Pearl (Spkg) [Import, Limited Edition]

Janis Joplin | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 12, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Limited Edition
• Label: Sbme Import
• ASIN: B0002K6YYE
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #778,119 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Move Over

2. Cry Baby

3. A Woman Left Lonely

4. Half Moon

5. Buried Alive in the Blues

6. My Baby

7. Me and Bobby McGee

8. Mercedes Benz

9. Trust Me

10. Get It While You Can

11. Tell Mama [Live][#][*]

12. Little Girl Blue [Live][#][*]

13. Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) [Live][#][*]

14. Cry Baby [Live][#][*]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Precious Pearl plus 4 live tracks, July 30, 2007

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Pieter "Toypom" (Johannesburg) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pearl (Spkg) (Audio CD)

Nothing has gone stale about Joplin and her band on the all-time classic Pearl. After all these years, it remains a magnificent listening experience because of the quality of the songs, the band's tight playing and the impressive emotional range of Joplin's vocals.

Unlike Cheap Thrills, where there was mostly a cosmic battle between Joplin's voice and Big Brother's heavy metal onslaught, here the voice is the star. My favorites on an album of classics include the poignant Me and Bobby McGee, the tender A Woman Left Lonely, the edgy Half Moon, the emotional Cry Baby, the buoyant Get It While You Can and the plaintive/humorous Mercedes Benz.

Perfect arrangements, brilliant playing and masterly vocalization combine here to create a rock masterpiece. Of the four extra live tracks, I find Tell Mama and Cry Baby the most impressive. These live performances make a valuable contribution to Pearl as they add the wild raucous energy of Janis live, something to experience.

I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again, Mama

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