Big Star's career ranks as one of the most slept-on in pop history, but there's no excuse for being unaware of the band's neglected greatness today since its influence has been felt for decades in the music of devoted adherents from R.E.M. and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers to the Bangles and Teenage Fanclub. As the title might suggest, #1 Record is where it all started. Jangle-pop doesn't get much sweeter than this.

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