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Be a Brother
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1970
Recorded1970
Genre Psychedelic rock
Length35:09
Label Columbia
Producer Nick Gravenites
Big Brother and the Holding Company chronology
Cheap Thrills
(1968)
Be a Brother
(1970)
How Hard It Is
(1971)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Christgau's Record GuideA− [2]
The Village VoiceA [3]

Be a Brother is the third album by Big Brother and the Holding Company, released in October 1970. It was their first album after Janis Joplin's departure. Recruited in her place were guitarist David Shallock and singer-songwriters Nick Gravenites and Kathi McDonald. [4]

Included are ten original Holding Company compositions; though "Home on the Strange" is credited as "Arranged and adapted by P. Albin and S. Andrew", it is in fact a new composition with no apparent derivation from any public domain work.

Track listing

  1. "Keep On" ( Sam Andrew , Peter Albin, David Getz, James Gurley, David Schallock) – 4:21
  2. "Joseph's Coat" ( Nick Gravenites, John Cipollina) – 3:10
  3. "Home on the Strange" (Albin, Andrew) – 2:15
  4. "Someday" (Andrew) – 2:17
  5. "Heartache People" (Gravenites) – 6:36
  6. "Sunshine Baby" (Andrew, Albin, Getz, Gurley, Shallock) – 3:30
  7. "Mr. Natural" (Andrew) – 3:31
  8. "Funkie Jim" (Andrew, Albin, Getz, Gurley, Shallock, Gravenites) – 3:47
  9. "I'll Change Your Flat Tire, Merle" (Gravenites) – 3:14
  10. "Be a Brother" (Gravenites) – 3:04

Personnel

Big Brother and the Holding Company

with:

Technical
  • David Brown, Jerry Hochman, Sy Mitchell – engineer
  • Bob Seidemann – album design, photography
  • John Van Hamersveld – design concept

Charts

Chart (1967) Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [5] 179

References

  1. ^ Campbell, Al. Be a Brother at Allmusic. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN  089919026X. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (June 10, 1971). "Consumer Guide (18)". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved February 16, 2013 – via robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ "Be a Brother - Review". allmusic.com. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  5. ^ "Big Brother and the Holding Company Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 29, 2018.