Now That's What I Call Classic Rock Hits
| Now That's What I Call Classic Rock Hits | ||||
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| Compilation album by Various artists | ||||
| Released | May 1, 2012 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, blues rock, progressive rock | |||
| Length | 76:55[1] | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
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Now That's What I Call Classic Rock Hits is one of many genre-themed compilation albums from the Now! series in the United States, this one focusing on popular classic rock songs from the 1970s. It was released on May 1, 2012.
Track listing[]
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Boys Are Back in Town" | Thin Lizzy | 4:24 |
| 2. | "Feels Like the First Time" | Foreigner | 3:12 |
| 3. | "Hold the Line" | Toto | 3:31 |
| 4. | "Baby Hold On" | Eddie Money | 3:30 |
| 5. | "Any Way You Want It" | Journey | 3:22 |
| 6. | "Come Sail Away" | Styx | 3:06 |
| 7. | "Locomotive Breath" | Jethro Tull | 4:23 |
| 8. | "Crazy on You" | Heart | 4:17 |
| 9. | "Feel Like Makin' Love" | Bad Company | 5:11 |
| 10. | "Lola" | The Kinks | 4:00 |
| 11. | "25 or 6 to 4" | Chicago | 2:51 |
| 12. | "Take the Money and Run" | Steve Miller Band | 2:50 |
| 13. | "Blinded by the Light" | Manfred Mann's Earth Band | 3:48 |
| 14. | "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" | Meat Loaf | 8:30 |
| 15. | "I Want You to Want Me" (Live) | Cheap Trick | 3:36 |
| 16. | "Do You Feel Like We Do" (Live) | Peter Frampton | 7:17 |
| 17. | "Free Bird" | Lynyrd Skynyrd | 9:07 |
Reception[]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
In his review for Allmusic, Gregory Heaney says "the Now series delivers a dose of good ol' classic rock with Now That's What I Call Classic Rock Hits," which "gathers some of rock's most enduring crossover hits." Now That's What I Call Classic Rock Hits is "an album that achieves its primary goal of being able to please most of the people most of the time with a wide-ranging selection of hits that should fit into most anyone's definition of classic rock."[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Heaney, Gregory. Now That's What I Call Classic Rock Hits > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
External links[]
Categories:
- 2012 compilation albums
- Now That's What I Call Music! albums (American series)
- EMI Records compilation albums