Pop Music: The Modern Era 1976-1999 (1999)

About this title: To commemorate the end of the century, Sony Music assembled the gargantuan 26-disc box set, Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a Century. The title was imposing, as was the idea behind it -- to chronicle the life of the oldest record label in the music industry. To be clear, Sony Music has not existed for 100 years, but the heart of its catalog, Columbia Records, was founded early in the 20th century. Sony acquired Columbia and its various subsidiaries in the late '80s, purchasing one of the richest catalogs in pop history, as the box set proves again and again. Sony realized that most ... read more

Tracks:

1. Dream On [Tyler]
2. Play That Funky Music [Parissi]
3. Lowdown [Scaggs/Paich]
4. Boogie Nights [Temperton]
5. Your Smiling Face [Taylor]
6. Just the Way You Are [Joel]
7. Two Tickets to Paradise [Money]
8. Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground) [Jacksom/Jackson R]
9. Don't Bring Me Down [Lynne]
10. Hungry Heart [Springsteen]
11. Guilty [Gibb/Gibb/Gibb]
12. Keep on Loving You [Cronin]
13. Open Arms [Perry/Cain]
14. Ebony and Ivory [McCartney]
15. Rosanna [Paich]
16. Who Can It Be Now? [Hay]
17. Heartlight [Bacharach/Diamond]
18. Rockit [Hancock/Laswell/Bei]
19. Girls Just Want to Have Fun [Hazard]
20. Billie Jean [Jackson]
21. Careless Whisper [Michael/Ridgeley]
22. To All the Girls I've Loved Before [David/Hammond]
23. Smooth Operator [Sade/Saint John]
24. Wishing Well [DArby/Oliver]
25. Anything for You [Estefan]
26. Eternal Flame [Hoffs/Steinberg/Kel]
27. We Didn't Start the Fire [Joel]
28. How Am I Supposed to Live Without You [Bolton/James]
29. Step by Step [Starr]
30. Black or White [Jackson/Bottrell]
31. You Gotta Be [Des'ree/Ingram]
32. Because You Loved Me [Warren]
33. Sunny Came Home [Colvin/Leventhal]
34. Virtual Insanity [Kay/Smith]
35. My All [Carey/Afanasieff]
36. Criminal [Apple]
37. Gettin' Jiggy Wit It [Barnes/Edwards/Robi]
38. Doo Wop (That Thing) [Hill]

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