This Is Rock Anthems (2006)

Product Summary Label: Koch Entertainment Dist UPC: 00741157167429 Release Date: 10/10/2006 Buy.com Sku: 203106402 Item#: M36RLE Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Rock And Roll Hoochie Koo - Rick Derringer ~ Various Artists 2. Cum Of Feel The Noize - Quiet Riot ~ Various Artists 3. Boom, Boom (Out Go The Lights) - Pat Travers ~ Various Artists 4. Jim Dandy To The Rescue - Black Oak Arkansas ~ Various Artists 5. Once Bitten Twice Shy - Great White ~ Various Artists 6. Sister Christian - Night Ranger ~ Various Artists 7. Rag Doll - Ted Nugent ~ Various Artists 8. Spirit In The Sky - Elton John ~ Various Artists 9. Ballroom Blitz - Sweet ~ Various Artists 10. Jane - Starship ~ Various Artists 11. Another Brick In The Wall Pt. 1 - Fee Waybill ~ Various Artists 12. Jackie Blue - Ozark Mountain Daredevils ~ Various Artists 13. Overkill - Motorhead ~ Various Artists 14. Every Rose Has It's Thorn - Bret Michaels ~ Various Artists 15. Wait - White Lion ~ Various Artists 16. Wrathchild - Paul Dianno ~ Various Artists 17. Crazy Train - Dee Snider ~ Various Artists Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. Snortin' Whiskey, Drinkin' Cocaine - Pat Travers ~ Various Artists 2. Ramble On - Kevin Martin ~ Various Artists 3. No More Mr. NIce Guy - Slash/Roger Daltrey ~ Various Artists 4. Burn Up - Jimmy Page ~ Various Artists 5. Jingo - Santana ~ Various Artists 6. Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Steve Lukather ~ Various Artists 7. Hello, It's Me - Todd Rundgren ~ Various Artists 8. Who's Crying Now - Bobby Kimball ~ Various Artists 9. Round & Round - Stephen Pearcy ~ Various Artists 10. Shake Me - Cinderella ~ Various Artists 11. Dream On - Ronnie James Dio/Yngwie Malmsteen ~ Various Artists 12. Doctor Doctor - Michael Schenker Group ~ Various Artists 13. Roundabout - Rick Wakeman ~ Various Artists 14. Cherry Pie - Warrant ~ Various Artists 15. Rip & Tear - L.A. Guns ~ Various Artists 16. Sweet Emotion - Jack Blades/Tommy Shaw ~ Various Artists 17. You Keep Me Hangin' On - Vanilla Fudge ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Here's one with only marginal value, unfortunately, when it could have been a classic compilation. Its title, in big letters, proclaims "This Is Rock Anthems." OK. You get revved up -- the very idea that a two-disc box could contain most of your faves makes you salivate, right? But when the contents are revealed, the sails lose their wind. Rick Derringer's "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo" was certainly a hit, but an anthem? Quiet Riot's version of Slade's "Cum on Feel the Noize" comes much closer and it's easy to get excited about; same with Pat Travers "Boom, Boom (Out Go the Lights)" and Black Oak Arkansas' "Jim Dandy to the Rescue." The latter three make the opener easier to swallow. But when Night Ranger's "Sister Christian" comes in, and "Rag Doll" by Terrible Ted Nugent -- then what? No "Stranglehold?" or "Just What the Doctor Ordered" or even "My Love Is a Tire Iron"? The pills get hard to wash down. But it gets worse when you find Elton John covering "Spirit in the Sky," a remixed version of Sweet's classic "Ballroom Blitz," a notoriously bad Fee Waybill of the Tubes playing Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall." Is it even necessary to go further? Yes, it is. Other catastrophic inclusions are Kevin Martin, frontman of Candlebox, covering "Ramble On," Slash with Roger Daltrey covering Alice Cooper's "No More Mr. Nice Guy," Dee Snider of Twisted Sister covering Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train," and Steve Lukather from Toto (!!!) "performing" "Shine on You Crazy Diamond." Ugh. Yechhhhhh. And that's not even the half of it. Horrid. Dismissed. ~ Thom Jurek The two-disc This Is Rock Anthems begins with Rick Derringer's "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo," which was certainly a hit, but an anthem? Quiet Riot's version of Slade's "Cum on Feel the Noize" comes much closer and it's easy to get excited about; same with Pat Travers "Boom, Boom (Out Go the Lights)" and Black Oak Arkansas' "Jim Dandy to the Rescue." These are followed by Night Ranger's "Sister Christian," "Rag Doll" by Terrible Ted Nugent, Elton John covering "Spirit in the Sky," a remixed version of Sweet's classic "Ballroom Blitz," and Fee Waybill of the Tubes playing Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall." Other inclusions are Kevin Martin, frontman of Candlebox, covering "Ramble On," Slash with Roger Daltrey covering Alice Cooper's "No More Mr. Nice Guy," Dee Snider of Twisted Sister covering Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train," and Steve Lukather from Toto covering "Shine on You Crazy Diamond." And that's not even the half of it. ~ Thom Jurek   Technical Info Release Date : 10/10/2006 Original Release Date : 2006 Catalog ID : 1674 Label : Dead Line Music Number of Discs : 2 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00741157167429    Related Videos In Search of Solid Ground... Draw The Line: David Gray