Have a Nice Day 9

Super Hits Of The 70's: Have A Nice Day (Series) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 4, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B0000032RL
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,449 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)

2. Beautiful Sunday

3. Rock & Roll, Pt. 2

4. Speak to the Sky

5. Popcorn

6. I'd Love You to Want Me

7. I Believe in Music

8. American City Suite [*]

9. Thunder and Lightning

10. Something's Wrong With Me

11. Clair

12. Frankenstein [*]

Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not the best, but darn close!, July 6, 2000

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John A. Kuczma "RogueUlfric" (Marietta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Have a Nice Day 9 (Audio CD)

Volume 9 of the "Have a Nice Day" series is one of those rare discs that provides catchy, memorable tunes from all across the spectrum of 1970s rock/pop. There is something for just about everyone in these 12 tracks.

For mainstream rock with a slightly hard edge, Edgar Winter's "Frankenstein" takes center stage. Unfortunately, due to the format of the series, this is the commercial release short version, which edits out the excellent solo work in the center of the song. However, that is a very small distraction on an excellent compilation.

For MOR pop, there is Gilbert O'Sullivan's "Claire", Looking Glass' classic "Brandy", and two very underated cuts, Daniel Boone's "Beautiful Sunday" and Gallery's "I Believe in Music." For those who prefer ballads, Lobo's "I'd Love You to Want Me" and Canadien crooner Austin Roberts' "Something's Wrong With Me" will fill the bill nicely. Finally, for afficianados of the instrumental, this disc includes Hot Butter's playful "Popcorn" and Gary Glitter's sports fan anthem "Rock 'n ' Roll, Part 2."

No matter how you slice it, this volume delivers the whole pie. It is definitely one of the stars of the series. Highly recommended.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars + 1/2 stars...Just Enough To Keep Things Interesting, February 27, 2004

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Steve Vrana (Aurora, NE) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Have a Nice Day 9 (Audio CD)

I purchased volumes 1-23 of Rhino's Have a Nice Day series long before the current plethora of pay per download websites. If I hadn't, I probably would have gone that route where you can cherry pick the songs you want. Regardless, vol. 9 in the series continues the trend of featuring mostly minor artists (one- and two-hit wonders); some that had huge hits ("Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" sold a million copies and went to No. 1) and some that barely lurched into the Top 40 (Cashman & West's "American City Suite" peaked at #27).

As I've pointed out in reviews of earlier volumes, Rhino's intent is not to give you the biggest hits of the year (in this case 1972), but to give you a wide range of hits--both major and minor.

Two of the biggest hits are the instrumentals "Popcorn" and "Frankenstein," although the later is a truncated 3:28 single version as opposed to the 4:45 album version. Million-sellers included "I'd Love You To Want Me" and "Clair."

But what has always set this series apart, is the inclusion of the rarely anthologized songs, like Rick Springfield's first hit, "Speak to the Sky" (almost ten years before his next hit "Jessie's Girl"), Gallery's follow-up hit "I Believe In Music," and Daniel Boone's "Beautiful Sunday."

It's difficult to recommend these albums too highly because at twelve songs (ten on the cassette), you don't get much bang for your buck. And let's face it, no one's going to like every song on here. But there's just enough variety and surprises to keep the series interesting.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Way To Get Full-Length AMERICAN CITY SUITE, October 28, 2005

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J. Johnson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Have a Nice Day 9 (Audio CD)

This gets a 5 star rating for one simple reason: This is about the only way I know of the get a copy of the full-length version of American City Suite. No Cashman & West CD currently available (to my knowledge) has this version on it. So if you've been looking for this hard-to-find gem, here it is!