Be a Brother

Be a Brother
Studio album by Big Brother and the Holding Company
Released October 1970
Recorded 1970
Genre Psychedelic rock
Length 35:09
Label Columbia
Producer Nick Gravenites
Big Brother and the Holding Company chronology
Cheap Thrills
(1968)
Be a Brother
(1970)
How Hard It Is
(1971)
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Be a Brother is an album by Big Brother and the Holding Company, released in 1970. It was their first album after Janis Joplin's departure.

Included are ten original Holding Company compositions. In order to fill the hole left by Joplin's departure, guitarist David Shallock and singer-songwriter Nick Gravenites contribute to lead vocals.[2]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Big Brother and the Holding Company; except where indicated

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

Personnel

Chart listing

Billboard 200 - #134

References


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