Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
2. Evil Ways - Santana
3. American Woman - Guess Who
4. All Right Now - Free
5. Locomotive Breath - Jethro Tull
6. Walk Away - The James Gang
7. Maggie May - Rod Stewart
8. I'd Love To Change The World - Ten Years After
9. Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress) - The Hollies
10. Frankenstein - The Edgar Winter Group
11. Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting - Elton John
12. We're An American Band - Grand Funk
13. Rocky Mountain Way - Joe Walsh
14. China Grove - The Doobie Brothers
15. Radar Love - Golden Earring
16. Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
17. You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman Turner Overdrive

Disc 2:

1. Bad Company - Bad Company
2. Hair of the Dog - Nazareth
3. Never Been Any Reason - Head East
4. Slow Ride - Foghat
5. Show Me The Way [LIVE] - Peter Frampton
6. (Don't Fear) The Reaper - Blue =D6yster Cult
7. Cold As Ice - Foreigner
8. Cat Scratch Fever - Ted Nugent
9. Just What I Needed - The Cars
10. Two Tickets to Paradise - Eddie Money
11. I Want You To Want Me [LIVE] - Cheap Trick
12. Hold On Loosely - .38 Special
13. Lunatic Fringe - Red Rider
14. White Wedding (Part 1) - Billy Idol
15. Rock You Like A Hurricane - Scorpions

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11966 in Music
• Released on: 2005-04-26
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Dimensions: .24 pounds

Customer Reviews

+ 1/2 stars...Solid Collection of Classic Rock Songs
The term "classic rock" means different things to different people. In my mind, it's that decade from 1964 to about 1975. For others, it's the decade of the Fifties. In the liner notes of this compilation, the "golden age" of Classic Rock has been defined as the FM radio era beginning in 1968 and ending in 1987. They further define a Classic Rock song as "snatching the listener out of the humdrum here and now, and taking off..."

A quick look at the track list on this collection will certainly beg the question: Hey, where's _____? (Fill in your favorite song and/or artist.) Just keep in mind that Hip-O is limited by licensing restrictions. So what you wind up with are 33 songs (disc 2 actually concludes with Whitesnake's "Here I Go Again") that dominate FM radio playlists to this day.

I have only a couple quibbles with this collection. While it covers the span from 1968 to 1987, there is only one song ("Born To Be Wild) from The Sixties and five from The Eighties. Also, where are the AOR artists that produced great music, but didn't focus on hit singles? Artists like Pink Floyd, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Led Zeppelin, The Allman Brothers, etc. All but a handful of songs on these two discs went Top 40, and nearly half went Top 10.

But that's a minor complaint. Overall, this is a solid collection of some of the era's best know (and best loved) songs. For maximum effect, PLAY THIS MUSIC LOUD! [Running Time - Disc 1 75:31, Disc 2 68:19] HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Memories
Wow, all I can say is 'WOW'. This is a fantastic collection. This is what I grew up on and every song brings back memories of a particular time or place in my childhood. I've been buying various 'hits' compilations and many of them are remakes. So you start to listen and think, yea this is it, only to hear the voice that doesn't match your memories. Not so here, this collection is made up of all original recordings so your memories will be intact. Of the collections I've purchsed, it's the best. It can't match new music fidelity, but hey, neither did it in the 60's and 70's.
If you were born in 1958 like me, this will be a golden collection. I just wish it was a series and there were more sets like this one.

Great Road Trip Collection
This is a great album of Classic Rock staples. Most all of these songs deserve to be given the title classic. This album is so "rockin" it's perfect for passing the time on any road trip.

Some argue that some classic rock staples are missing. Well if you have read any of my other reviews of compilations I consider these albums "the best of the rest". If I am upset that I favorite song is not featured then chances are I already have a best of CD by that band. For example Steve Miller Band, Journey, Chicago, and Boston all had some great songs that would be considered classic rock. Well I have best of albums for all those artists that I enjoy regularly. This covers some of the best songs by the artists represented and I really have no need to explore their catalog any farther then what's here.

If you enjoy 70s rock this is the collection to get. Considering a lot of 70s collections have a lot of Disco this may be your best bet since it is Disco free.