Now That's What I Call Classic Rock Hits is one of many genre-themed compilation albums from the Now! series in the United States, this one focusing on popular classic rock songs from the 1970s. It was released on May 1, 2012.
| Now That's What I Call Classic Rock Hits | ||||
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| Compilation album by Various artists | ||||
| Released | May 1, 2012 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, blues rock, progressive rock | |||
| Length | 76:55[1] | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
| Series chronology | ||||
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Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
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| 1. | "The Boys Are Back in Town" | Thin Lizzy | 4:24 |
| 2. | "Feels Like the First Time" | Foreigner | 3:12 |
| 3. | "Hold the Line" | Toto | 3:31 |
| 4. | "Baby Hold On" | Eddie Money | 3:30 |
| 5. | "Any Way You Want It" | Journey | 3:22 |
| 6. | "Come Sail Away" | Styx | 3:06 |
| 7. | "Locomotive Breath" | Jethro Tull | 4:23 |
| 8. | "Crazy on You" | Heart | 4:17 |
| 9. | "Feel Like Makin' Love" | Bad Company | 5:11 |
| 10. | "Lola" | The Kinks | 4:00 |
| 11. | "25 or 6 to 4" | Chicago | 2:51 |
| 12. | "Take the Money and Run" | Steve Miller Band | 2:50 |
| 13. | "Blinded by the Light" | Manfred Mann's Earth Band | 3:48 |
| 14. | "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" | Meat Loaf | 8:30 |
| 15. | "I Want You to Want Me" (Live) | Cheap Trick | 3:36 |
| 16. | "Do You Feel Like We Do" (Live) | Peter Frampton | 7:17 |
| 17. | "Free Bird" | Lynyrd Skynyrd | 9:07 |
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
In his review for Allmusic, Gregory Heaney says "the Now series delivers a dose of good ol' classic rock with Now That's What I Call Classic Rock Hits," which "gathers some of rock's most enduring crossover hits." Now That's What I Call Classic Rock Hits is "an album that achieves its primary goal of being able to please most of the people most of the time with a wide-ranging selection of hits that should fit into most anyone's definition of classic rock."[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Heaney, Gregory. Now That's What I Call Classic Rock Hits > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 3, 2012.