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Various Artists
"Super Hits Of The '70s: Have A Nice Day, Volume 20"
© Rhino Records
Year of Release: 1993
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track listing
"Baby Don't Get Hooked
On Me"--
Mac Davis
"The Last Game Of
The Season
(A Blind Man In The
"Get Closer"--
Seals & Crofts
"Devil Woman"--
Cliff Richard
"Judy Mae"--
Boomer Castleman
"Disco Duck (Part 1)"--
Rick Dees &
His Cast Of Idiots
"Angel In Your Arms"--
Hot
"Living Next Door
To Alice"--
Smokie
"Do You Wanna
Make Love"--
Peter McCann
"After The Lovin'"--
Engelbert Humperdinck
"Ariel"--
Dean Friedman
"Smoke From
A Distant Fire"--
The Sanford/
Townsend Band
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"Super Hits Of The '70s: Have A Nice Day, Volume 20"
Rhino Records put together a great series of music
that was to some, from a period that was not the greatest
time in music. But for those who lived in the 1970s,
the music of the times were memorable, and of course,
there were songs from this decade that we'd like to forget.
But the Have A Nice Day series is classic: It
features the best assortment of tunes from the 1970s,
whether they'd be memorable or not. Sure, some of these
can be considered terrible songs to listen to, but I grew up
in the 70s, and personally, I never thought like most critics
who said that these songs were awful, and made you want to
think that the music of the 70s was a bad taste left in your mouth.
Most of the songs in this entire series are by groups
and artists that did not have a lot of albums to their names.
Some were one-hit wonders. Volume 20 features 12 songs by
some well-known artists and the not-so-well-known.
Of the well-known: Mac Davis, Seals & Crofts, and Engelbert
Humperdinck.
Mac Davis' #1 hit "Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me",
the oldest of the 12 songs here, (1972, the remaining were from
1975-1977), is a real good song. Seals & Crofts' light rock
"Get Closer" may be a sleeper to many, but then again, many felt
that Seals & Crofts were a boring duo. Not so, Seals & Crofts may
be in the league of such talents as The Carpenters and Barry Manilow
(zzzz), but their music is still enjoyable to listen to.
Engelbert Humperdinck's "After The Lovin'" is
a great love song. Back in the sex-idol days of the 70s, both
Engelbert and Tom Jones were on many women's minds, with their
good looks and crooning love songs.
Now for the songs that I didn't remember: "Judy Mae", by
Boomer Castleman reminds me of the song by Mark Lindsay,
called "Arizona". "Angel In Your Arms" by Hot is
one of those songs that could have been included on Rhino's
Soul series. It has the early 1970s Soul feeling.
Smokie's "Living Next Door To Alice" features
vocalist Chris Norman, who has a slight resemblance vocal sound
to Tom Jones. And this song sounds like "Down In The Boondocks"
by Billy Joe Royal, in a more upbeat fashion. "Smoke From A
Distant Fire" by The Sanford/Townsend Band is another
Soul-influenced song with a good pop-rock beat.
From the Oh! I Remember That One! Department:
I vaguely remember David Geddes's blind man tale of
"The Last Game Of The Season (A Blind Man In The Bleachers)".
This has to be one of the many songs that can easily be forgotten.
Cliff Richard was a big name in England, but not easily
recognized here in the U.S. His "Devil Woman" is here,
as this song was heavily played on AM radio. And here's one
where all of the critics kept saying that this is one of the
reasons why the 70s music was so bad: The #1 song by Rick
Dees--"Disco Duck". From my recollection, I had this
45 rpm single, and it wasn't THAT bad of a song. Probably
beause it focused on Disco music, another reason the critics
blasted 70s music.
Peter McCann had everyone asking the musical question:
"Do You Want To Make Love", or do you just want to fool around?"
I'm sure this song had everyone's sexual knowledge at it's attention.
And probably considered my favorite song from this 12-song set,
is Dean Friedman's "Ariel". This song was another
AM radio favorite. It's a happy-go-lucky tune, as I remember
this song very well, and how everyone used to try to sing the
main chorus--just to see if you could reach the high notes.
I truthfully enjoyed the music of the 70s, despite other
people's criticism. This was the music I was growing up to.
As you're growing up, music seems to capture your youth.
And today's music is considered great for some of the youngsters of today,
where most people disagree that today's music is just as
terrible as the 70s music was. But music is for everyone to
decide what's good and what's bad. Where some may like songs
like "Disco Duck", others just despised them.
The Rhino Have A Nice Day series will bring back
a lot of great memories for those who lived through this decade.
Some enjoybable, some distracting to others, this collection
has the 'best' tunes put together from a decade,
like all decades, that captured the 'popular' tunes
throughout.
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