Have a Nice Decade: The 70s Pop Culture Box (1998)

About this title: For anyone who grew up during the last days of AM radio, anyone who remembers gas shortages, disco scarves, and feathered hair, this mammoth seven-disc box set, Have a Nice Decade: The 70s Pop Culture Box, will be a holy grail of nostalgia. First of all, the discs themselves contain a staggering 164 tracks. Basically, if you remember the song, it's probably included: from enduring chestnuts even today's teenagers can sing ("Fire and Rain," "Fly Like an Eagle") to obscure gems of kitsch like "The Night Chicago Died" and the supremely maudlin "Billy Don't Be a Hero." If you were born in the ... read more

Tracks:

1. Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) [Macaulay/Mason]
2. Venus [VanLeeuwen]
3. Rose Garden [South]
4. American Woman [Bachman/Cummings/Pe]
5. Green-Eyed Lady [Corbetta/Phillips]
6. Vehicle [Peterik]
7. Little Green Bag [Bouwens/Visser]
8. Ride Captain Ride [Pinera/Konte]
9. Spirit in the Sky [Greenbaum]
10. Superstar [Rice/Lloyd Webber]
11. Give Me Just a Little More Time [Dunbar/Wayne]
12. Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) [Bell/Hart]
13. O-o-h Child [Vincent]
14. ABC [Gordy/Mizell/Perren]
15. Band of Gold [Dunbar/Wayne]
16. Fire and Rain [Taylor]
17. Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian) [Loudermilk]
18. Put Your Hand in the Hand [MacLellan]
19. One Toke Over the Line [Brewer/Shipley]
20. Signs [Thomas]
21. Don't Pull Your Love [Lambert/Potter]
22. Me and You and a Dog Named Boo [LaVoie]
23. Wild World [Stevens]
24. Joy to the World [Axton]
25. Theme from Shaft [Hayes]
26. Family Affair [Stewart]
27. Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get [Hester]
28. Treat Her Like a Lady [Cornelius]
29. Have You Seen Her? [Record/Acklin]
30. Want Ads [Johnson/Perry/Perki]
31. Let's Stay Together [Green/Jackson/Mitch]
32. Do You Know What I Mean [Michaels]
33. Maggie May [Stewart/Quittenton]
34. Mr. Big Stuff [Broussard/Williams/]
35. Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It) [Delvy/Gwin]
36. Brand New Key [Melanie]
37. One Tin Soldier (The Legend of Billy Jack) [Lambert/Potter]
38. School's Out [Bruce/Buxton/Cooper]
39. Popcorn [Kingsley]
40. Joy [Bach]
41. I Am Woman [Reddy/Burton]
42. A Horse with No Name [Bunnell]
43. I'll Take You There [Isbell]
44. Everybody Plays the Fool [Clark/Bailey/Willia]
45. I Gotcha [Tex]
46. I'll Be Around [Bell/Hurtt]
47. Lean on Me [Withers]
48. Day by Day [Schwartz]
49. Alone Again (Naturally) [OSullivan]
50. Precious and Few [Nims]
51. Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) [Lurie]
52. Dancing in the Moonlight [Kelly]
53. Nice to Be With You [Gold]
54. The Candy Man [Bricusse/Newley]
55. Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast [Callander/Stephens]
56. Hot Rod Lincoln [Ryan/Stevenson]
57. Rock & Roll, Pt. 2 [Glitter/Leander]
58. Cover of the Rolling Stone [Silverstein]
59. You're So Vain [Simon]
60. Me and Mrs. Jones [Gamble/Huff/Gilbert]
61. Freddie's Dead [Theme from Superfly] [Mayfield]
62. The Morning After [Kasha/Hirschhorn]
63. That Lady, Pt. 1 [Isley/Isley/Isley]
64. Love's Theme [White]
65. Lady [DeYoung]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.