Decade

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Maybe it's their hair-raising acapella tunes that defy words...maybe it's their riveting performances that bridge diverse musical barriers...or perhaps it's the irony of three down-to-earth siblings form a small town entering such venues as Carnegie Hall and the White House...The Martins have been a Christian music favorite for years. The Martins: Decade captures, for the first time, many of the group's hits, concert and fan favorites and previously unreleased recordings from the past 10 years on one highly anticipated CD collection.

Tracks:

Statesboro Blues
Ramblin' Man
Midnight Rider
Southbound
Melissa
Jessica
Ain't Wastin' Time No More
Little Martha
Crazy Love
Revival
Wasted Words
Blue Sky
One Way Out
In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed
Dreams
Whipping Post

Amazon.com

With their dueling guitar leads and harmonies built on a double drummer foundation, the Allman Brothers Band cast the mold for the southern rock sound that would proliferate in the '70s. Virtuoso musicians, their songs drew upon a number of southern influences, including country, the blues, New Orleans jazz, and even gospel, creating a sound that was distinctly theirs. Decade of Hits is a great catalog of the Allman's at their guitar wielding best. The sweet, infectious harmonies on the instrumental "Jessica" have become a classic reference point in themselves. Next to the tragedies that plagued them--two motorcycle deaths, heroin addiction--the Allman's are probably best known for the heroic "Ramblin' Man." Written and sung by the now legendary Dickey Betts, the song contained everything that made the band great: intricate guitar harmonies, a strong melody, and just enough twang to keep the thing tight. Decade also contains Allman staples "Melissa," "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed," and "Southbound." --Steve Gdula

Customer Reviews:

What a band!.......2007-07-15

This is older music that still rocks into 2007. I bought this for my husband as a birthday present and got a very pleased husband for my trouble. Check out Gov't Mule if you like Allman Brothers.

LOVE IT.......2007-04-26

I love this CD. I wish there were more hits on it, but hey. I like The Allman Brothers Band loads better than Greg Allman on his own. It took me awhile to finally find the song/s I like, done the way I remember them. Glad I finally found this one.

The Allman Brothers Band - A Decade of Hits 1969-1979 CD.......2007-04-11

Great price! Fast delivery!!

Allman Brothers Band ' A Decade of Hits 1969 - 1979 '.......2007-04-04

This is a great copulation. I Highly Recommend this cd.

GREAT SOUTHERN ROCK COLLECTION.......2007-03-13

The Allman Brothers' A Decade of Hits 1969-1979 is arguably the best greatest hits compilation ever assembled and released within the Southern Rock genre.

Indeed, it is a most enjoyable listen. It has the early hits with the fine-tuned organ and the top-notch guitar work of the great Allman Brothers. The very early tracks from the 1969-1970 period, Whipping Post and all, are quite appealing and are reminiscent of those darker tunes in the style of Sugarloaf's Greeneyed Lady and Santana's Soul Sacrifice.

The commercially successful records that put the Allman Brothers at the top of the charts but were, sadly, recorded and released well after the death of Duane Allman are all there, from the number 2 hit, Ramblin' Man, to the immortal instrumental that has received international accolades, namely Jessica.

For those who want a perfect Allman Brothers sampler without delving into the boxed sets or anything that is outside that frequently played on the classic rock radio stations, this is it. You have the signature live and studio pieces that have preserved the Allman Brothers' legacy. 'Nuff said.

Average customer rating:

Celine is great
WOW / The sound is great !!!!
Celine Dion
Nice album.
Greatness

All The Way...A Decade of Song
Celine Dion
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Canada | North America | International | Styles | Music

Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

Contemporary | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music

Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music

Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music

Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music

International | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music

All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music

More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music

Musicals | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music
Similar Items:

A New Day Has Come
Whitney Houston - The Greatest Hits
Falling into You
These Are Special Times
Miracle

ASIN: B000031XCR
Release Date: 1999-11-16

Tracks:

Power of Love
If You Asked Me To
Beauty And The Beast
Because You Loved Me
It's All Coming Back To Me Now
Love Can Move Mountains
To Love You More
My Heart Will Go On
I'm Your Angel
That's The Way It Is
If Walls Could Talk
The First Time
All The Way
Then You Look At Me
I Want You To Need Me
Live

Amazon.com

A meeting of two over-the-top pop minds was said a few years ago to have happened. If work between chest-pounding pop balladeer Celine Dion and legendarily eccentric producer Phil Spector hadn't been aborted in its early stages, fans of the Canadian superstar might have heard her best, most interesting music. As it is, Dion has shown herself game for a challenge, notably in a collaboration with Meat Loaf svengali Jim Steinman on the offbeat opus "It's All Coming Back to Me Now." All the Way... A Decade of Song is just what you'd expect of a multiplatinum seller's greatest-hits package, but it's also more. Displaying a generosity toward her fans, Dion cherry picks nine signature singles ("My Heart Will Go On," "Because You Loved Me," "Beauty and the Beast"), then fills the rest of the CD with seven new cuts when one or two would have done the commercial trick. Most of these are just what admirers and detractors would expect, and Sinatra lovers will hope that All the Way's title track is the last time his family allows an invented Frank-and-random-celebrity duet to take place. But the textures of "I Want You to Need Me" and "Live," while hardly understated, are more measured. They give hope that Dion may yet take herself to a higher artistic plateau, while still pleasing her millions of listeners. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

Celine is great.......2007-06-28

For me, this is easy. I've always loved Celine so for me, she can do no wrong. For some, the CD may not contain their favorites, but how can you put them all on one CD? There's not a bad, or even so-so song on the disc. Love it!

WOW / The sound is great !!!!.......2007-06-02

This is the best CD of Celine Dion !!

Celine Dion.......2007-05-30

I decided to buy this CD since there's definitely a handful of Celine songs that I love, all of which are included here. I first came to know Celine's talent when as a little kid I had the "Beauty and the Beast" videotape and I would leave the film playing after the movie had ended just to hear the theme song during the closing credits (how's that for a 7 year-old boy?) For the next decade and a half, I witnessed her transition from a promising new vocalist to a full-fledged diva in the ranks of Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston (oddly enough, her big break came relatively late). Anyway, some great songs on this album, my personal favorite being "The Power Of Love" and "That's The Way It Is".

Nice album........2007-05-24

The cd looks brand new, but during shipping, a piece of the cover broke off, but that's okay the cd itself remains unaffected. Thanks, the songs are some of my favorite.

Greatness.......2007-05-13

This CD is chock full of Celine's greatest songs. It is a pleasure to listen to all the way through.

Average customer rating:

Long Awaited, and a Fantastic DVD
A great release from a the legendary RITM!
Great yet lacking
Finally!
15 years later, they deliver... but no surprises

Decade
Rabbit in the Moon (CD & DVD)
Manufacturer: South Beat Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Trance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Big Beat | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Alternative Dance | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
Similar Items:

Rabbit in the Moon Remixes, Vol. 2
Rabbit in the Moon Remixes, Vol. 1
FlooriD.A.
One + One
Gatecrasher: Christopher Lawrence Live in Moscow

ASIN: B000NQR82O
Release Date: 2007-07-10

Tracks:

Time Bomb
Diamond Dust
Alphatron
Omegatron
Deeper
Metropolis
Star Shine
Let's Dance
Dubassex
O.B.E.
Decade

Album Description

Rabbit In The Moon have established an enormous fan base with the release of their 12-inch singles, remix work, and exploration in live performance. With their world renowned remixes for Smashing Pumpkins, Depeche Mode, Sarah McLachlan, Garbage, and countless others, it's no wonder they have the world eagerly awaiting the release of their first full-length CD/DVD. Their style of electronic music is timeless, but to truly understand this group is to see and hear them live. This 80+ minute DVD takes you behind the scenes and in front of thousands of screaming fans at one of their live festival performances, shot in Hi-Def with a 5.1 Surround Sound mix.

Customer Reviews:

Long Awaited, and a Fantastic DVD.......2007-07-16

As a DJ, I have had access to Rabbit in the Moon material over the past 10 years, as it was released single-by-single. Like many of their fans, I was hooked on Dave Christophere's audio wizardry with the haunting and evolving O.O.B.E. - (mistakenly labeled "Outer" Body Experience on the liner notes - though not a surprising tactic for a new remix.). Several of the track on this new album have been previously released as singles, and/or have been included in their live performances. Though some may find this a bit anticlimactic, it should be noted that everything has been remastered to a degree that it actually does seem new and fresh.

As others have noted, RITM is best experienced as a live act. The music is brought to life through the larger-than-life, kabuki theater-like performance and vocalizations of Bunny (Steve Eachon). Perhaps RITM are destined to become the Grateful Dead of modern Techno, as every show is different, and devoted fans follow their shows, and see them again and again, noting the slight changes to the mixes and song selections, and the ever evolving and exciting Bunny Experience.

With that in mind, it is only natural that they would include a DVD that included some of their live material, along with new and creative original video along with the CD.

The quality of the video and audio on this package is flawless and very entertaining for old and new Rabbit fans. One can only hope that they gather momentum from this release to tour heavily, and release another album of completely new material within the next 18 months. The newer material also has more vocals by Bunny, which I find to be an excellent trend which they should continue to develop in their music and live shows.

A great release from a the legendary RITM!.......2007-07-13

I think this is a *fanstatic* release, mostly because of the DVD content, but I like the CD a lot as well. Being the fan that I am, I couldn't give this any less than 5 stars for that DVD content being what it is. Yes, there is some dated stuff on the album, but it is called "Decade", and the song "Deeper" alone justifies that title. I see some of the other reviewers who are fans, but giving it low-star reviews, that's really too bad. It may be because they were expecting a full new CD of all new material, and didn't get that. Still, I see that those of us who "know the deal", so to speak, know that the essence of Rabbit In The Moon is the live show, I think the DVD content gives a pretty close approximation to what it's actually like to see them live. But tell me, who, of the RITM fans among us, especially those who have seen them live in the least year, didn't FLIP out when they were listening to the "Decade" CD and heard the phrase "Look into the eye!" for the first time, on track 8.. with memories flooding in of Bunny with his TV-on-a-stick?? I know I did. And that song is followed by the AMAZING rendition of David Bowie's "Let's Dance", followed by Deeper (which is admittedly old
but is a classic and couldn't be excluded) but then there's a brand new mix of O.B.E. that, correct me if I'm wrong, has never been released before. (And I own the original Phases O.B.E. 12" record). I love the new mix of that song, and I think it's a great album, even though every single song doesn't thrill me. But even with this CD, some of the older RITM songs that I never really liked much before, like Dubbasex for example, listened carefully and given them another chance, and found they are actually very subtle and beautiful songs.

There is more newer material on the album than some reviewers let on, in fact well over half of it is new. There are a few ommissions, IMO, for example I would have liked to see "Electro Accupuncture" on this CD, but then again that has been released before on a CD, still I think it would have fit in well here though as well. I love the DVD the most, because it reminds me why I've been such a huge fan for so many years, with probably about 7 shows under my belt. To all the fans out there, buy this album! Show your support! Remember the old Zen Festial 96-97 shows, with Bunny, in his disco-ball suit, being lowered by a cable from the ceiling! remember how you felt at those times. They have earned our suport! To those folks new to the electronica genre, this is a good glimpse into understanding the engima that is Rabbit in the Moon... RITM so much more than can possible be described in one album, album review, DVD, magazine article, or antyhing else. There's a whole history and culture behind these guys'one-of-a-kind stlye of performance art, and I think this release captures the essence of it almost as best you could with the amount of material provided. Buy it for the DVD, but then take the audio CD, put in in your car stereo, put on track 8, and crank it up!

Great yet lacking.......2007-07-12

So, if your a rabbit head like me, you've probably heard most of these tracks at their shows. So why is this CD a great purchase? Quite simply because you are a rabbit head and they need our support. If you're new to Rabbit in the Moon then you need to hear what the music is about. The really cool feature is that in the DVD each suit comes with an explanation which will help new listeners/show goers to understand the meaning of the show as a whole and the suits individually. Are there tracks missing? Absolutely. The now famous jungle track used for the dragon slaying sequence is missing, so is the old light suit track which is a favorite amongst show goers. However, the single most significant fact about this release is the release it self. If this goes good, we will see a new Rabbit in the Moon CD sometime soon. Remember, this is their first attempt at this, so lets support them. After all, they have been connecting to us for over a decade, the least we can do is buy the CD.

Finally!.......2007-07-12

Yes, many of the tracks have been previously released. Yes, much of the album sounds like a product of the 90s. Should that be a problem if the music is good?

I am pleased to witness this finally see the light of day. The music sounds great with a pair of headphones, and the DVD only makes it better.

15 years later, they deliver... but no surprises.......2007-07-11

I've been listening to Rabbit in the Moon for 13 years... heck, the first time I ever rolled was at a RITM show in 1994. I love these guys. Now, this album is solid, but not ground-breaking. It's not really phoned in, but then it's not really innovative either. That's partially because these are almost all old tracks. I think there's actually only one track on the entire album that wasn't previously released. Some of these date back, literally, a decade. In fact, "Out of Body Experience" was released in '93, so they could have called it "Decade and a Half". Anyways, the new track is pretty cool, a cover of David Bowie's "Let's Dance". For longtime fans though, it's really about the DVD. The footage is great, including some from a protest rally at the WTO in the Czech Republic. So even though the album doesn't have much new to offer old fans, it's still worth picking up. For interested newbies, it's a must-buy. It's put together very well, with appropriate mixes of each track chosen. It nearly brought a tear to my eye finally hearing all these tracks in album format. I think that alot of "long-time" fans will be highly disappointed because they've never heard these tracks sitting at home, sober. Yes, obviously, ANYTHING will sound better when you're high, on a gigantic soundsystem. Go pick up some decent headphones, find some good visuals, and let RITM carry you away into your own out of body experience.

Average customer rating:

Great compliation of Janet Jackson's hits
THE TALENTED JACKSON
design of a wonderful career
Janet is a legend!
Missing a couple of good ones, but still an affordable and mostly well-chosen overview

Design of a Decade 1986/1996
Janet Jackson
Manufacturer: A&M
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Contemporary Blues | Blues | Styles | Music

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | R&B | Styles | Music

General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music

$9.99 and Under | Blowout Music | Stores | Music

Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music

Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music

R&B | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music

Dance & DJ | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music

All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music

$9.99 and Under | Prices | Blowout Music | Stores | Music

More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music
Similar Items:

janet.
Rhythm Nation 1814
Control
The Velvet Rope
The Immaculate Collection

ASIN: B000002G43
Release Date: 1995-10-10

Tracks:

Runaway
What Have You Done For Me Lately
Nasty
When I Think Of You
Escapade
Miss You Much
Love Will Never Do (Without You)
Alright
Control
The Pleasure Principal
Black Cat
Rhythm Nation
That's The Way Love Goes
Come Back To Me
Let's Wait Awhile
Twenty Foreplay

Amazon.com

This decade-spanning compilation charts the singer-dancer-actress's transformation from rebellious teenager to sexy diva, along the way check-listing major hits like "Nasty," "Miss You Much," "What Have You Done for Me Lately?" and "Rhythm Nation." Two new tracks bookend the set, but even the older material--most of it helmed by writer-producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis--holds up remarkably well. --Courtney Kemp

Customer Reviews:

Great compliation of Janet Jackson's hits.......2007-05-15

Great CD, as contains all of Janet's best known hits.

THE TALENTED JACKSON.......2007-02-10

Janet once again shows that she is the talented one in her family by blasting out some amazing dance tunes along with a few slower ballads.

design of a wonderful career.......2007-02-02

This was the first janet album I ever bought and from then on I became a fan for life. This album is full of her hits from control and RN in addition to a hit from the janet. album and 2 new tracks. I love to play this album when I don't feel like switching to different janet CD's for hearing different songs. I don't think anyone's r&b/pop collection is complete without this compilation of some of the greatest pop music of our time.

Janet is a legend!.......2007-01-27

This CD is abslutely incredible. The one and only reason that I took one star off is because of the weird concept. It inclues all her hits from A&M records, as well as two new songs and "That's the Way Love Goes". I understand the reasoning, butit is still a bit akward.

Regardless, that doesn't take away from the fantastic music. It starts off with "Runaway" which is a classic Janet 'holiday' song in the vein of 'Escapade". The camera'click sound on each beat is very catchy and unique.

The next few tracks are from Janet's 1986 breakthrough "Control": "What Have you Done for me Lately", "Nasty" and "When I Think Of You". All classic singles that have the most seductive dance beats and attitude that makes Janet who she is.

It continues with four tracks from "Rhythm Nation 1814": "Escapade", "Miss You Much", "Love Will Never Do...", and "Alright" They all have futuristic, yet 80's pop beat to them which is the tone for the RN1814 album. Of course, they'll all extremely catchy. "Alight" appears in it's radio remix form, which is a nice little treat.

The album continues with two more "Control" tracks: The amazing "Control", and "The Pleasure Principle". Jimmy, Terry and Janet did great job on these. They are R&B classics that sound even better today. Next are "Black Cat" and "Rhythm Nation. The former is also in radio remix form which is a nice luxury. "Rhythm Nation" is basically the same as it's album verison, with the excusion of Janet's 'pledge speech' at the beginning.

The last four songs are slow jams, each from a different album. "That's the Way Lvoe Goes" from 'janet.' is J's biggest hit, and with good reason. The beat is so sexy, as are Janet's vocals. The groove is absolutely blissful. Next is "Come Back to Me" (RN1814), a fantastic soothing R&B ballad that sounds ahead of it's time. "Let's Wait A while" is Janet's first hit ballad (from "Control"), and it's a very sweet song about waiting to have sex. Last but not least is anoher new track "Twenty Foreplay" which starts off as a sweet slow ballad, and then changes it's tone to a straight-up funky, love-making jam.

All-in-all,this CD demonstrates what an amazing talent Janet Jackson is, and what pleasure it is to have her as part of he music industry.

Missing a couple of good ones, but still an affordable and mostly well-chosen overview.......2006-11-26

All of the albums whose material are collected on this set should really be listened to in their entirety, but this is still worth obtaining for the two new songs that were on it, the whimsical "Runaway" and the dreamy sex ballad "Twenty Foreplay". Both of these were great songs that sounded more like vintage hits instead of tacked-on filler.

Have A Nice Decade: The '70s Pop Culture Box

Average customer rating:

yuck
Peace, man.....
The great, the good, the bad and the plain awful, in one delightful package
GREAT MUSIC, DODGY PACKAGE
A must have

Have A Nice Decade: The '70s Pop Culture Box
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Disco | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Christian Rock | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music

General | Pop | Styles | Music

Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

Teen Pop | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music

Bubblegum | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music

Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music

1970s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Compilations | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music

Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music

Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music

General | R&B | Styles | Music

Blue-Eyed Soul | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music

General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music

General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music

Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music

Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music

General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music

Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music

Power Pop | Rock | Styles | Music

General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

Southern Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music

Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music

Glam | Classic Rock | Styles | Music

Arena Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music

Television Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music

Classic Vocalists | Broadway & Vocalists | Box Sets | Stores | Music

General | Dance & DJ | Box Sets | Stores | Music

General | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music

Vocal Pop & Oldies | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music

R&B & Soul | Box Sets | Stores | Music

General | Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music

Hard Rock & Heavy Metal | Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music

Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music

Box Sets at 30% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music

Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music

Classic Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music

Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music

R&B | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music

Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music

Soundtracks | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music

Dance & DJ | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music

Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music

All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music

More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music
Similar Items:

Like, Omigod! The '80s Pop Culture Box (Totally)
Whatever: The '90s Pop and Culture Box
Disco Box
Soul Spectacular! The Greatest Soul Hits of All Time
I Want My 80's Box

ASIN: B000006OIT
Release Date: 1998-06-16

Tracks:

Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) - Edison Lighthouse
Venus - Shocking Blue
Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson
American Woman - Guess Who
Green-Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf
Vehicle - Ides Of March
Little Green Bag - George Baker Selection
Ride Captain Ride - Blues Image
Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum
Superstar - Murray Head
Give Me Just A Little More Time - Chairmen Of The Board
Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - Delfonics
O-O-H Child - 5 STAIRSTEPS
ABC - Jackson 5
Band Of Gold - Freda Payne
Fire And Rain - James Taylor
Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian) - Raiders
Put Your Hand In The Hand - Ocean
One Toke Over The Line - Brewer & Shipley
Signs - Five Man Electrical Band
Don't Pull Your Love - Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
Me And You And A Dog Named Boo - Lobo
Wild World - Cat Stevens
Joy To The World - Three Dog Night

Tracks:

Theme From Shaft - Isaac Hayes
Family Affair - Sly & The Family Stone
Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get - Dramatics
Treat Her Like A Lady - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
Have You Seen Her - Chi-Lites
Want Ads - Honey Cone
Let's Stay Together - Al Green
Do You Know What I Mean - Lee Michaels
Maggie May - Rod Stewart
Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight
Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It) - Daddy Dewdrop
Brand New Key - Melanie
One Tin Soldier (The Legend Of Billy Jack) - Coven
School's Out - Alice Cooper
Popcorn - Hot Butter
Joy - Apollo 100
I Am Woman - Helen Reddy
A Horse With No Name - America
I'll Take You There - Staple Singers
Everybody Plays The Fool - Main Ingredient
I Gotcha - Joe Tex
I'll Be Around - Spinners
Lean On Me - Bill Withers
Day By Day - Godspell

Tracks:

Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O'Sullivan
Precious And Few - Climax
Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) - Looking Glass
Dancing In The Moonlight - King Harvest
Nice To Be With You - Gallery
The Candy Man - Sammy Davis, Jr.
Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast - Wayne Newton
Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
Rock And Roll Part 2 - Gary Glitter
The Cover Of 'Rolling Stone' - Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show
You're So Vain - Carly Simon
Me And Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul
Freddie's Dead (Theme From 'Superfly') - Curtis Mayfield
The Morning After - Maureen McGovern
That Lady (Part 1) - Isley Brothers
I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby - Barry White
Love's Theme - Love Unlimited Orchestra
Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang
Tell Her She's Lovely - El Chicano
Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealers Wheel
Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree - Dawn
Smokin' In The Boy's Room - Brownsville Station
Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group
Dueling Banjos - Eric Weissberg

Tracks:

Love Train - O'Jays
Midnight Train To Georgia - Gladys Knight & The Pips
The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia - Vicki Lawrence
Long Train Runnin' - Doobie Brothers
Brother Louie - Stories
Hello It's Me - Todd Rundgren
Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks
The Air That I Breathe - Hollies
Cat's In The Cradle - Harry Chapin
The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace
Tell Me Something Good - Rufus
Billy, Don't Be A Hero - Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods
Lady - Styx
The Payback-Part 1 - James Brown
You're No Good - Linda Ronstadt
The Entertainer - Marvin Hamlisch
Rock The Boat - HUES CORPORATION
Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas
Midnight At The Oasis - Maria Muldaur
The Streak - Ray Stevens
Do It ('Til You're Satisfied) - B.T. Express
Radar Love - Golden Earring

Tracks:

Beach Baby - First Class
Sideshow - Blue Magic
You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
I'm Not In Love - 10cc
The Bertha Butt Boogie-Part 1 - Jimmy Castor Bunch
Black Superman 'Muhammad Ali' - Johnny Wakelin & The Kinshasa Band
Jackie Blue - Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Chevy Van - Sammy Johns
Shining Star - Earth, Wind & Fire
Why Can't We Be Friends? - War
Love Will Keep Us Together - Captain & Tennille
Feelings - Morris Albert
Miracles - Jefferson Starship
Magic - Pilot
Love Machine (Part 1) - Miracles
You Sexy Thing - Hot Chocolate
Lady Marmalade - LaBelle
Fame - David Bowie
Sky High - Jigsaw
Convoy - C.W. McCall
Bad Blood - Neil Sedaka
Slow Ride - Foghat

Tracks:

Get Down Tonight - K.C. & The Sunshine Band
Love Rollercoaster - Ohio Players
December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night) - Four Seasons
Saturday Night - Bay City Rollers
The Rockford Files - Mike Post
Rhinestone Cowboy - Glen Campbell
Fly, Robin, Fly - Silver Convention
Evil Woman - Electric Light Orchestra
Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To) - Diana Ross
Happy Days - Pratt & McClain
Making Our Dreams Come True - Cyndi Grecco
Let Your Love Flow - Bellamy Brothers
Tear The Roof Off The Sucker (Give Up The Funk) - Parliament
Right Back Where We Started From - Maxine Nightingale
Fooled Around And Fell In Love - Elvin Bishop
Afternoon Delight - Starland Vocal Band
Dream Weaver - Gary Wright
I'd Really Love To See You Tonight - England Dan & John Ford Coley
Disco Duck (Part 1) - Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots
Turn The Beat Around - Vickie Sue Robinson
Car Wash - Rose Royce
More, More, More (Pt. 1) - Andrea True Connection
You Are The Woman - Firefall
Fly Like An Eagle - Steve Miller

Tracks:

Do You Feel Like We Do - Peter Frampton
Free Bird (Live Version) - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Ridin' The Storm Out (Live) - REO Speedwagon
Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band - Meco
Disco Inferno - Trammps
Brick House - Commodores
Got To Give It Up (Pt. 1) - Marvin Gaye
Feels Like The First Time - Foreigner
Don't Give Up On Us - David Soul
Sometimes When We Touch - Dan Hill
Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
I Love The Nightlife (Disco 'Round) - Alicia Bridges
Happy Anniversary - Little River Band
Baby Hold On - Eddie Money
Werewolves Of London - Warren Zevon
Kiss You All Over - Exile
I Want Your Love - Chic
We Are Family - Sister Sledge
Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now - McFadden & Whitehead

Amazon.com

When this material originally resurfaced in an earlier Rhino-celebrates-the-'70s program, many rock scribes contorted themselves into revisionist pretzels: this isn't so bad, they argued--none too convincingly. There'll be none of that here: much of the music on this colossal box set is godawful. The world doesn't miss the likes of Sammy ("Chevy Van") Johns and Sammy ("Candy Man") Davis. Or at least it doesn't miss the records they cut during the decade of disaster flicks and Jonathan Livingston Seagull. That said, this elaborate box is something to behold. The lovingly compiled 92-page booklet provides background on the ridiculous (David Soul, C.W. McCall, Carl Douglas) and the sublime (Parliament, James Brown, the Staple Singers), and the music swings on the same pendulum, with Harry Chapin, Bill Withers, and Cat Stevens sitting amid Wayne Newton, The Captain & Tennille, and Meco's jittery electro-take on the Star Wars theme. Seven discs, 160 selections! To paraphrase a popular ad slogan of the era, you won't believe you listened to the whole thing. --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews:

yuck.......2007-07-13

I should have read the description better regarding the sound bites between some songs. I found them to be annoying. The Time Life collection is so much better and it doesn't cost much more.

Peace, man............2007-05-31

O.K. I'm 38. I was born in 1968 and I wasn't into a lot of the 70's music until the decade was on its way out. But my parents had so many great vinyl compilations by that time and I had my cool new little record player that I HAD to listen to all the songs.
And now, I find that I'm doing the same thing with this set of CD's! It's freakin' 1979 all over again!
How can you cram so much 70's goodness into this box set? And to get the ORIGINAL songs from the ORIGINAL stars is just groovy. Too many compilations now have the original stars doing remakes of their songs and it just seems pointless to me.
Brandy (You're A Fine Girl), unabashedly my favourite song of ALL TIME, (just ask those that have to endure it EVERY time I karaoke) finds a great spot here in its ORIGINAL glory.
If you're thinking of getting a 70's compilation, STOP THINKING!! BUY THIS ON IMPULSE AND ENJOY A HASTY DECISION FOR ONCE!!
There'll be no time to feel any guilt when you're singing along to all the classics you grew up with.
"Billy, Don't Be A Hero!" "You're No Good" if you don't "Rock The Boat" and "Let Your Love Flow"! "Me and Mrs. Jones" will be "Stuck In The Middle With You" just "Smokin' In The Boys Room" if you don't "Get Down Tonight"!!
But hey, if you think "I'm Not In Love" with this set and you don't buy it?
Well....."Everybody Plays The Fool" "You Sexy Thing"!!

The great, the good, the bad and the plain awful, in one delightful package.......2007-04-15

So the decade of the '70's corresponds to my junior high, high school and college years. During that time AM and later FM radio supplied the leitmotifs for that era of my life. This CD collection captures completely what we listened to as fed by the top 40 charts of the time. Much of this material is outstanding, some of it was silly and some of it was awful (Morris Albert's Feelings, Terry Jacks Seasons in the Sun! So bad it is fun to listen to). This magnificent compilation captures it completely in all its '70's era glory. And in typical Rhino fashion, it is elegantly packaged with an outstanding booklet and boxed set. True I'm biased in that I even liked the sound bites.

It is a bit expensive, and some have criticized the inclusion of the Top 40 single versions over the definitive album versions, but hey guys/gals, this is what they played on the radio at the time. Also missing are some of the superstars, but as the booklet says, you probably have lots of those already (e.g., Paul McCartney, Elton John, mid-period Stones, Billy Joel, etc.)

I was hesitant about the cost, but after one full listen through, I'm extremely pleased. Thank you Rhino (and thanks to Amazon, too who listed the delivery time as several weeks but it came within one week).

GREAT MUSIC, DODGY PACKAGE.......2007-03-12

This is as comprehensive as a Seventies collection can get. The MIAs are obvious (no Eagles, Neil Diamond, Fleetwood Mac, Carpenters, Pink Floyd) but what's surprising is the number of major artists that DID get on here. The sound quality of 'Superstar' isn't great, the soundbites ARE fabulous, but the packaging is hopeless. While the write-ups are excellent, and the content generally flawless, the booklet itself fell apart after I read through it three times. I know for a fact mine isn't the only one this happened to. Is this a ruse to pretend it's more than 25 years old?

A must have.......2007-01-13

If you like all the old 70's songs then you have to get this nice box set, well worth every single penny.

Average customer rating:

Buddy Bregman on Charlie Daniels
One of the Best Country Albums Ever Made
Best album I've ever heard!
The songs that made Charlie Daniels an American icon
Great Charlie Daniels Collection

A Decade of Hits
The Charlie Daniels Band
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Cowboy | Country | Styles | Music

General | Country | Styles | Music

General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music

Southern Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music

$7.99 and Under | Blowout Music | Stores | Music

Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music

Classic Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music

Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music

Country | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music

All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music

$7.99 and Under | Prices | Blowout Music | Stores | Music

More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music
Similar Items:

Hank Williams, Jr.'s Greatest Hits, Vol.1
Lynyrd Skynyrd - All Time Greatest Hits
Anthology: The First 30 Years
David Allan Coe - 17 Greatest Hits
Super Hits

ASIN: B00000K2W4
Release Date: 1999-08-31

Tracks:

The Devil Went Down To Georgia
The South's Gonna Do It Again
Stroker's Theme
Uneasy Rider
Let It Roll
In America
Still In Saigon
Long Haired Country Boy
The Legend Of Wooley Swamp
Everytime I See Him

Amazon.com

In 1979 redneck rock reached an apex with "The Devil Went Down to Georgia," a monster hit that reached No. 1 on the country charts and crossed over to No. 3 on the pop charts. But as this 1983 overview suggests, the Charlie Daniels Band was more than a one-hit wonder, even if the fiddle duel on "Devil" remains their definitive moment. Only Lynyrd Skynyrd could equal the energy of their rocking mix of Southern boogie, honky-tonk, and electric blues. At 10 tracks, this set may seem a bit skimpy, and while there's no dross, some listeners will find the nascent jingoism of "In America" and "The South's Gonna Do It Again" hard to swallow. --Roy Kasten

Customer Reviews:

Buddy Bregman on Charlie Daniels.......2007-05-06

Having been associated with Ella, Bing, Sammy Davis on many many recordings - I can't tell you how thrilled Charle Daniels makes me feel - there is something so infectious about his music - it sends chills down my spine - this album is a total winner - and I play it all the time - I don't even do that with my own recordings or any other artists material - IT IS SUCH A "FEEL-GOOD" GROUP OF SONGS AND OVER-ALL MUSIC - I can't wait to get into my car and play it again. Especially Devil Comes Down To Georgia!!!

Yeah, Charlie,

Buddy Bregman

One of the Best Country Albums Ever Made.......2005-05-03

My dad had a tape of this album and i loved "The Devil Went Down To Georgis". The quick tempo made it interesting to listen to. I listened to it over and over again. I went further into the tape to find more wonderful songs. If you buy one CD this year, make it this, it's one of the greatest ever.

Best album I've ever heard!.......2004-06-28

The Charlie Daniels Band, in my mind is the Best Country band ever! This was an amazing album. I love it and play it every day, probably every hour. I'm only 15, but I know Mr. Daniels' songs like I'm 50. This Album brings out the best of CDB and is well deserving of praise! CDB is very Patriotic and Mr. Daniels is a model citizen. God Bless Mr. Daniels. God Bless our Soldiers and President Bush.

GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!!!

The songs that made Charlie Daniels an American icon.......2004-05-02

I came of age at a time when rock (if you can call late "1970s rock" rock - I wouldn't) and country sometimes overlapped, and no one straddled the genres as successfully and meaningfully for me and my friends as The Charlie Daniels Band. 1979's The Devil Went Down to Georgia was huge and served as my introduction to this country band that knew how to rock a fiddle. Then came the 1980 Full Moon album featuring The Legend of Wooley Swamp, a song I couldn't get enough of. You couldn't go to a pizza joint for a year and a half without someone cuing this song up on the jukebox (usually more than once). Also from the Full Moon album came In America. This was 1980: America was suffering from stagflation (an all but impossible economic combination of both inflation and high unemployment that only Jimmy Carter could make happen), the Soviets were rattling their sabers and pointing increasing numbers of nuclear missiles at the US, and the American hostages in Iran headlined the news every single night - America was at one of the weakest points in its history. Charlie Daniels made all of us proud to be Americans again with his patriotic anthem In America.

Uneasy Rider is a story song featuring some classic bluegrass picking in the background dating back to the band's early days. The song's about a hippie who gets stuck in a redneck Mississippi town and holds off a gang of five country boys by calling one of them out as a liberal pinko Commie; it's a great, comedic song running in excess of five minutes (which qualified as a long song back in that era). 1974's Long Haired Country Boy is your classic "good old country boy" song; this country boy doesn't have much, but everything he does have, he got on his own - as old Hank would say, a country boy can survive. If you don't like it, just leave this long haired country boy alone. Still in Saigon relates the experiences of a soldier in Vietnam and the trouble he had adjusting to life back home.

Of course, 1974's The South's Gonna Do It Again holds a special place in many a Southerner's heart; this is the song morning deejays play when they want to rile up some of the masses of Yankees that have moved down South in the last few decades. It's a great song, featuring an extended bit of serious fiddle playing, but it's probably best appreciated down here below the Maxon-Dixon line.

Stroker's Theme, Every Time I See Him, and Let It Roll were previously unreleased tracks included on the album. Let It Roll is a real toe-tapping, rocking country number that really gets the juices flowing (and I'm not talking about tobacco juice). The band packs a lot of intensity into Every Time I See Him as well, although this isn't really a stand-out track. The Charlie Daniels Band is still going strong today, but both their roots and their most commercially successful tracks are forever preserved in this impressive collection of hits from their first decade of recordings.

Great Charlie Daniels Collection.......2003-09-29

A DECADE OF HITS is a great collection of Charlie Daniels' best- known songs. If you're new to Daniels' music, get this one, FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN, and MILLION MILE REFLECTIONS to start- preferably all at once.

Great Records Of The Decade: 40's Hits, Vol. 1

Average customer rating:

Thank You
Love it
Romantic tunes
a real winner
Great Records Of The Decade: 40's Hits, Vol. 1

Great Records Of The Decade: 40's Hits, Vol. 1
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Curb Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Western Swing | Country | Styles | Music

General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music

Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music

Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music

Vocal Jazz | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Pop | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music

Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music

Tin Pan Alley | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music

Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music

Nostalgia | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music

Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music

General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music

4-for-3 Broadway & Vocalists | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music

4-for-3 Country | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music

4-for-3 Jazz | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music

4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music

4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music

4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music
Similar Items:

Songs That Got Us Through WWII
Billboard Pop Memories: 1945-1949
Those Were Our Songs: Music of World War II
Songs That Got Us Through WW2, Vol. 2
G.I. Jukebox: Songs from World War II

ASIN: B000000CVK
Release Date: 1990-08-20

Tracks:

Swinging On A Star - Bing Crosby
On The Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe - Johnny Mercer
(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons - Nat 'King' Cole
Manana (Is Soon For Me) - Peggy Lee
Slippin' Around - Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) - Tex Williams
That Lucky Old Sun - Louis Armstrong
The Trolley Song - Judy Garland
Personality - Johnny Mercer
A Tree In The Meadow - Margaret Whiting
Rum and Coca Cola - Andrews Sisters
Don't Fence Me In - Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters
Baby It's Cold Outside - Johnny Mercer & Margaret Whiting

Customer Reviews:

Thank You.......2007-05-14

I loved the CD. I used it for my parents 60th wedding anniversary. Thank you.

Love it.......2007-04-05

This is music from before I was born, but I love the happy beat.

Romantic tunes.......2006-11-05

This is a nice CD to bring back more soothing and romantic music. Wanted a more diverse collection to add to my currect CDs.

a real winner.......2006-10-11

wonderful collection- good clear sound- you can't go wrong with this collection-can't wait for Vol. 2

Great Records Of The Decade: 40's Hits, Vol. 1.......2005-08-30

Great. I love for the classsroom.

Average customer rating:

A comprehensive collection from his first decade
A Brilliant Musician...
Oh to live on Sugar Mountain
Solid idea, but some missteps
The Best Compilation of Early Young That's Out There but The Worst Possible Sound Quality!

Decade
Neil Young
Manufacturer: Reprise / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

Canada | North America | International | Styles | Music

General | Pop | Styles | Music

Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Singer-Songwriters | Rock | Styles | Music

Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music

General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music

General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music

General | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music

General | Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music

Hard Rock & Heavy Metal | Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music

Classic Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music
Similar Items:

Rust Never Sleeps
Comes a Time
Live Rust
Harvest Moon
Harvest

ASIN: B000002KCS
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Down To The Wire
Burned
Mr. Soul
Broken Arrow
Expecting To Fly
Sugar Mountain
I Am A Child
The Loner
The Old Laughing Lady
Cinnamon Girl
Down By The River
Cowgirl In The Sand
I Believe In You
After The Gold Rush
Southern Man
Helpless

Tracks:

Ohio
Soldier
Old Man
A Man Needs A Maid
Harvest
Heart Of Gold
Star Of Bethlehem
The Needle And The Damage Done
Tonight's The Night (Part 1)
Tired Eyes
Walk On
For The Turnstiles
Winterlong
Deep Forbidden Lake
Like A Hurricane
Love Is A Rose
Cortez The Killer
Campaigner
Long May You Run

Amazon.com

The first stop for anybody new to Neil Young's music, this 34-song set (originally released in 1977) traces his growth from Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young to Crazy Horse to his Harvest band, the Stray Gators. The album defined Young to rock radio the way Hot Rocks determined which Rolling Stones songs would become classics, but this is more than a quickie greatest-hits collection. Rarities and hits--Springfield's "Mr. Soul," CSNY's "Ohio," and Young's "Cinnamon Girl," "Heart of Gold," and the closing "Long May You Run"--develop in thematic and chronological patterns. --Steve Knopper

Customer Reviews:

A comprehensive collection from his first decade.......2007-04-09

This is a fairly comprehensive collection of the highlights of Youngs first decade in the music business. It includes most of his hits from the period, like "Heart of Gold", "Old Man", "Ohio" and the rock classic "Cinnamon Girl". For some reason it left out one of his biggest hits "Only Love Can Break Your Heart". It also includes many lesser know songs and album cuts from his solo efforts and work with groups such as CSNY and Buffalo Springfield. "Cortez The Killer" is one of my favorite songs musically, however I would recommend that you don't pay much attention to the lyrics; Young seems to condemn European explorers who kill but praises Montezuma for killing human sacrifices (go figure). While this may be an essential collection for avid Young fans, it is overkill for casual fans; they would probably be more satisfied with his single CD Greatest Hit collection.

A Brilliant Musician..........2006-07-20

but not exactly what I was expecting. I get a mixed feel when listening to this album. Some of the songs are vivid and excited while the slower and deeper songs are quiet and hard to hear. I'm not saying the songs are bad, but I agree with the poor sound quality comment. Neil Young has a huge blend of musical styles that are portrayed pretty well on this album, but I spend too much time turning up the volume in order to hear them all and then turning the volume down because the following song is so much louder. I would like to find a best of album that has a better digital recording, but until then, this one does the job.

Oh to live on Sugar Mountain.......2006-05-28

When I first heard Neil Young at a young age, I was, in his own words, "blown away" by him, with his naked, intimate lyrics, his haunting voice, his insightful yet "singable" songs. My mother had an old eight track player (remember them?) with a number of rock groups, one of which was Buffalo Springfield. I was absolutely stunned when I heard the music, especially Neil Young's songs, Mr. Soul and Broken Arrow. I was immediately sold on him. I even saw him in 1976 in concert. Since then, he has become one of the best known artists in American music. Since the mid-60's he has been authoring and performing some of the best emotionally-driven music ever. For the most part he has assembled an impressive legacy of works. Hel also succeeds in fading or burning out like many of his contemporaries. When I put this CD in the stereo, I listened to it three times, and the song "Expecting to Fly" (one of my favorites, if I can narrow it down to one or two covers) several times more.

Decade is a 2-CD anthology of many of Neil's best songs, among them is "Mr Soul, "Expecting To Fly" and "Broken Arrow". After the Springfield songs the CD moves into Neil's solo career including "The Loner", "Sugar Mountain", "Cinnamon Girl" (which is a perennial on classic rock radio), "Down By The River" (I was introduced to this song on a soundtrack from the movie "Strawberry Statement"), and the 11 minute guitar rift "Cowgirl In The Sand". It also includes a song from After The Gold Rush - "Southern Man". His days with Crosby, Stills Ansh and Young are represented by two of their best, "Helpless" and the politically charged "Ohio".

Overall this is a good overview of Young's work. It is a good sampler of Young's best work, although it is by no means exhaustive of all his works. It is both a great introduction to non-Neil Young fans and a great memory for us older Young fans who grew up with him. The liner notes on each song will give great insight on how and why he wrote the song. I would recommend reading his note on "Ohio".

If this is not THE comprehensive Neil Young CD, I can't think of one that is.

Namaste.

Solid idea, but some missteps.......2006-05-10

Yeah, you know this one. Three LP's brought down to two CD's, Neil's first collection, blah blah blah. I'll be talking about the music.
Neil's career is so long and varied that it's hard to put in a collection, even if you're only covering ten years (okay, they were his best ten years) and have three LP's/2 CD's to work with. And really, most of Neil's essential material is covered here, from his days with Buffalo Sprinfield (Mr. Soul, Broken Arrow) to his solo debut (Loner) to his years with Crazy Horse (Down by the River, Cowgirl in the Sand, Cinnamon Girl, After the Goldrush, Southern Man, Cortez the Killer, Like a Hurricane) to CSNY (Ohio) to his radio-friendly, overrated Harvest album (Needle & the Damage Done) to the infamous "Ditch trilogy" (Walk on, Tonight's the Night). But there are problems. Nothing from Rust Never Sleeps was included, but I won't complain about that because the album was released too late to be represented on Decade. (Still, why wasn't Powderfinger included on his recent Greatest Hits compilation?) More importantly, some of Neil's most essential material is STILL left out. I know I'm probably the only person in the world to think this, but where the hell is Last Trip to Tulsa? How about Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere? Only Love Can Break Your Heart? Alabama? Ambulance Blues? Find the Cost of Freedom? And come on, why are I Believe In You, A Man Needs a Maid and Harvest cluttering this up?
Oh well, Neil's always been an album-oriented guy, so a compilation of his would be hard to assemble. Still, some truly awful material manage to sneak in to replace some of his best.

The Best Compilation of Early Young That's Out There but The Worst Possible Sound Quality!.......2006-04-27

Every track on this 2-disc compilation represents the best of the early work of Neil Young as selected by the one who knows best: Neil Young himself. The liner notes are also written by the man himself. Too bad about the sound quality though which is one of the worst that I've ever heard and believe me, I've heard many, many, many cds. The volume levels are so low and the sound so muddy that you can only describe this album as a waste of plastic. This a great shame though as quite clearly the quality of the tracks and the performance of Neil Young are first class. My recommendation is to wait for a properly-remastered version of this must-have album for all lovers of early Young and great music in general to be released. Hopefully, we'll get an mlps gatefold version with either HDCD or at least a 24-bit remastering done from the best available tapes from Warner's vault. Perhaps the good folk at Rhino would like to try their hands at this project. Just don't get this very, very poorly mastered and recorded version.

Average customer rating:

The Old Man still has a lot of rockin left in the tank.
Hits Versus Albums
As far as I'm concerned...
elton's best in 31 years.
From Captain Fantastic & the Brown Dirt Cowboy ............

The Captain and the Kid
Elton John
Manufacturer: Interscope Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Pop | Styles | Music

Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music
Similar Items:

Face The Promise
Still the Same...Great Rock Classics Of Our Time
Duets: An American Classic
Under the Skin
Highway Companion

ASIN: B000H7JDVI
Release Date: 2006-09-19

Tracks:

Postcards From Richard Nixon
Just Like Noah's Ark
Wouldn't Have You Any Other Way (NYC)
Tinderbox
And The House Fell Down
Blues Never Fade Away
The Bridge
I Must Have Lost It On The Wind
Old '67
The Captain And The Kid

Amazon.com

The degree to which you'll like The Captain & the Kid is going to depend on your personal history with Sir Elton John. If you're a resolute follower who was once reduced to a quivering mass of humility by "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" and then revived by the blast of pop liberation that was "Philadelphia Freedom" (a single that later appeared on the CD version of Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, the album to which this disc is a sequel) you'll have enough invested to appreciate the concept. If, on the other hand, you're a late arrival to the Rocket Man's repertoire, you'll have to adjust your expectations. Kid, unlike more recent efforts, isn't aiming itself at the lite-FM listening masses. What it's asking instead is that you return yourself to your 1970s-era childhood bedroom, flop on the bed, and lock the door, or at least fasten an elastic band around your MTV-addled attention span. This is total-immersion music, and it's got 30 years worth of stories to tell.

The Captain and the Kid are John and Bernie Taupin, his longtime songwriting partner. The music, a choir-enhanced swerve through genres including pop, rock, blues, folk, and country with signature piano riffs thrown in nearly everywhere, chronicles their splintery relationship. Innocence and hope ("Postcards from Richard Nixon") give way to success and joy ("Just Like Noah's Ark"), which eventually leads to discontent ("Tinderbox") and disaster ("And the House Fell Down"). A shot at redemption ("The Bridge") later finds the Captain; reflection ("Old 67") and a joyous reunion (the title track) follow.

Theirs is ultimately a simple story, but John and Taupin suffuse it with hypnotic sentimentality--along with the narrative, echoes of past hits wander into several classic-sounding tracks. "Tiny Dancer" darts through the cracked-voice beauty of "Blues Never Fade Away" and "The Bridge," for example, while "Wouldn't HaveYou Any Other Way (NYC)" works in hints at both "Candle in the Wind" and "Where to Now St. Peter." Other songs shake loose less likely influences ("I Must Have Lost it on the Wind" sounds like something off a vintage Linda Ronstadt album), but all are compellingly steeped in context; if you don't get the late-disc reference to fine silk suits and six-inch heels, you'll wish you did. --Tammy La Gorce

Selected Favorites from Elton John

Tumbleweed Connection

Madman Across the Water

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Honky Chateau

Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy

Greatest Hits 1970-2002 (Box Set)

Album Description

The Captain & The Kid, written with his long-time writing partner, Bernie Taupin. More than 30 years after the release of their landmark #1 multi-platinum album, Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, the duo returns with this sequel. The new album features 10 new songs reflecting the intimate lives and public times spanning the long-standing songwriting partnership of Elton John and lyricist Bernie Taupin. In fact, for the first time, both John and Taupin are featured on an Elton John album cover.

"The album is a celebration of our lives and our lifetimes, of our music and of the music we love. The Captain & The Kid continues our story. You can't look back, we're looking ahead," says John.

Created in the tradition of those fantastic records of the 60's and 70's, The Captain & The Kid is a celebration of when music was the most important voice of our culture and the album was its prime vehicle. Much like Elton's previous records Tumbleweed Connection, Madman Across The Water, and Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy, The Captain & The Kid is an album meant to transport you back to that place in time when music mattered most. 35 plus years-later, Elton really has become Captain Fantastic and Bernie is most definitely The Brown Dirt Cowboy and they are as passionate about their music as they have ever been.

"I find the whole album to be so touching and beautiful for me because I've lived it," Elton added. "I lived it with Bernie and we've come through it. We've gone over the bridge and here we are at the other side."

The first single from the album, 'The Bridge" is one of 10 tracks which picks up where Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy left off. The album tells the story of Elton and Bernie from when they arrived in Los Angeles 30 years ago, through the ups and downs of their lives, to present day.

Customer Reviews:

The Old Man still has a lot of rockin left in the tank. .......2007-07-08

This is by far Elton's greatest album since Blue Moves. I came into this CD hoping it could withstand the test of time, which it did and then some. It took 30 years for the sequel to Capt. Fantastic and it was worth the wait. For a 60 year old, this dude rolled out rocker after rocker, his voice has never been better. I hope Bernie Taupin can keep Elton on this path for a little while before he does call it a career. The ballads and soft tunes just isnt his style. Rock and roll and mixing it with a slice of R&B is what made Elton who he is. Go buy this incredible album, you will not regret it one bit.

Hits Versus Albums.......2007-05-16

I have always been a classic Elton John fan. I've loved all of his biggest hits, but had never bought any albums other than his greatest hits. That changed when "Songs From The West Coast" was released. That album blew me away. I actually listen to that album now more than I do his greatest hits. While I did like his next album, "Peachtree Road", it didn't strike me the same way. I just picked up "Captain & The Kid" today, and was thrilled that it seemed to gel so well with "Songs From The West Coast". If you've considered yourself a mainly hits type of fan, I recommend that you pick up these two albums. Thanks Elton!

As far as I'm concerned..........2007-04-03

This highly personal recording hits it out of the park as far as I'm concerned. I mean, you've got some pretentious so-and-sos with the gall to try to tell Bernie and Sir Elton what kind of songs they should be writing. It's as if I'm hearing that unless these guys crank out an album of hard rock tunes, they may as well not bother. What gall.

These guys have taken the last 40 years of their lives and put it into song for us to try to understand where it is they've been all this time, and why after all that time they're still around. This is a gift! Is this something worth writing about? Damn skippy. It's about their lives, it's about two young British kids having to deal with the crazy phenomenon that became Elton John starting from their arrival in Los Angeles during the Nixon era; it's about the ensuing tensions that nearly tore them apart; it's about the deceitfulness of the recording industry and the constant hoops they had to jump through to keep the labels happy; it's about wondering why some they knew and loved didn't make it, and how it was they did so. By the end of this musical, they can sit on the porch, look back at 1967 with actual fondness, and drink a toast to being older - having survived through it all!

And they tell this story so..well, I don't have the words; it's moving at times, humorous at times, and as usual Elton takes Bernie's words and turns them into art. Imagine Bob Dylan trying to tell this story and then imagine me jumping out the window! It's Sir Elton's voice, thank God, and the story is told with his magical piano in a way only Elton John can tell it. He lived it, after all! These songs would be no good in someone else's catalog, as far as I'm concerned. I had the chance to watch a video where Sir Elton and and the elusive Taupin explain what's behind these songs. But, even without the documentary, it's all right there in the booklet.

I'm glad that the tone of the heavier subjects was lightened some by Elton's genius; I have only to think of "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" and how glad I was when it came out on CD so that I could skip that suicide-inducing track altogether! For "The Captain and The Kid", it's different! Who knew a song about a drug-induced stupor could be such fun to sing along with? He's brilliant like Randy Newman that way: able to take horrible subject matter and making singable melodies with them. "Just Like Noah's Ark" is great; analagous to "Tower of Babel", smarminess is dealt with in a toe-tapping style, and Sir Elton and David's dog Arthur adds a little comedy to the mix. Then you have a song like "The Bridge", it's absolutely ethereal, Elton's voice raw with emotion, just beautiful.

The past is gone, Elton and Bernie know it, and the rest of us would do well to grow up and accept it as well. These aren't the hit songs from a couple of robotic crank-out artists, as sung about in "Bitter Fingers". These songs are from the heart and soul, and as such they may never get airplay. So what?! I would love to hear another heavily-orchestrated Elton John album, like the one that made me fall in love with him as a twelve-year-old, but that doesn't mean this album doesn't have merit, as far as I'm concerned. If I need to hear that style, "Made In England" is perfect. The "Captain and The Kid" works, as is, in its own way. "You can't go back, if you try it fails." Amen to that. All we've got is now, today, and I love Sir Elton's older, wiser voice. As far as I'm concerned, the story of Elton and Bernie is one worth telling, I'm glad they shared this very personal story with us, the CD their story has produced is listenable and brilliant, and whether or not it can be danced to it is, in the end, of very little importance.

Elton and Bernie, I appreciate your gift to me, and I thank you.

elton's best in 31 years........2007-03-20

let's welcome elton back to making excellent albums. it's been awhile. this highly autobiographical set of songs by elton and pal bernie is a sequel of sorts to the last excellent album he made (1975's "captain fantastic & the brown dirt cowboy). this is no "tumbleweed connection," the 1971 masterpiece which is easily the best thing elton has ever done, but it's a very fine piece of work, indeed. particularly wonderful here is elton's strongest singing in many a moon. what a voice! can't deny that. and the songs are all very good. "just like noah's ark," is an especially fine hard rock number that can stand up to the current work of any of his peers. i picked up this disc because i saw that mojo magazine picked it as the 33rd best album of 2006, and Q magazine picked it as the 28th. very glad i got the thing. i recommend it to you, too.

From Captain Fantastic & the Brown Dirt Cowboy ...................2007-03-09

As was CFBDC so is the Captain and the Kid an autobiographical production so is this CD. Long time EJ fan and this is a nice way to reminisce. Although I feel EJ's voice isn't what it use to be, if you enjoy and appreciate him and Bernie, this is a must have.

Average customer rating:

STEELY DAN AT THEIR ABSOLUTE BEST.
Its Steely Dan... What more do you need to know?
Love this CD
A Lifetime of Steely Dan!!!
This is a Good CD

A Decade Of Steely Dan
Steely Dan
Manufacturer: Mca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

General | Pop | Styles | Music

Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music

General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music
Similar Items:

Aja
Steely Dan - Greatest Hits
Doobie Brothers - Greatest Hits
The Nightfly
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning

ASIN: B000002P4R
Release Date: 1996-11-05

Tracks:

F.M.
Black Friday
Babylon Sisters
Deacon Blues
Bodhisattva
Hey Nineteen
Do It Again
Peg
Rikki Don't Lose That Number
Reeling In The Years
East St. Louis Toodle
Kid Charlemagne
My Old School
Bad Sneakers

Amazon.com

The notion of a Steely Dan greatest-hits collection is suspect at best, if only because their biggest public successes ("Reelin' in the Years" from Can't Buy a Thrill, Prezel Logic's "Rikki Don't Lose That Number," and Aja's "Peg") are also in many ways their least typical. Indeed, after the craft-conscious Thrill, the duo of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen showed an almost perverse penchant for swimming against the prevailing pop current, despite the protestations of numbskull critics who Didn't Get It in a big way. That said, here's the duo's best-known public works and radio fodder (including all of the above), a sampler that will satisfy the hit-hungry and tempt the less acquainted to sample B&F's more colorful musical adventures. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

STEELY DAN AT THEIR ABSOLUTE BEST........2007-03-07

I will be writing a review on the legendary compilation album entitled "A DECADE OF STEELY DAN" by one of Rock's greatest bands. I give you STEELY DAN. This legendary compilation album was originally released in 1985 on Vinyl/LP and Cassette on the MCA Records label. This legendary album would see its first release on Compact Disc in the late 80's. As always, if I hear any new additional information concerning this legendary compilation album or the artist, I will edit this review immediately so that you the consumer will get the best informative and most accurate review possible.

The band STEELY DAN has been entertaining audiences the world over and has also been recording and releasing great albums and solid hit songs since the early 70's. When this legendary band met and joined forces, a special blend of sound was forged and Rock n' Roll would forever have a new addition of music that would forever change 70's Rock music. As a result of STEELY DAN'S spectacular career of incredible songs, "A DECADE OF STEELY DAN" would evolve and highlight some of STEELY DAN'S greatest hits from the 70's and 80's period. In my opinion, "A DECADE OF STEELY DAN" is a true testament of the genius and talent of a legendary band and a fine fitting tribute to a great legendary band that was indeed, far ahead of their time.

Now it is time to let the music speak for itself and do all of the talking. This disc contains classics such as the incredible Rocker "F.M.," the soothing Rocker "Black Friday," the smooth sounding Rocker "Deacon Blues," the forever legendary STEELY DAN trademark Rocker "Do It Again," the jazzy soulful Rocker "Peg," the beautiful slow mellow Rocker "Rikki Don't Lose That Number," the blistering classic Rocker "Reeling In The Years," the slow heartfelt Rocker "My Old School" and the amazing groundbreaking mellow Rocker "Bad Sneakers."

Overall, this is one hell of a compilation album worth seeking further into and checking out especially if you are a newcomer and a new beginner to the sound and music of STEELY DAN.

I would like to highly recommend purchasing this legendary compilation album to own as a valuable and important part of his or her own personal music collection. This legendary album has already proven to stand the test of time and will always be around to be enjoyed, appreciated and cherished for many years to come, NOW AND FOREVER. This legendary compilation album is one collection that a devout music collector would not want to be without.

In closing, STEELY DAN is here to stay. STEELY DAN has continued to record and release great albums to this very day. Rock n' Roll definitely needs a great band like STEELY DAN to keep the glorious tradition Rock n' Roll sounding beautiful and giving Rock n' Roll a breath of new fresh air when needed. I know for fact that we have not seen or heard the last of STEELY DAN. The band still has so much to accomplish and contribute to Rock n' Roll that I cannot imagine Rock n' Roll without a legendary band like STEELY DAN. So here's to all of the band mates of STEELY DAN. Keep Persevering. Keep The Faith. And as the saying goes, "AND THE REST IS ROCK N' ROLL HISTORY," need I say more? Thanks for reading my review and I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it for your reading pleasure. I also hope that you will read all of my other reviews in the near future when time permits. STEELY DAN RULES. Long Live Rock n' Roll. Rock out always and take it easy. Forever In Rock, John L.

Its Steely Dan... What more do you need to know?.......2007-01-05

Some of their later work, but its great music in the Steely Dan tradition.

Love this CD.......2006-11-04

I play this CD all the time. Great classics that you never get tired of.

A Lifetime of Steely Dan!!!.......2006-11-02

This is MY old school music...it takes me back baby!!!

This is a Good CD.......2006-09-04

I'm listening to it this morning contemplating on giving it away because it had been a while since I heard it. The only song I really like is "Peg" because it always lifts me up when I am feeling down. However I find that some of their songs are gem classics that I have heard but had no idea that they sung them.
The first two songs I don't care for. The third song "Babylon Sisters" is okay. From the fourth song and afterwards, the CD starts to pick up with me. This is a good CD to have and listen to. I will keep it in my collection. I would have liked to give it 4 and 1/2 stars but a whole four stars is going to be the rating.

Music:

Music

Music

Tumbleweed Connection	Madman Across the Water	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Honky Chateau	Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy	Greatest Hits 1970-2002 (Box Set)