Casey Kasem Presents: America's Top Ten - The 70's Classic Rock's Greatest Hits

Casey Kasem Presents: America's Top Ten - The 70's Classic Rock's Greatest Hits

Track Listings

1. More Than a Feeling - Boston

2. Can't Get Enough - Bad Company

3. All Right Now

4. Black Magic Woman - Santana

5. Fly Like an Eagle - Steve Miller, Steve Miller Band

6. Come Sail Away - Styx

7. We're an American Band - Grand Funk

8. Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple

9. Dust in the Wind - Kansas

10. Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) - Looking Glass

11. Hold Your Head Up High - Argent

12. Double Vision - Foreigner

13. Ramblin' Man - The Allman Brothers Band

14. Smokin' in the Boys' Room - Brownsville Station

15. Nights in White Satin - The Moody Blues

16. Hold the Line - Toto

17. Cover of the Rolling Stone - Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show

18. Don't Bring Me Down - Electric Light Orchestra

19. Love Hurts - Nazareth

20. Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Tracks:

More Than a Feeling - Boston
Can't Get Enough - Bad Company
All Right Now - Free
Black Magic Woman - Santana
Fly Like an Eagle - Steve Miller, Steve Miller Band
Come Sail Away - Styx
We're an American Band - Grand Funk
Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple
Dust in the Wind - Kansas
Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) - Looking Glass
Hold Your Head Up High - Argent
Double Vision - Foreigner
Ramblin' Man - The Allman Brothers Band
Smokin' in the Boys' Room - Brownsville Station
Nights in White Satin - The Moody Blues
Hold the Line - Toto
Cover of the Rolling Stone - Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
Don't Bring Me Down - Electric Light Orchestra
Love Hurts - Nazareth
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Customer Reviews:

Fine collection of 70s radio rock.......2003-06-24

This generous collection (clocking in at a disc-stuffing 76:55) is filled with the radio candy that kept ears glued to the dial throughout the 70s. It may very well represent the last great gasp of top-40 radio, wherein the experimental sounds of 60s FM progressive rock were strained through the pop sensibilities of the AM hit single machine. These twenty selections focus on the rock hits of the 70s, eschewing other movements like disco, teen pop, and singer/songwriters (some of which are covered on other volumes of this series).

From Boston's intricately layered "More Than a Feeling" to Lynyrd Skynyrd's anthemic "Sweet Home Alabama," the electric guitar was rock radio's focal point, with outsized riffs (courtesy of Mick Ralphs, Paul Kossoff, Steve Miller, Carlos Santana, and Duane Allman, among others) topped by swaggering vocals from the likes of Paul Rodgers (Bad Company and Free) and Lou Gramm (Foreigner). The result filled arenas and summer days-on-the-green around the world.

Even acoustic numbers like Kansas' "Dust in the Wind" and novelties like Brownsville Station's "Smokin' in the Boys Room" resound with the era's allegiance to the overboard. Covers by Santana ("Black Magic Woman," originally waxed by Fleetwood Mac) and Nazareth ("Love Hurts," originally a hit for the Everly Brothers) became amped-up icons that buried the earlier incarnations for many listeners.

Though twenty tracks barely scratches the surface -- even in this relatively narrow swath of 70s hit music -- this is a solid hour-plus of party music that's sure to revive a few memories. It's like listening to your favorite Classic Rock station without the commercials!

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