Customer Reviews

Time-Life Music: Guitar Rock Classics Collection

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1. Free-All Right Now
2. Derek and the Dominos-Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?
3. Uriah Heep-Easy Livin
4. The Allman Brothers Band-Whipping Post
5. Deep Purple-Woman from Tokyo
6. Humble Pie-Stone Cold Fever
7. Frijid Pink-House of the Rising Sun
8. Santana-Oye Como Va
9. Eric Clapton-Let It Rain
10. Boston-More than a Feeling
11. David Bowie-Fame
12. Bad Company-Feel Like Makin' Love
13. Rod Stewart with Faces-(I Know) I'm Losing You
14. Kiss-Rock and Roll All Nite
15. Lynyrd Skynyrd-Gimme Back My Bullets
16. Scorpions-Rock You Like a Hurricane
17. Def Leppard-Rock of Ages

I bought this album after a late-night infomercial many years ago, and I have enjoyed listening to it ever since. It is exactly what the title suggests, a collection of guitar rock classics, from the 60s, 70s, and 80s.

Some of the best songs on this album include Santana's "Oye Como Va," Boston's "More Than a Feeling," and the Scorpions "Rock You Like a Hurricane." There are also classics from The Allman Brothers Band, Eric Clapton, Bad Company, and Lynyrd Skynyrd.

What kept this album from receiving five stars was its inconsistency. For instance, I personally think that David Bowie's "Fame" is an excruciating, wretched song and totally out of place on this disc. Other songs, though decent, that seemed strangely inappropriate were "Easy Livin," "Stone Cold Fever," "(I Know) I'm Losing You," and "Rock of Ages."

Of course, much of this is personal taste, but I just found this album to be slightly erratic. Nonetheless, it does include some fantastic classic rock songs, and I enjoy listening to it. You could probably do better, but I know that you could do worse than to get this collection of guitar rock classics.