Cheap Thrills

Cheap Thrills is a studio album by American rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company. It was their last album with Janis Joplin as lead singer. For Cheap Thrills, the band and producer John Simon incorporated recordings of crowd noise to give the impression of a live album, which it was subsequently mistaken for by listeners. Only the final song, their cover of "Ball and Chain", had been recorded live at The Fillmore in San Francisco.

Record history

Big Brother obtained a considerable amount of attention after their 1967 performance at the Monterey Pop Festival and had released their debut album soon after. Cheap Thrills was a great success, hitting #1 on the charts for eight nonconsecutive weeks in 1968. Columbia Records offered the band a new recording contract, but it took months to get through since they were still signed to Mainstream Records. The album features three cover songs ("Summertime", "Piece of My Heart" and "Ball and Chain"). The album also features Bill Graham, who introduces the band at the beginning of "Combination of the Two". "Ball and Chain" is the only song on the album recorded entirely live, and even though the cover credits assert that the live material was recorded at Bill Graham's Fillmore Auditorium, it was actually taken from a concert at the Winterland Ballroom in 1968. The album's overall raw sound effectively captures the band's energetic and lively concerts. The LP was released in both stereo and mono formats with the monophonic pressing now a rare collector's item. The album had been considered for quadraphonic format in the early 70's and eventually in 2002, was released as a Multichannel Sony SACD. The original quadraphonic mix remains unreleased.

Cheap Thrills (song)

"Cheap Thrills" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Sia Furler, taken from her seventh studio album This Is Acting (2016). It was written by Sia and Greg Kurstin, and produced by Kurstin. The remix of the track with Sean Paul as a featured artist was released on 11 February 2016.

Background and composition

"Cheap Thrills" was written by Sia and Greg Kurstin, and produced by Kurstin. It was originally intended to be performed by Rihanna, but was rejected by her and Icona Pop.

Promotion

Live performances

Sia performed "Cheap Thrills" on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on 27 January 2016.

Lyric video

A lyric video featuring Sean Paul performing a new verse was released on 10 February 2016. In the video, a faceless couple wearing wigs that have become part of Sia's signature look win a dance contest on a black-and-white television broadcast reminiscent of American Bandstand.

Charts

See also

References

Cheap Thrills (Frank Zappa album)

Cheap Thrills is a compilation album by Frank Zappa, with material from previously released albums.

Track listing

All tracks by Frank Zappa, except where noted.