". Nme.com. 12 September 2005. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  5. ^ Carson, David A. (24 March 2011). Grit, Noise, and Revolution: The Birth of Detroit Rock 'n' Roll - David A. Carson - Google Books. ISBN 9780472026654. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
  6. ^ "A Look Back at Bad-Boy Pioneers MC5, Stooges". Los Angeles Times. 25 March 2000. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  7. ^ Unterberger, Richie. "The Big Bang: The Best of the MC5: Review". AllMusic. Retrieved December 11, 2015.


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