Cheap Thrills

I have owned this album in the past and I loved it. Turtle Blues is my favorite track today although when I was younger it was Piece of My Heart. Interesting how things change over time.

Some nice solo guitar work amd janis' vocals sometimes work but the live jam vibe while not being live isnt great

Would have LOVED to see them live.

Cheap Thrills is a unique, energetic psych/blues album. Honestly, between Janis Joplin's wailing, soulful vocals, hard-edged, noisy guitars, and a rhythm section in conversation with it all, this almost bridges the gap to the hard rock of the '70s. This is very much a darker, grittier take on psychedelia. If Sgt. Pepper is like doing acid at The Philharmonic, cheap thrills is like dropping a tab then walking down the street. This isn't an album that uses psychedelia as escape, in fact it almost seems to use it as a lens to amplify the world as it exists. This is mirrored in the confrontational, unmistakable R. Crumb album art, which honestly helped this album grab onto me. This is one of the more intense, unique rock albums of the late '60s, and it's stuff like this that cemented Janis Joplin as a rock legend in just 4 years, with as many albums.

I’d not heard this before and enjoyed it enough that I think I’ll listen to it again.

Crazy, messy, imperfect, fun.

This is a great time, a few tracks are standouts including the long closer track. Janis Joplin is a super unique vocalist and makes some of these more interesting than they would have been otherwise. There are other tracks where I didn't like her voice so much when she goes into the deeper register. Overall a decent 6/10 record

Janis upgraded recording and songwriting when she left. Not sure I understand the appeal of this album.

“Four gentlemen and one great, great broad.” Everything about this album is so of its time, including the intro and art work, but at least no one was pretending that Janis Joplin wasn’t the star attraction.

Why would you add live sound recordings to a studio album?
Her voice is cool pretty cool. OK album.

WHY AM I GETTING SO MUCH SO GOOD ALBUMS WHAT IS HAPPENING

Better than Coldplay

quite ok

Solid album, didn’t know it was gonna be live. Janis Joplin’s singing really carries this band, if not for her this would be just okay blues rock. The lead guitar on Ball and Chain was great.

8,5/10

solidno, zabavno. nisam znao da je janis joplin bila u bendu prije solo karijere. ovdje je i "peace of my heart", super stvar

Was okay, but not really amazing.

Producing this to sound like it was recorded live was a brilliant choice, and made me look it up to confirm it.

Quite enjoyable. The band feels both tight and loose.

Iconic artwork by R. Crumb!

This album is quite out there in a psychedelic bluesy way. Too much to take in on a first listen, will need to revisit in future.

Raw blues rock. Exceptional vocals.