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70's Mania Very Best Of The Seventies 2001
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70\'s Mania - Very Best Of The Seventies - 2001
TRACKS
1.: Bye Bye Baby - Bay City Rollers
2.: Hold Me Close - Essex, David
3.: Save All Your Kisses For Me - Brotherhood Of Man
4.: All Kinds Of Everything - Dana
5.: When Will I See You Again - Three Degrees
6.: YMCA (millenium mix edit) - Village People
7.: After The Love Has Gone - Earth Wind & Fire
8.: Love Me For A Reason - Osmonds
9.: Don\'t Give Up On Us - Soul, David
10.: When I Need You - Sayer, Leo
11.: So You Win Again - Hot Chocolate
12.: You\'re The First My Last My Everything - White, Barry
13.: Native New Yorker - Odyssey
14.: Brown Girl In The Ring - Boney M
15.: Brass In Pocket - Pretenders
16.: I Will Survive - Gaynor, Gloria
17.: Maggie May - Stewart, Rod
18.: Telegram Sam - T-Rex
19.: Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) - Cockney Rebel
20.: Under The Moon Of Love - Showaddywaddy
21.: Blockbuster - Sweet
22.: We Are Family - Sister Sledge
EXTERNAL REVIEW
This is an interesting collection of tracks that provide their own perspective on the decade. The selection doesn\'t concentrate on any particular styles or eras within the decade. The only thing in common is that they were all top 5 UK hits. The best soul numbers are When Will I See You Again by Three Degrees, (a lovely motowny sound from the girl group that rivalled The Supremes in the early 1970s), So You Win Again[1978] by Hot Chocolate and You\'re The First ... by Barry White. The best disco tracks are Sister Sledge\'s We Are Family, Boney M\'s Brown Girl In The Ring which was the flipside ofmore their massive hit Rivers Of Babylon, Odyssey\'s seductive Native New Yorker, Gloria Gaynor\'s anthemic I Will Survive and YMCA by Village People. Timeless rockers include Rod Stewart\'s Maggie May (the flipside Reason To Believe was a hit too), Brass In Pocket (1979) by The Pretenders, Telegram Sam by T. Rex, Blockbuster by Sweet and my top rock favourite, Make Me Smile by Cockney Rebel, an underrated band. There are also some really beautiful pop songs like All Kinds Of Everything by Dana, a lovely ballad by TV star David Soul and teenpop in the form of The Osmonds. The tracks by Bay City Rollers, Brotherhood Of Man and Showaddywaddy have never been amongst my favourites and I don\'t think they\'ve stood the test of time very well. 70\'s Mania is a very eclectic collection but contains enough great artists and good songs to earn four stars.