# 172: Big Star - #1 Record (1972)

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Podcast: [Discord and Rhyme: An Album Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/discord-and-rhyme-an-album-podcast-727978)
Published: 2026-03-31T09:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Big Star are your favorite eighties band’s favorite band; but while you've heard their influence, you may not have heard their music. In the early 1970s, this Memphis-based band recorded two albums filled with jangly power-pop and yearning balladry that should have been huge but that had to settle for being mysterious and legendary. Ben found those albums on his 19th birthday, and he's loved them ever since. Joined by Rich and Phil, he explores the band’s sparkling debut album, #1 Record.

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