Cheap Thrills

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Cheap Thrills
Studio album by Big Brother and the Holding Company
Released	August 1968
Recorded	March 2, 1968-May 20, 1968
Genre	Rock
Length	54:59
Label	Columbia Records
Producer(s)	John Simon
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone (not rated) link
Big Brother and the Holding Company chronology
Big Brother & the Holding Company (1967)	Cheap Thrills (1968)	Be a Brother (1970)

Cheap Thrills is the second album from Big Brother and the Holding Company and their only studio album with Janis Joplin as primary lead vocalist.

In 2003, the album was ranked number 338 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. The cover, one of the most memorable in rock history, was drawn by underground cartoonist Robert Crumb. It is number 9 on Rolling Stone's list of 100 greatest album covers.

A main highlight of the album was "Piece of My Heart", a song that would bring Joplin nationwide recognition.

This album was to be called "Sex, Dope and Cheap Thrills", but was not receved well by Columbia Records.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Combination of the Two" (Sam Andrew) – 5:47
2. "I Need a Man to Love" (Andrew, Joplin) – 4:54
3. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 4:00
4. "Piece of My Heart" (Bert Berns, Jerry Ragovoy) – 4:15
5. "Turtle Blues" (Joplin) – 4:22
6. "Oh, Sweet Mary" (Peter Albin, Andrew, David Getz, James Gurley, Joplin) – 4:16
7. "Ball and Chain" (Big Mama Thornton) – 9:37

The 1999 CD release adds 4 bonus tracks:

8. "Roadblock" (studio outtake)
9. "Flower in the Sun" (studio outtake)
10. "Catch Me Daddy" (live)
11. "Magic of Love" (live)