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  1. 13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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    awesome collection of ’70s tunes, February 22, 2008
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    Matthew G. Sherwin (last seen screaming at Amazon customer service) –
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    This review is from: Casey Kasem Presents: America’s Top Ten – The 1970’s Singer/Songwriters (Audio CD)
    This CD entitled Casey Kasem: Top Ten – 70’s Singers & Songwriters has twenty great tunes from the `70s. Many of these tunes bring back great memories for me of junior high school dances with my girlfriend and I am sure these tunes will make you smile, too! Newcomers to this genre of music would do well to check out this album.

    Carole King starts the track set off right with her smash hit, “It’s Too Late.” Carole sings this wonderfully and the backup vocalists sound so good, too. The guitar and percussion work well for the musical arrangement. “Your Song” by Elton John is one of the sweetest, most beautiful love ballads I’ve ever heard. Leave it to Elton to come up with something this big! “Your Song” has a lush musical arrangement and Elton’s voice is rather strong; he never sounded better.

    Cat Stevens sings his `Morning Has Broken” with its incredible piano and guitar work; Cat sings this with all his heart and soul and you can tell it’s true when you listen to it. Eric Clapton turns in a more amusing, fun oriented “Lay Down Sally;” Eric sounds great and the guitar rocks! Don McLean’s “American Pie” is an absolute must for any true blue collector of `70s music; Don sings this passionately and it all works brilliantly. Listen also for Norman Greenbaum’s “Spirit In The Sky.” “Spirit In The Sky” rocks and this is one tune that you’ll never tire of!

    Jim Croce’s “I’ll Have To Say I Love You In A Song” absolutely stuns me with its beauty; The guitar and more enhance the song while Jim sings this with style and grace. In addition, Carly Simon puts in her melancholy “That’s The Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be;” Carly sings this soulfully and she never misses a note. This is not Carly’s most recognizable song, but it sure is moving.

    The CD has Lobo doing “I’d Love You To Want Me” with style; and the track set ends strong with Al Stewart’s “Year Of The Cat.”

    Overall, this CD is chock full of superlative `70s hits that deserve all the recognition they can get. The sound quality is excellent and the artwork and notes are well done, too.

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  2. 6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
    4.0 out of 5 stars
    A Decent Mix, September 8, 2004
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    This review is from: Casey Kasem Presents: America’s Top Ten – The 1970’s Singer/Songwriters (Audio CD)
    This disc highlights several interesting hits from the 70’s. I didn’t know all of the song names, but when I listened I found I recognized nearly all of them. Softer tunes like Jim Croce’s “I’ll Have to Say I Love You in a Song” and Al Stewart’s “Year of the Cat” contrast well with mild blues in Clapton’s “Lay Down Sally” and classic rockers like “Spirit in the Sky.” It’s a good mix if you like a variety of styles on one disc.

    One word of caution – the version of Don McClean’s “American Pie” is cut rather short at 4:10. The original is over eight minutes! It was disheartening and a little ironic to hear the music fade out halfway through the story in a song about “the day the music died.”

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