Various Artists – Classic Rock Anthems (Double Vinyl LP)
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Various Artists – Classic Rock Anthems (Double Vinyl LP)
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Compilation Introduction
Classic Rock Anthems is a 20-track double LP compilation spread across four sides, bringing together some of the most immediately recognisable and enduringly popular rock recordings from the 1970s and 1980s. The tracklist spans the full range of the classic rock canon — from the arena rock of Journey's Don't Stop Believin' and Europe's The Final Countdown to the hard rock of Heart's Barracuda and Blue Öyster Cult's (Don't Fear) The Reaper, the power ballads of Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell and Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse of the Heart, and the AOR of Boston's More Than a Feeling, Toto's Rosanna and Boz Scaggs's Lido Shuffle. Patti Smith Group's Because the Night — co-written by Bruce Springsteen — and Ram Jam's Black Betty add further range and depth to a compilation that covers the genre with genuine breadth and authority.
Tracklist Highlights
- Journey – Don't Stop Believin' — One of the most immediately recognisable and emotionally resonant arena rock recordings ever made; its combination of a driving piano riff, Steve Perry's extraordinary vocal and a lyric of romantic optimism has made it one of the most enduring and universally recognised rock songs of the decade.
- Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell — Jim Steinman's epic rock opera and one of the most dramatically ambitious and viscerally exciting rock recordings of the 1970s; its combination of a driving, orchestral production and Meat Loaf's completely uninhibited vocal gives it a grandeur and emotional intensity that has made it one of the most enduring rock recordings ever made.
- Bonnie Tyler – Total Eclipse of the Heart — Jim Steinman's power ballad and one of the most immediately recognisable and emotionally overwhelming pop-rock recordings of 1983; Tyler's vocal — raw, powerful and completely uninhibited — gives the song a dramatic intensity that has made it one of the most enduring recordings of the decade.
- Blue Öyster Cult – (Don't Fear) The Reaper — One of the most atmospherically distinctive and melodically sophisticated hard rock recordings of the 1970s; its combination of a driving, hypnotic guitar riff and a lyric of romantic fatalism gives it a sustained emotional resonance that has made it one of the most enduring rock recordings ever made.
- Patti Smith Group – Because the Night — Co-written by Bruce Springsteen and one of the most immediately emotionally resonant and melodically irresistible rock recordings of 1978; Smith's vocal — passionate, completely assured and delivered with total conviction — gives the song an energy and emotional directness that has made it one of the most enduring recordings of her career.
Full Tracklist
- A1 – Boston – More Than a Feeling
- A2 – Survivor – Eye of the Tiger
- A3 – Toto – Rosanna
- A4 – Kansas – Carry On Wayward Son
- A5 – Journey – Don't Stop Believin'
- B1 – Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell
- B2 – Mr. Mister – Broken Wings
- B3 – Rick Springfield – Jessie's Girl
- B4 – Cheap Trick – I Want You to Want Me (Live in Tokyo)
- B5 – REO Speedwagon – Keep on Loving You
- C1 – Europe – The Final Countdown
- C2 – Ram Jam – Black Betty
- C3 – Boz Scaggs – Lido Shuffle
- C4 – Belinda Carlisle – Leave a Light On
- C5 – Bonnie Tyler – Total Eclipse of the Heart
- D1 – Starship – We Built This City
- D2 – Alice Cooper – Poison
- D3 – Heart – Barracuda
- D4 – Patti Smith Group – Because the Night
- D5 – Blue Öyster Cult – (Don't Fear) The Reaper
Record Details
- Title: Classic Rock Anthems
- Artist: Various Artists
- Format: Double Vinyl LP (4 sides, 20 tracks)
- Genre: Classic Rock / Arena Rock / Hard Rock
- Barcode: 5014797895461
Condition
Condition: VG+/VG+ — see our Condition Grading Guide.
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