Hostile review
The live debut the critic called ridiculous
Released in February 1969. A contemporary hostile review, alongside chart results with their dates.
The verdict at the time
Bangs attacked the live set as a "ridiculous, overbearing, pretentious album" that masked a "paucity of ideas" with intentional crudeness, comparing MC5 unfavourably to Blue Cheer and accusing them of lifting riffs from the Who and the Troggs.
Chart peaks
European positions are listed by country. Later chart entries are labelled separately.
Sources & context
One critic's opinion, summarised from Lester Bangs' inaugural Rolling Stone review of 5 April 1969. The album is now ranked among Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and recognised as a foundational proto-punk document.
