Straight From The Heart [Box set]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 10, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 3
• Format: Box set
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Shout Factory
• ASIN: B0002IQF0E
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #146,131 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Tie A Yellow Ribbon ‘Round The Ole Oak Tree—Dawn feat.Tony Orlando

2. Love Will Keep Us Together—Captain & Tennille

3. Before The Next Teardrop Falls (Single Version)—Freddy Fender

4. I Honestly Love You—Olivia Newton-John

5. Sara Smile—Daryl Hall & John Oates

6. Baby Come Back—Player

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Disc: 2

1. Without You—Nilsson

2. Lean On Me—Bill Withers

3. Dream A Little Dream Of Me—Mama Cass with The Mamas & The Papas

4. Easy To Be Hard—Three Dog Night

5. You Light Up My Life—Debby Boone

6. The Most Beautiful Girl—Charlie Rich

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Disc: 3

1. Worst That Could Happen—Brooklyn Bridge

2. Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head—B.J. Thomas

3. The Fool On The Hill—Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66

4. Light My Fire—Jose Feliciano

5. This Girl Is A Woman Now—Gary Puckett & The Union Gap

6. More Today Than Yesterday—Spiral Starecase

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Editorial Reviews

From Olivia Newton-John’s "I Honestly Love You" to Player’s "Baby Come Back" to Three Dog Night’s "An Old Fashioned Love Song," this is the soundtrack to the ’60s and ’70s. Some of the greatest music in the American songbook is captured right here in the 3-CD box set that is the companion piece to the upcoming August PBS special.

The box set contains 60 original knockout hits, each from the top of the charts, including 17 #1 songs. Included in this set are Captain & Tennille, Freddy Fender, Olivia Newton-John, Three Dog Night, Stevie Wonder, 10cc, The Association, Debby Boone, Mac Davis, Bread, Helen Reddy, Kenny Rogers, Dusty Springfield, Linda Ronstadt, and Paul Anka, plus many more.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WHAT MEMORIES - WHAT GREAT MEMORIES!, September 11, 2004

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Hugo (HOUSTON, TEXAS United States) - See all my reviews
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You can't help but love all the monster hit single tracks and artists featured here - mostly a scattered few late 60's hits and a whole lotta 70's pop-rock chart toppers and quite memorable Top 40 Radio and Chart gold singles! "Oh! What memories - what memories from nineteen 60/70 something..." exclaimed that Dee-Jay on the classic Carpenters "Yesterday Once More" LP's "60's Medley" - and you can't fight the feeling here either! Through the ages, many Pop Music critics have often written many of these genuinely classic recordings off as "schmaltzy pop-rock", but, truth be told - none of those morons ever recorded nor landed a "hit single" of their own! This is CLASSIC AMERICAN POP ROCK at it's ultimate BEST! Don't pass it up!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Guilty, as Charged!, November 25, 2004

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Booggit "Entertainment Junkie" (Arabian Gulf) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Straight From The Heart (Audio CD)

This boxed set contains one guilty pleasure after another! Even though many of the songs I had not heard for years/decades, I found I immediately recalled the words and was singing along, barely realizing it until I was in mid-song! Even though numerous "styles" of music are included, this is pop, pop and more pop. If you are like myself, and were a teenager in the Seventies, most of these songs will bring back many memories of people, places and events which had been hiding in the far corners of your memory...waiting for these songs to set them free! This three-cd package is guaranteed to supply you with many hours of musical pleasure.

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3.0 out of 5 stars + 1/2 stars...Truth In Advertising, December 7, 2009

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This review is from: Straight From The Heart (Audio CD)

At sixty songs, this collection offers a certain amount of bang for your buck; however, much of the music is a bit too treacly for my taste. ["You Light Up my Life," for example, gets my vote for worst song of the seventies.] Nonetheless, Shout! Factory titled this collection STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART for a reason: these are all love songs--more than three and a half hours' worth! That's more than even the most lovestruck Baby Boomer can handle in one sitting.

But there are some genuine classics here. Nilsson's "Without You" is the definitive version of the Pete Ham ballad. Joe Cocker reaching for that last note--and missing--on "You Are So Beautiful" is poignant in its simplicity. And even though I was only in junior high at the time, "Cherish" was my anthem of unrequited love.

While these songs share the theme of being "Straight From the Heart," it is something of a mixed bag. And even though the cover says "timeless music from the 60s and 70s," "Through the Years" and "Always on My Mind" both charted in the 80s. [And for those of you keeping score at home, 16 of the songs are from the 60s and 42 are from the 70s.]

There is also a 36-page booklet, but it's mostly stock photos of the artists--very little text and the photos are all duotone images. There are, however, three pages of track listings, including release date and highest chart position. Overall, not as informative as it could have been.

If you're looking for a more diverse collection of seventies music, check out Shout Factory's GET READY, HERE COME...THE '70s. That set contains 57 songs (and only five are repeated from this collection). RECOMMENDED [Disc 1 - 67:10, Disc 2 - 73:46, Disc 3 - 66:21]