VA — Pop Music: The Modern Era 1976-1999 (1999)
MP3 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks) | 2h 29 min | Pop Rock, Disco, Soft Rock, Rhythm & Blues, Ballad, Arena Rock | 332 / 942 MB
With the earliest of its cuts, Aerosmith\’s \»Dream On,\» dating back more than a quarter of a century—a hit in 1976, it was first issued in \’73—calling this double-CD volume of Sony Music\’s self-admiring Soundtrack for a Century series \»The Modern Era\» seems to be stretching it a little. \»Dream On\» is a great song, though, which is more than some might say of Des\’ree\’s listlessly anth \»You Gotta Be\» or the endless (aren\’t they all) Celine Dion ballad \»Because I Loved You.\» But because of the formerly CBS Records corporation\’s massive sales and airplay presence over much of the period surveyed here, Modern does bring together some of the decades\’ signature moments, both good and bad. —Rickey Wright
CD1:
01. Aerosmith — Dream On (03:27)
02. Wild Cherry — Play That Funky Music (03:11)
03. Boz Scaggs — Lowdown — Single Version (03:16)
04. Heatwave — Boogie Nights — Single Version (03:37)
05. James Taylor — Your Smiling Face (02:45)
06. Billy Joel — Just the Way You Are (03:30)
07. Eddie Money — Two Tickets To Paradise (03:58)
08. The Jacksons — Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground) — Single Version (03:45)
09. Electric Light Orchestra — Dont Bring Me Down (04:03)
10. Bruce Springsteen — Hungry Heart (03:20)
11. Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb — Guilty (One In A Million) (04:23)
12. REO Speedwagon — Keep on Loving You (03:21)
13. Journey — Open Arms (03:20)
14. Paul McCartney. Stevie Wonder — Ebony & Ivory (03:41)
15. Toto — Rosanna — Single Version (04:02)
16. Men At Work — Who Can It Be Now (03:21)
17. Neil Diamond — Hard s For Lovers (04:24)
18. Herbie Hancock — Rockit (03:56)
19. Cyndi Lauper — Girls Just Want To Have Fun (03:55)
20. Michael Jackson — Billie Jean (04:54)
CD2:
01. George Michael — Careless Whisper (05:05)
02. Julio Iglesias. Willie Nelson — To All The Girls I\’ve Loved Before (03:34)
03. Sade — Smooth Operator — Single Version (04:17)
04. Terence Trent D\’Arby — Wishing Well (03:33)
05. Gloria Estefan And Miami Sound Machine — Anything For You (03:46)
06. Bangles — Eternal Flame (03:59)
07. Billy Joel — We Didnt Start The Fire (04:50)
08. Michael Bolton — How Am 1 Supposed to Live Without You (04:16)
09. New Kids On The Block — Step By Step (04:28)
10. Michael Jackson — Black Or White (03:23)
11. Des\’ree — You Gotta Be (04:05)
12. Celine Dion — Because You Loved Me (04:33)
13. Shawn Corvin — Sunny Came Home — Single Version (03:51)
14. Jamiroquai — Virtual Insanity (03:48)
15. Mariah Carey — My All (03:51)
16. Fiona Apple — Criminal (05:42)
17. Will Smith — Gettin\’ Jiggy Wit It (03:49)
18. Ms. Lauryn Hill — Doo Wop (That Thing) (04:08)
