Rock: Train Kept a Rollin

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 12, 1999)
• Original Release Date: October 12, 1999
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00001SIF8
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #78,597 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Subterranean Homesick Blues

2. Mr. Tambourine Man

3. Why Do I Cry

4. Over, Under, Sideways, Down

5. Omaha

6. Down on Me

7. Time Has Come Today

8. I Ain't Superstitious

9. Albatross

10. I Got a Line on You

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Paradise by the Dashboard Light

2. Pump It Up

3. London Calling

4. Breaking the Law

5. Pretty in Pink

6. Don't Stop Believin'

7. Beds Are Burning

8. Learning to Fly

9. Cult of Personality

10. No More Tears

See all 16 tracks on this disc

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good entry in the series, February 27, 2000

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F. Lowell "Midnightdj" (Highland Mills, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rock: Train Kept a Rollin (Audio CD)

This collection totally ignores rock's early years, not featuring anythin prior to mid-60's Bob Dylan. Again it is limited to recordings in the Columbia/Epic library, which is fine, but it does make for a distorted view of the 'music for the century'.

As a series of snapshots of rock music from the 60's to the 90's it is well worth your attention.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars NOT "The Greatest Rock Collection of the Century", but..., March 24, 2005

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Fruit Loop (Down South) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rock: Train Kept a Rollin (Audio CD)

...still has some good stuff. I laughed at the sticker on the front of mine - "THE GREATEST ROCK COLLECTION OF THE CENTURY!" especially after reading the collection of tracks - (Where's Elvis? The Beatles? The Doors? Jefferson Airplane? Jimi Hendrix? The Who? Led Zeppelin?) - but it's still worth adding to a collection, with songs not often seen on such retrospectives, like Meat Loaf's "Paradise by the Dashboard Light." Certainly NOT the greatest of the century, but a good start.

4 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Pointless Sampler for the Over 50 Set, February 19, 2007

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DW (chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rock: Train Kept a Rollin (Audio CD)

The Train Kept A Rollin' is a random collection of songs from the Columbia back catalog. In every case the shortest edit of the song is used. The 11 minute plus opus "Time Has Come Today" by The Chambers Bros. is cut to a brief 3:33. Boston's "More Than A Feeling" is down to 3:29 (originally 4:45). "Frankestein" (Edgar Winter Group) is a mere 3:27 (full version is 4:44). Santanta's "Black Magic Woman" has been separated from "Gypsy Queen". Sly Stone's "I Want To Take You Higher" should be 5:42 but is down to 3:04.

As if to say Bob Dylan is the be all and end all of rock, the set starts off with "Subterranean Homesick Blues" and ends with his forgettable "Love Sick".

This is a truely pointless collection.

[DW]