Cheap Thrills!

== Background ==
 Cheap Thrills was the name of Big Brother and the Holding Companies second studio album, and it was their last album with the lead vocalist Janis Joplin. The album was released August 12, 1968 during the hippy movement in America, and it was originally supposed to be called Sex, Dope, and Cheap Thrills but that title was vetoed by their producer Columbia Records.[2]
A big thing that this album is known for is its artwork. It is known to be one of the best looking album artworks to be ever created and it is named high on a lot of people's lists for best album art. 
== Review and Thoughts ==
Cheap Thrill is a very interesting album to say the least. One of the most unique parts of this album is that in just about every song, if not every song, there is an audience in the background, even though only one song, a cover of Ball and Chain, was recorded in front of a live audience. By doing this Big Brother and the Holding Company created an ambiance that made people think that every song was recorded in front of a live audience. I personally was not a huge fan of this aspect of the album cause I felt like the background noise of an audience takes away from the music itself. This album also benefited by multiple listens. At first I wasn't so sure I enjoyed the album that much, but after two or three listens I started to like it more and more. The main singer is also benefited by multiple listening, at first when I started listening to the album I wasn't sure how much I liked the lead singers voice but once I got three or four songs in I enjoyed their voice. In the end I would definitely recommend this album to people who like psychedelic rock and are looking for something that isn't so main stream and definitely has a unique sound.
== Success ==
The album itself had pretty good success during its time which included it sitting a top the Billboard charts which in turn helped it sell just about 2 million copies of the album.[1]. Cheap Thrills is also number 338 on the Rolling Stones list of 500 greatest albums of all time.