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The Atomic Mr. Basie
| The Atomic Mr. Basie | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | January 1958 | |||
| Recorded | 21–22 October 1957 | |||
| Studio | Capitol[i] (New York) | |||
| Genre | Swing, big band | |||
| Length | 39:30[1] 56:34 (1994 Reissue) | |||
| Label | Roulette | |||
| Producer | Teddy Reig | |||
| Count Basie and his orchestra chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [2] |
| Disc | [3] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [5] |
| Tom Hull | A−[6] |
The Atomic Mr. Basie (originally called Basie, also known as E=MC2 and reissued in 1994 as The Complete Atomic Basie) is a 1958 album by Count Basie, featuring the song arrangements of Neal Hefti and the Count Basie Orchestra. Allmusic gave it 5 stars, reviewer Bruce Eder saying: "it took Basie's core audience and a lot of other people by surprise, as a bold, forward-looking statement within the context of a big-band recording."[2] It is included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, Will Fulford-Jones calling it "Basie's last great record."[1] It was voted number 411 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000).[7]
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- ^ a b Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (2008). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Octopus Books, London. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-8440-3624-0.
- ^ a b Eder, Bruce. The Atomic Mr. Basie at AllMusic
- ^ Hall, Tony (7 June 1958). "Best Basie". Disc. No. 18. p. 14.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0857125958.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2006). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. Penguin Books. pp. 91–92.
- ^ Hull, Tom (n.d.). "Essential Jazz Albums of the 1950s". tomhull.com. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
- ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (2006). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 153. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.
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