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That '70s Show Presents That '70s Album: Rockin'

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great album.the 70s gave us some of the best music ever.this cd proves that.songs from cheap trick and 10cc explode with power and feeling.that 70s show is a terrific show, and this soundtrack is a perfect way to put the show in sounds.i recommend this soundtrack for any fan of the show or folks who love that 70s sound.

I grew up in the 70s and found this CD to be the perfect album to blast on a weekend. It encapsulates some of the best music from my teen years and includes some songs that are hard to find on CD anywhere. I also bought the "That 70s Show Jammin'" album which my 10 year old daughter (a fan of the TV show) loves as well.

The music from the 70's is still as great today as it was then. There really aren't any bad tunes on here and I absolutely LOVE the new show theme song from Cheap Trick! This CD brought back more memories than I thought possible.

I think it's great that the whole series of that 70's show has Big Star in it. They let the people in our generation get a taste of how great the music was in the 70's and i still think Big Star is underrated (must people don't know who they are still). My dad introduced me to the song "feel" on guitar at age 12, and i've been jammin ever since 8 years later. I give credit to some of the other picks too they're great songs...but i don't know if i, or anyone else, would have picked these songs to capture the full 70's experience..thats why 4 stars not 5...groovy man

A couple of reviewers here talk about songs and artists they feel are missing from this CD compilation. To these folks I offer this solution: get this AND a copy of both volumes of the "Dazed And Confused" CD soundtrack series. I'll admit it might not necessarily be comprehensive, but having these three CDs in your collection will give you an excellent cross-section of killer tunes from the 70s (and you can't go wrong by getting down and funky with the That '70s Show Jammin' Album too!). If I have one minor complaint it's that the single versions of "Black Betty" and "Hold Your Head Up" are used here as opposed to the full-length versions, but in the grand scheme of things that's not that huge of an issue (and they DID use the long versions of "Radar Love" and "Let It Ride").

This album is one of the greatest. It has all the classic rock bands from the 70s. You could not ask for anything better.

Well, on the one hand we get Cheap Trick's classic standard "I Want You To Want Me" and other 70's staples such as Golden Earring's "Radar Love," Argent's "Hold Your Head Up" and BTO''s "Let It Ride." You even have a couple of secondary level songs from Lynyrd Skynyrd, Blue Oyster Cult and Alice Cooper. But there are also some songs on this album that defy retro-respectibility. Finding five songs from this collection that you would like to have that you do not already own might end up being a close call. Of course, this applies to those of us who actually went to high school in that decade and had some of these songs on vinyl and now those of you with faux-nostalgia for that particular point in time.

The irony that Big Star would be included on an album of songs from the 1970's (more particularly sprinkled heavily throughout the show's sound track) should topple the foundation of any fans of classic progressive rock. Whomever's choice it was from the show to included "I'm in Love With a Girl" and "Thirteen" as interlude music and "Out in the Streets" as a theme (sorry Cheap Trick, Alex Chilton's version is better...but a nice nod just the same) should be thanked for giving Big Star some deserved attention by the latest generation. But I guess they couldn't use Big Star's version for the theme because it has that line "...wish we had a joint so bad..." just like they can't show the smoke/haze in the basement. I suppose they couldn't mention that the senior class probably unanimously voted Cannabis Sativa as their class flower, either.

"Side 2" of this "album", featuring Montrose, BÖC, Ted Nugent, 10cc (good story about how they got their name) and other deeper cuts is really the hightlight of the package. This *actual* music of the 1970's was heard on the FM dial while AM powerhouses played what people think were the great songs of the `70's like most of Elton John's blather, "Afternoon Delight" by the Starland Vocal Band and great choices from KC and the Sunshine Band or Donna Summer (blechhh).

As compilations come and go, this one offers a fairly decent selection of tunes from the 70's. However, missing are such 70's standard-issue fare like Boston, Peter Frampton, Aerosmith, and Kiss. Nonetheless, it's a good collection--especially the two Cheap Trick cuts!

This is, without a doubt, the best CD I own. Since I purchased this CD, I have purchased more than 20 additional CD's hoping to find one with as many excellent songs as this. No luck yet!