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HAVE A NICE FLASHBACK

Guy De Federicis | east of here | 11/05/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Like the glory days of AM radio, when you could hear the newest single from The Rolling Stones, followed immediately by the conventional "Theme from Romeo and Juliet", this 17th volume from Rhino's "Super Hits of the 70s, Have A Nice Day" series, offers a variety of styles that made AM Top 40 radio so splendid.Danny O'Keefe's "Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues", is a most welcome haunting ballad of longing and regret with touching lyrics spiked by a kindly passage of the era's drug culture, - "I got my pills to ease the pain." Cymarron's "Rings", is a one hit wonder that gives a good name to 'easy listening'; a lazy poetic slice of good loving with great sing-a-long lyrics - "I got James Taylor on the stereo". The other 10 tracks are oldies radio staples including Nazareth's "Love Hurts", Brownsville Staion's "Smoking In The Boy's Room", and Orlean's lilting ballad, "Dance With Me". Mike Post's "The Rockford Files" is superfluous and Morris Albert's "Feelings" is Gong Show worthy."