Notes & Personnel Info |  | Full Title: WOGL-FM's 10th Anniversary: Best Of The 70's. | | Contains 24 tracks. | | Contains 24 tracks. | | Personnel: Harry Nilsson (vocals). | | Liner Note Author: Mark Marymont. | | WOGL Oldies 98 presents the 10th Anniversary Edition, Vol. 3: Best of the 70's collects 24 classic rock & roll and pop-rock tracks that are perennial favorites on the Philadelphia radio station, including the Carpenters' "Close to You," Diana Ross' "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," Tom Jones' "She's a Lady," Tony Orlando & Dawn's "Knock Three Times," Meatloaf's "Two out of Three Ain't Bad," Vicki Sue Robinson's "Turn the Beat Around," Grass Roots' "Temptation Eyes," Gladys Knight & Pips' "Midnight Train to Georgia," Three Dog Night's "Joy to the World" and Don McLean's "American Pie." It's a solid but unexceptional oldies collection that should please casual fans; more dedicated collectors will find its predictable song selection a little frustrating and the disc a little unnecessary. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine | | This 21-track compilation is both foolproof and utterly predictable. There are certain songs that seem to turn up over and over on compilations (they must be available for licensing cheap), songs like KC & the Sunshine Band's "That's the Way I Like It," Pilot's "Magic," Rod Stewart's "Maggie May," Looking Glass' "Brandy," and the Hollies' "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress." Of course, they're all here. But these are all dependable hits, the kind that you hear continually on oldies radio: 17 out of 21 were gold or platinum records, and 14 hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100. They tend to mark significant events in their creators' careers: seven were the artists' first hits; 12 were the biggest hits they ever had. Neil Sedaka's "Laughter in the Rain" was his first chart entry in almost nine years, sparking his '70s comeback. The musical styles range from Don McLean's singer/songwriter epic "American Pie" to Vicki Sue Robinson's disco standard "Turn the Beat Around," with plenty of pure pop in between, much of it by one-hit wonders like Redbone, though several big names are also included. Of course, a 21-track album can't provide a definitive look at a decade in pop music, but it can be representative, and this one is. Yet it is likely that, if you didn't hear these songs often enough in the '70s to get sick of them, you probably have since on oldies stations. (Note that this identical album has also been issued by Collectables as Oldies 103 FM WODS Boston: The '70s Tenth Anniversary Album and as WCBS-FM 101.1: The Anniversary Album: The '70s.) ~ William Ruhlmann | | Befitting a collection issued under the sponsorship of an oldies radio station, this 21-track compilation is both foolproof and utterly predictable. There are certain songs that seem to turn up over and over on compilations (they must be available for licensing cheap), songs like KC & the Sunshine Band's "That's the Way I Like It," Pilot's "Magic," Rod Stewart's "Maggie May," Looking Glass' "Brandy," and the Hollies' "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress." Of course, they're all here. But these are all dependable hits, the kind that you hear continually on oldies radio. Seventeen out of 21 were gold or platinum records, and 14 hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100. They tend to mark significant events in their creators' careers: seven were the artists' first hits and 12 were the biggest hits they ever had. Neil Sedaka's "Laughter in the Rain" was his first chart entry in almost nine years, sparking his '70s comeback. The musical styles range from Don McLean's singer/songwriter epic "American Pie" to Vicki Sue Robinson's disco standard "Turn the Beat Around," with plenty of pure pop in between, much of it by one-hit wonders like Redbone, though several big names are also included. Of course, a 21-track album can't provide a definitive look at a decade in pop music, but it can be representative, and this one is. Yet it is likely that if you didn't hear these songs often enough in the '70s to get sick of them, you probably have since on stations like Boston's WODS. [Note that this identical album has also been issued by Collectables as The Ultimate Rock & Roll Collection: The 70s and as WCBS-FM 101.1: The Anniversary Album: The 70s.] ~ William Ruhlmann | | Befitting a collection assembled at the behest of an oldies radio station, this 21-track compilation is both foolproof and utterly predictable. There are certain songs that seem to turn up over and over on compilations (they must be available for licensing cheap), songs like KC & the Sunshine Band's "That's the Way I Like It," Pilot's "Magic," Rod Stewart's "Maggie May," Looking Glass' "Brandy," and the Hollies' "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress." Of course, they're all here. But these are all dependable hits, the kind that you hear continually on oldies radio; 17 out of 21 were gold or platinum records and 14 hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100. They tend to mark significant events in their creators' careers: seven were the artists' first hits; 12 were the biggest hits they ever had. Neil Sedaka's "Laughter in the Rain" was his first chart entry in almost nine years, sparking his '70s comeback. The musical styles range from Don McLean's singer/songwriter epic "American Pie" to Vicki Sue Robinson's disco standard "Turn the Beat Around," with plenty of pure pop in between, much of it by one-hit wonders like Redbone, though several big names are also included. Of course, a 21-track album can't provide a definitive look at a decade in pop music, but it can be representative, and this one is. Yet it is likely that, if you didn't hear these songs often enough in the '70s to get sick of them, you probably have since on stations like Boston's WODS. ~ William Ruhlmann | | Befitting a collection issued under the sponsorship of an oldies radio station, this 21-track compilation is both foolproof and utterly predictable. There are certain songs that seem to turn up over and over on compilations (they must be available for licensing cheap), songs like KC & the Sunshine Band's "That's the Way I Like It," Pilot's "Magic," Rod Stewart's "Maggie May," Looking Glass' "Brandy," and the Hollies' "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress." Of course, they're all here. But these are all dependable hits, the kind that you hear continually on oldies radio. Seventeen out of 21 were gold or platinum records, and 14 hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100. They tend to mark significant events in their creators' careers: seven were the artists' first hits and 12 were the biggest hits they ever had. Neil Sedaka's "Laughter in the Rain" was his first chart entry in almost nine years, sparking his '70s comeback. The musical styles range from Don McLean's singer/songwriter epic "American Pie" to Vicki Sue Robinson's disco standard "Turn the Beat Around," with plenty of pure pop in between, much of it by one-hit wonders like Redbone, though several big names are also included. Of course, a 21-track album can't provide a definitive look at a decade in pop music, but it can be representative, and this one is. Yet it is likely that if you didn't hear these songs often enough in the '70s to get sick of them, you probably have since on stations like New York's WCBS-FM. (Note that this identical album has also been issued by Collectables as The Ultimate Rock & Roll Collection: The 70s and as Oldies 103 FM WODS Boston: The 70s Tenth Anniversary Album.) ~ William Ruhlmann | | WOGL Oldies 98 presents the 10th Anniversary Edition, Vol. 3: Best of the 70's collects 24 classic rock & roll and pop-rock tracks that are perennial favorites on the Philadelphia radio station, including the Carpenters' "Close to You," Diana Ross' "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," Tom Jones' "She's a Lady," Tony Orlando & Dawn's "Knock Three Times," Meatloaf's "Two out of Three Ain't Bad," Vicki Sue Robinson's "Turn the Beat Around," Grass Roots' "Temptation Eyes," Gladys Knight & Pips' "Midnight Train to Georgia," Three Dog Night's "Joy to the World" and |
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