20 Greats from the Golden Decade of Power Pop

Product Description
Power Pop is a cross between the crunching hard rock of The Who and the sweet melodicism of The Beatles and The Beach Boys, with the ringing guitars of The Byrds thrown in for good measure. Power Pop bands filled a void left by The Beatles when they broke up in 1970. Throughout the early ’70s, several bands, most notably Badfinger, Raspberries and Big Star, established the sound of Power Pop, with a whole array of like-minded bands emerging in the later part of the decade. Groups like Cheap Trick, The Knack, The Romantics, Dwight Twilley, Raspberries, and Badfinger had the biggest hits, but The Flamin’ Groovies, Shoes, and 20/20 among others became Power Pop favorites.

This is the first comprehensive single disc overview of Power Pop ever assembled. It includes just about every major band of the genre and is filled with non-stop Power Pop classics.
Featured here are several tracks previously unavailable on CD, including the single version of The Knack’s Top 10 hit "Good Girls Don’t," the UK single version of the great 1979 Searchers track "It’s Too Late," and "You Oughta Know" by The Pop.
Also included is the rare single version of Big Star’s "In the Street," used as the raucous theme of That ’70s Show as performed by Cheap Trick.

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20 Greats from the Golden Decade of Power Pop

Average customer rating: Incomplete, narrowly-focused collection of '70s power pop

20 Greats from the Golden Decade of Power Pop Various Artists Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music Power Pop | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Roots of Powerpop Destination Bomp Smashes Crashes and Near Misses Best of Jags Everywhere at Once ASIN: B000A0GP4U Release Date: 2005-07-19

Tracks:

1. Go All the Way - Raspberries
2. In The Street (single version)- Big Star
3. What I Like About You - The Romantics
4. Couldnt I Just Tell You - Todd Rundgren
5. Shake Some Action - Flamin Groovies
6. Come Out And Play - The Paley Brothers
7. Better Take It Easy (single version)- The SpongeTones
8. Surrender - Cheap Trick
9. You Oughta Know - The Pop
10. Yellow Pills - 20/20
11. Stop! Wait A Minute - Pezband
12. She Say Yea - The Scruffs
13. Precious To Me - Phil Seymour
14. Rock and Roll Girl - The Beat
15. Its Too Late (UK single version)- The Searchers
16. Im On Fire- Dwight Twilley Band
17. Good Girls Dont -(single version)The Knack <
18. Too Late - Shoes
19. Let Go - Dirty Looks
20. Baby Blue - Badfinger (Live recording from the Agora Ballroom,

Album Description

Power Pop is a cross between the crunching hard rock of The Who and the sweet melodicism of The Beatles and The Beach Boys, with the ringing guitars of The Byrds thrown in for good measure. Power Pop bands filled a void left by The Beatles when they broke up in 1970. Throughout the early '70s, several bands, most notably Badfinger, Raspberries and Big Star, established the sound of Power Pop, with a whole array of like-minded bands emerging in the later part of the decade. Groups like Cheap Trick, The Knack, The Romantics, Dwight Twilley, Raspberries, and Badfinger had the biggest hits, but The Flamin' Groovies, Shoes, and 20/20 among others became Power Pop favorites.

This is the first comprehensive single disc overview of Power Pop ever assembled. It includes just about every major band of the genre and is filled with non-stop Power Pop classics.
Featured here are several tracks previously unavailable on CD, including the single version of The Knack's Top 10 hit "Good Girls Don't," the UK single version of the great 1979 Searchers track "It's Too Late," and "You Oughta Know" by The Pop.
Also included is the rare single version of Big Star's "In the Street," used as the raucous theme of That '70s Show as performed by Cheap Trick.

Customer Reviews:

Incomplete, narrowly-focused collection of '70s power pop.......2005-07-21

Any kind of "genre" collection is bound to disappoint, as this one does. But on the plus side, the single version of Big Star's "In the Street" is worth the price of this CD alone, it being a looser take than the LP version. It's great to have both Phil Seymour's and The Dwight Twilley Band's (featuring Phil Seymour) hits on the same CD. "It's Too Late" by The Searchers is an inspired choice, but many of the songs here lack enough appeal to want to hear them more than once. And then there's "What I Like About You" by The Romantics, which is overly familiar from way too many plays through the '80s to the present. For a power pop collection to really be comprehensive,
there should be other key artists represented, such as Stories ("Take Cover" or "Top of The City"), Canadian rocker Pagliaro ("Some Sing, Some Dance" or "Lovin' You Ain't Easy") and Crabby Appleton ("Go Back"). British popsters The Hollies ("Won't We Feel Good" or "Out on the Road"), The Marmalade ("Radancer"), and its spinoff Blue ("Little Jody") made some great recordings that easily fit into the "power pop" category as well. This collection seems a bit too Americanized whereas it should be more global. But 50% of this CD is essential stuff.

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