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as living up to its title and being merely satisfactory: "What this record is not is 1) a well-produced, good rock and roll recording; 2) Janis Joplin at her highest and most intense moments; and 3) better than the
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172:Be a Brother
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37:Studio album
3170:1968 albums
3097:Peter Bagge
2872:(1987–2005)
2853:(1981–1993)
2845:(1968–2014)
2820:Mr. Natural
2709:Love, Janis
2492:Love, Janis
2385:Live albums
2116:Chuck Jones
2093:Ben Nieves
1475:October 14,
1148:liner notes
1141:Fred Catero
389:Bill Graham
365:debut album
3164:Categories
2803:Characters
2732:Sam Andrew
2648:Summertime
2564:Down on Me
2508:Move Over!
2393:In Concert
2199:In Concert
2107:Sam Andrew
2088:Dave Getz
1971:2017-08-22
1866:2020-12-07
1782:(November)
1720:. p.
1591:2021-09-09
1562:2021-09-09
1364:2023-07-17
1315:References
1299:2,000,000
1171:David Gahr
1143:– engineer
1109:John Simon
1084:Sam Andrew
887:Bert Berns
853:Summertime
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493:sessions.
381:Summertime
310:live album
306:John Simon
192:chronology
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134:John Simon
81:Blues rock
56:1968-08-12
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2655:Tell Mama
2613:Move Over
2592:Mary Jane
2137:Tom Finch
2027:227198538
1812:April 11,
1786:April 11,
1774:"Columns"
1737:April 25,
1635:April 26,
1531:0035-791X
1253:Billboard
1246:position
1129:packaging
1119:mastering
1111:– piano,
1067:Personnel
994:Writer(s)
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782:Pitchfork
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329:Billboard
86:acid rock
2557:Cry Baby
1772:(1968).
1608:(2011).
1586:AllMusic
1431:AllMusic
1339:20 March
1180:, mixing
1113:producer
949:, Joplin
904:Side two
837:Andrew,
794:Side one
721:AllMusic
526:AllMusic
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122:Columbia
64:Recorded
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2693:Related
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1779:Esquire
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1275:Region
1255:Top LPs
1227:editing
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1131:manager
708:Esquire
355:History
331:Top LPs
235:Singles
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216:(1968)
207:(1967)
176:(1970)
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3134:(1988)
3126:(1972)
3023:Family
3016:People
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2996:(1968)
2945:(1989)
2939:(1979)
2933:(1979)
2925:(1968)
2888:Genres
2880:(2009)
2850:Weirdo
2527:(2012)
2519:(2012)
2511:(2011)
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2471:(1993)
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2420:(2012)
2412:(2009)
2404:(1998)
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1026:Andrew
997:Length
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920:Length
810:Length
520:Rating
517:Source
100:Length
3139:Crumb
3115:Films
3085:Other
2964:Bands
2957:Music
2914:Other
2861:Books
2796:Comix
2701:Janis
2535:Songs
2468:Janis
2444:Janis
2374:Pearl
991:Title
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