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Awesome collection of '70s tunes

Matthew G. Sherwin | last seen screaming at Amazon customer service | 02/22/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This CD entitled Casey Kasem: Top Ten - 70's Singers & Songwriters has twenty great tunes from the `70s. Many of these tunes bring back great memories for me of junior high school dances with my girlfriend and I am sure these tunes will make you smile, too! Newcomers to this genre of music would do well to check out this album.



Carole King starts the track set off right with her smash hit, "It's Too Late." Carole sings this wonderfully and the backup vocalists sound so good, too. The guitar and percussion work well for the musical arrangement. "Your Song" by Elton John is one of the sweetest, most beautiful love ballads I've ever heard. Leave it to Elton to come up with something this big! "Your Song" has a lush musical arrangement and Elton's voice is rather strong; he never sounded better.



Cat Stevens sings his `Morning Has Broken" with its incredible piano and guitar work; Cat sings this with all his heart and soul and you can tell it's true when you listen to it. Eric Clapton turns in a more amusing, fun oriented "Lay Down Sally;" Eric sounds great and the guitar rocks! Don McLean's "American Pie" is an absolute must for any true blue collector of `70s music; Don sings this passionately and it all works brilliantly. Listen also for Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit In The Sky." "Spirit In The Sky" rocks and this is one tune that you'll never tire of!



Jim Croce's "I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song" absolutely stuns me with its beauty; The guitar and more enhance the song while Jim sings this with style and grace. In addition, Carly Simon puts in her melancholy "That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be;" Carly sings this soulfully and she never misses a note. This is not Carly's most recognizable song, but it sure is moving.



The CD has Lobo doing "I'd Love You To Want Me" with style; and the track set ends strong with Al Stewart's "Year Of The Cat."



Overall, this CD is chock full of superlative `70s hits that deserve all the recognition they can get. The sound quality is excellent and the artwork and notes are well done, too.

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Fantastic! It will bring you back to the 70s

theladypandora | 11/05/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I put this CD in at work and everyone just raved about it. Every song, we were like, "This is a great song!" I don't recognize all the names on this album, but once I listened to it, I recognized every song. It's a wonderful complilation album, probably one of the best, since I loved every song on the CD and how rare is that?thanks for reading**Pandora"

The Late, Great 1970's - 20 Top 10 Hits - Singer/Songwriters

Sheila Chilcote-Collins | Collinswood, Van Wert, OH USA | 05/26/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If you grew up in the 1970's with your parent's music - on 8 track, no less, this kickin' CD compilation will transport you back in time. Back in time to the days of cut off jean short-shorts, tube socks, & Trax tennis shoes. Smoking candy cigarettes, eating Lik M' Aid, Boo Berry cereal, cold bologna out of the package, and drinking Coke from a glass bottle.Singer/Songwriters have a sound all of their own. It's THEIR OWN words that they are singing, so naturally, they have more feeling behind their performances.1. It's Too Late - Carole King belts out her own tune whilst playing her piano...
2. Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers and his smooth R&B hit single
3. Chuck E.'s in Love - Rickie "The Marble Mouth" Lee Jones rambles on about Chuck E.
4. Lowdown - Boz Scaggs with his hit
5. Your Song - Elton John's ballad that was a huge hit
6. Morning Has Broken - Cat Stevens' and his religious crossover success
7. At Seventeen - Janis Ian and her teenaged ridden angst. Her one hit wonder.
8. Lay Down Sally - Eric Clapton's great country meets rock single
9. American Pie - Don McLean's tribute to "The Day The Music Died"
10. Please Come to Boston - Dave Loggins' sad Hit song
11. Summer Breeze - Seals & Crofts' fun, lazy Summertime song
12. Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum and his funky 60's throwback
13. Poetry Man - Phoebe Snow and her wonderful hit with a song and lyrics that are one of a kind
14. I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song - Jim Croce's follow up hit to "Operator"
15. Hello It's Me - Todd Rundgren is another one hit wonder, but what a great tune
16. If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot's wonderful love song. True GORD'S GOLD
17. Sunshine (Go Away Today) - Jonathan Edwards' one hit Folk song wonder
18. That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be - Carly Simon's hit after Anticipation
19. I'd Love You to Want Me - Lobo's hit after "Me and You and A Dog Named Boo"
20. Year of the Cat - Al Stewart's year was a good one when this tune hit the charts.This CD is great! I wish that they would release more singer/songwriter CD's for the different decades! I would buy 'em all!Happy Listening!"