Spirit of 73: Rock for Choice

Various Artists - Rock | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 8, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000002AYM
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,040 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #76 in Music > Pop > By Decade > 1990s

Track Listings

1. If I Can't Have You

2. More, More, More, Pt. 1

3. We Are Family

4. Dreams

5. Dancing Barefoot

6. Cherry Bomb

7. Midnight at the Oasis

8. Have You Never Been Mellow

9. River

10. Feel Like Makin' Love

11. Killing Me Softly With His Song

12. Blue

13. It Won't Take Long

14. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Generally Worthwhile Stuff, December 3, 1999

By 

Alf Kremer (Denver CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spirit of 73: Rock for Choice (Audio CD)

70's female numbers done by 90's female artists. There's the story, and it works out about how you'd expect. Several of the numbers are killer - Eve's Plum doing "If I Can't Have You", Ebony Vibe Everlasting's gospelesque take on "We Are Family" - while others simply don't rate - Pet's "Have You Never Been Mellow". The disk seems to lose its drive about halfway through (I don't know how bad the 70's were, female-wise, but did they need TWO Roberta Flack numbers?). Probably worth the reduced price, whatever your political affillation.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fun, fresh covers of oldies favorites, April 11, 2005

By 

K. B. Lowry "kblowry" (Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spirit of 73: Rock for Choice (Audio CD)

First of all, for the price of the album itself it's definately worth it!
Now the rest of my review will follow.
The entire album consists of covers of the top billboard songs of the decade that Roe v. Wade was past, the 1970's. This album is an effort on the part of Rock for Choice (formed by the Feminist Majority organization and the popular, femme rock band L7 in 1991) a Pro Choice / Pro Woman coalition of progressive female rock bands deciated for continuance of reproductive freedom. Most of the covers are extremely well done (normally I hate covers of oldies because so many of them aren't up to snuff with the originals). The bands that did the covers were mostly well chosen for the songs, exceptional performances include Eve's Plum, Babes in Toyland, Letters to Cleo, Ebony Vibe Everlasting, Johnette Napolitano, Melissa Ferrick and Sophie B. Hawkins. The rest are okay. Honestly, they aren't horrible, but they aren't better than the original or offer some uniqueness of their own merit. And the Sarah McLachlan's "Blue" seems like it was just thrown in there because Lilth Fair was just not cutting it for her that year.
Also, what's majorily annoying about the album is the little "mini clips" they've inserted into random tracks that resemble news or radio or nostalgic flash backs from the 70's. But their subject matter (a Berry White voice, a random chick bouncing around on a water bed, and the sound of a hair drier and hairspray [hey, that's 70's, right?]) isn't entertaining, it's just annoying. Would have been nice if they had actual news broad casts or parts of speeches from 1973 that would have unified the album together for the purpose of why the album was created: to celebrate Roe v. Wade.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Could go either way ..., April 16, 2000

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A Customer - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spirit of 73: Rock for Choice (Audio CD)

Of the many tracks on this CD, there are only 3 good covers. However, they are really good covers, so if you have the space to store this CD you might want to get it. "If I Can't Have You" and "Dreams" are really well done, and "More More More" is a fun interpretation. There are millions of "Dancing Barefoot" covers in the world and they are all much better than the Johnette Napolitano version here. "Cherry Bomb" is a great song, but this version doesn't make much diversion from the original. Everything else is forgettable.