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| Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 10 | 
 enlarge | Artist: Various Artists
Label: Rhino / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (13 reviews)
Sales Rank: 39380
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 70930
UPC: 081227093020
EAN: 0081227093020
ASIN: B0000032RN
Release Date: April 4, 1990
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | It Never Rains In Southern California - Albert Hammond | | • | Oh, Babe, What Would You Say? - Hurricane Smith | | • | Last Song - Edward Bear | | • | Dead Skunk - Loudon Wainwright III | | • | The Cover Of 'Rolling Stone' - Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show | | • | The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia - Vicki Lawrence | | • | Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealers Wheel | | • | Drift Away - Dobie Gray | | • | Wildflower - Skylark | | • | Brother Louie - Stories | | • | Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne - Looking Glass | | • | Heartbeat-It's A Lovebeat - The Defranco Family Featuring Tony Defranco |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
 fine, even if eclectic, collection of '70s hits on this CD December 15, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Volume 10 gives us twelve big hits from the 1970s. The sound quality is perfect and the diversity of songs means that many people will find tunes to like on this album. When you listen to this album it should bring backs loads of memories if you were young and listening to the radio in the `70s.
Albert Hammond's "It Never Rains In Southern California" is a meaningful ballad which can pull on your heartstrings; life isn't always easy. Just one listen to this song and you'll know why it's remembered as a classic hit from the `70s. In addition, I think that the very brightest star on the album comes rather early; listen for Hurricane Smith's stunning love ballad "Oh, Babe, What Would You Say?" Hurricane Smith sings this so sweetly and the strings, horns and other instruments make a powerful arrangement. Hurricane Smith delivers this ballad with heart and soul. If you like romantic and yet somewhat innocent ballads about true love you are bound to be thrilled with Hurricane Smith's "Oh, Babe, What Would You Say?"
Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show deliver a strong "The Cover Of 'Rolling Stone';" this country rock style ballad is very nicely done. Vicki Lawrence's haunting "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia" strikes me as one of the better 1970s rock ballads and the country twist enhances the melody.
Stealers Wheel's "Stuck In The Middle With You" takes the blending of country and rock even further to make a smash hit straight out of the `70s; and "Brother Louie" is an excellent, funky tune that really tells it like it is about race relations. "Brother Louie" is an excellent tune!
As usual with this series, I am disappointed that the CDs in this series have only twelve songs. They should have and easily could have thrown in another song or two. I will take off one star for this to make this a four star review. On the bright side, the liner notes throw in some good information and the artwork is good.
Nevertheless, this album still remains a strong entry in this series of some really cool hits of the 1970s. Nobody who fondly remembers the music from those days can afford to go without this fine CD. I recommend it!
70'S HAVE A NICE DAY VOL 10 March 8, 2007
AS I WAS PLAYING THE SONGS I WAS SO SURPRISED THAT I NEW MOST OF THE WORDS. IT IS A VERY NICE MIXTURE OF SONGS FROM THAT DECADE. I ENJOY IT VERY MUCH, AND I PLAY IT VERY LOUDLY......
70's Flash Back January 10, 2007
For those of you who can remember the 70's, this CD provides some great memory releasers (assuming you have fond memories of the 70's). It's a nice collection of some of the hits of the 70's that were not necessarily Blockbusters. Some of these songs are seldom played on radio stations these days, so you may have forgotten all about them (again, assuming you were there in the first place). So, if you are a very young man like me in your late 40's, this CD may just push your buttons! And if you are much younger, well, you may just catch some great music that your parents listened to decades ago!
 + 1/2 stars...More Big Hits Than the Previous Volumes February 29, 2004
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
What Rhino's Have a Nice Day series does, is put together a collection not of the biggest hits by the biggest stars, but rather an eclectic collection of big (and not so big) hits by artists who for the most part had very brief careers on the charts. And with volume 10 (which focuses mostly on 1973), they continue to do a very good job.A noticeable difference with this volume, however, is how many of these were in fact huge hits. All but two of them cracked the Top 10. The first that did not is folk artist Loudon Wainwright's tribute to road kill, "Dead Skunk." [Though this was his lone hit, he continues to record to this day and has a legion of rabid fans--myself included. (Check out my review of his latest SO DAMN HAPPY.)] The other answers the question "What did Looking Glass do to follow up with their No. 1 hit "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)?" The answer is their No. 33 (and last) hit "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne." Sometimes it's better to have been just a one-hit wonder. Albert Hammond had a million-seller with "It Never Rains in Southern California," and Stealers Wheel (which included Gerry Rafferty) hit the Top 10 with the infectious "Stuck in the Middle With You." But does anyone remember either of their follow-up hits? [Answer: It was "I'm a Train" (No. 31) and "Star" (No. 29 ) respectively. ("Star" shows up on vol. 12.)] A couple of the one-hit wonders pulled off the ultimate by taking their only charting single all the way to No. 1. Vicki "Mama's Family" Lawrence did it with "The Night That the Lights Went Out In Georgia," as did Stories' song of interracial love "Brother Louie." Other one-hit wonders that seldom get anthologized are the 30s-inspired "Oh, Babe, What Would You Say?," Edward Bear's heart-wrenching "Last Song," and Skylark's romantic "Wildflower." [Trivia alert: David Foster, a member of Skylark, went on to be a top producer of hits like "Hard To Say I'm Sorry" and "St. Elmo's Fire."] All things considered, there's a lot of memories in these songs--some you probably haven't heard since they were hits on the radio. The only reason I've never been able to give any of these a four-star rating (or higher) is the limited bang for your buck that Rhino gives you. Yeah, the smiley face CD is cute, and the liner notes are filled with trivia...but the bottom line is that you are only getting a dozen songs! With that in mind, it's simply a matter of how many memories does THIS particular batch of songs have for you?
 Good old Rock and Roll July 29, 2003
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
It is hard to find a bad CD in this anthology series, if you are a true fan of 70's Rock and Roll. The diversity of selections in the series is extraordinary. This volume has a number of songs that make you want to sing your heart out along with the group. The best in this category are "Cover of the Rolling Stone" by one of my favorite groups, Dr Hook, "Drift Away" by Dobie Gray, and "Oh Babe, What Would You Say?" by Hurricane Smith. But almost all the songs in this volume have their good points and I would rate 9 of them in the "I want" category. This CD is well worth the price as are most of the other CD's in this series.
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