Rock On-1979 (1996) ( )

Product Summary Label: Madacy Records UPC: 00056775197926 Release Date: 6/25/1996 Buy.com Sku: 60038664 Item#: MWQ3SN Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. My Sharona - The Knack ~ Various Artists 2. Heart Of Glass - Blondie ~ Various Artists 3. Lonesome Loser - Little River Band ~ Various Artists 4. Lotta Love - Nicolette Larson ~ Various Artists 5. When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman - Dr. Hook ~ Various Artists 6. Minute By Minute - The Doobie Brothers ~ Various Artists 7. Ring My Bell - Anita Ward ~ Various Artists 8. Everytime I Think Of You - The Babys ~ Various Artists 9. American Dream, An - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band ~ Various Artists 10. We Don't Talk Anymore - Cliff Richard ~ Various Artists 11. I Want Your Love - Chic ~ Various Artists 12. Different Worlds - Maureen McGovern ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Madacy's Rock On '70s series is a low-priced roundup of popular songs from each year of the decade. The songs are wide-ranging and, although they seem thrown together with little regard to context or pacing, do a fairly good job of recreating what 45 minutes or so of listening to a decent AM station would have been like. The 1979 volume contains some pop (Dr. Hook's "When You're in Love With a Beautiful Woman," Little River Band's "Lonesome Loser"), some disco (Chic's "Le Freak," Anita Ward's "Ring My Bell"), a bit of new wave (Blondie's "Heart of Glass," the Knack's "My Sharona"), and a couple of MOR weepers (Cliff Richard's "We Don't Talk Anymore," Maureen McGovern's "Different Worlds"). It is a bit on the skimpy side, certainly too much so to be considered an essential purchase. Perhaps a '70s neophyte with a limited budget could make some use of it. ~ Tim Sendra Each volume of Excelsior's Rock On series provides an extremely arbitrary snapshot of the year that's being covered. Only 12 songs are on each disc, meaning that a good amount of space goes to waste, and there's little in the way of stylistic focus. Needless to say, these hastily patched-together budget-line discs shouldn't be considered suitable documentations for the years they are covering. Rock On: 1979 includes the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's "An American Dream," Blondie's "Heart of Glass," Dr. Hook's "When You're in Love With a Beautiful Woman," Chic's "I Want Your Love," and the Doobie Brothers' "Minute by Minute." ~ Andy Kellman Madacy's Rock On '70s series is a low-priced roundup of popular songs from each year of the decade. The songs are wide-ranging and, although they seem thrown together with little regard to context or pacing, do a fairly good job of recreating what 45 minutes or so of listening to a decent AM station would have been like. The 1979 volume contains some pop (Dr. Hook's "When You're in Love With a Beautiful Woman," Little River Band's "Lonesome Loser"), some disco (Chic's "Le Freak," Anita Ward's "Ring My Bell"), a bit of new wave (Blondie's "Heart of Glass," the Knack's "My Sharona"), and a couple of MOR weepers (Cliff Richard's "We Don't Talk Anymore," Maureen McGovern's "Different Worlds"). It is a bit on the skimpy side, certainly too much so to be considered an essential purchase. Perhaps a '70s neophyte with a limited budget could make some use of it. ~ Tim Sendra   Technical Info Release Date : 05/21/1996 Original Release Date : 1996 Catalog ID : 1979 Label : Madacy Distribution Number of Discs : 1 Runtime : 42m : 8s Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00056775197926    Related Videos In Search of Solid Ground... Draw The Line: David Gray