Easy Rock (2001) (Chicago/Scarbury/Holmes/Exile )

Product Summary Label: Bmg/razor & Tie Entertainment UPC: 00793018903929 Release Date: 10/23/2001 Buy.com Sku: 60507170 Item#: MJ4RQL Buy.com Sales Rank: 25050 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. This Is It - Kenny Loggins ~ Various Artists 2. Ride Like The Wind - Christopher Cross ~ Various Artists 3. I Keep Forgettin' - Michael McDonald ~ Various Artists 4. Reminiscing - Little River Band ~ Various Artists 5. Biggest Part Of Me - Ambrosia ~ Various Artists 6. Just The Two Of Us - Grover Washington Jr. ~ Various Artists 7. Baby What A Big Surprise - Chicago ~ Various Artists 8. I'd Really Love To See You Tonight - England Dan/John Ford Coley ~ Various Artists 9. Hot Child In The City - Nick Gilder ~ Various Artists 10. Lost In Love - Air Supply ~ Various Artists 11. What A Fool Believes - The Doobie Brothers ~ Various Artists 12. Into The Night - Benny Mardones ~ Various Artists 13. Kiss You All Over - Exile ~ Various Artists 14. Steal Away - Robbie Dupree ~ Various Artists 15. After The Love Is Gone - Earth, Wind & Fire ~ Various Artists 16. Escape (The Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes ~ Various Artists 17. Theme From The Greatest American Hero, The (Believe It Or Not) - Joey Scarbury ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Compilation producers: Craig Balsam, Cliff Chenfeld, Michael Anderson. All tracks have been digitally remastered. Easy Rock gathers up 17 lite rock and easy listening pop classics from the 1970s by some of the biggest artists of the decade. One of the defining voices of the era, Michael McDonald, turns up no less than four times, singing background for Kenny Loggins on "This Is It" and Christopher Cross on "Ride Like the Wind," performing solo on "I Keep Forgetting (Every Time You're Near)," and with the Doobie Brothers on "What a Fool Believes." Other highlights are Exile's sexy "Kiss You All Over," England Dan & John Ford Coley's breezy "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight," Chicago's harmony-soaked "Baby, What a Big Surprise," and Rupert Holmes' silly but somehow moving "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)." Along with all the usual easy rock standards are a few surprises like the inclusion of Grover Washington, Jr.'s smooth-as-silk "Just the Two of Us" and Earth, Wind & Fire's beautiful "After the Love Has Gone," which aren't obvious choices but fit very well. A choice that doesn't really work is Nick Gilder's "Hot Child in the City." Sure, it is a good song but is too darned exciting and breaks the mood so carefully established elsewhere. Apart from that one misstep and the inclusion of a re-recording of Benny Mardones' "Into the Night" instead of the original, Easy Rock is solid as a rock, guaranteed to make things go down smooth and easy like a Sunday morning. ~ Tim Sendra Come on, admit it, you love these songs. Sure, if you were around in the '70s when these AM radio hits were entrancing millions with their cotton-candy sweetness, you might have felt too cool to admit your affection. But in the post-irony 21st century, all pop culture ephemera is fair game. So you should feel no shame as you hop on an imaginary Harley in time with Christopher Cross's least mellow outing "Ride Like the Wind." Wear your passion proudly while swaying gently to the soft-pop balladry of Ambrosia's "Biggest Part of Me" and Air Supply's surprisingly transcendent "Lost in Love." Okay, admittedly, there's no way to look hip while listening to Joey Scarbury intone the theme from "The Greatest American Hero (Believe it or Not)," but there's plenty of material here from legitimate '70s pop icons like Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins, and the aforementioned artistes to make up for that.   Technical Info Release Date : 10/23/2001 Original Release Date : 2001 Catalog ID : 89039 Label : Razor & Tie Music Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00793018903929    Product Image