Description
Still sealed double cd with slipcase
The label said the following about this collection when it was released, “Raise your fists and get ready for this spectacular 2 cd collection of the greatest rock anthems ever”. Of course this could have been a classic compilation but when you read the contents you understand that its nowhere near a compilation that can live up to that hype. It sure includes a lot of cool artists such as Dio, Slash, Rick Derringer, Jimmy Page, Motörhead, Elton John, Pat Travers, Quiet Riot, Santana, Mott The Hoople, Cinderella, Warrant, Sweet and White Lion. Several of the tracks is were hits but maybe not anthems and some of them arent in their original forms. For example you have Elton John covering Spirit In The Sky, a remixed version of Sweet’s classic Ballroom Blitz, Fee Waybill, vocalist in The Tubes, playing Pink Floyd’s Another Brick In The Wall, Kevin Martin, frontman of Candlebox, covering Ramble On, Slash with Roger Daltrey covering Alice Cooper’s No More Mr. Nice Guy, Dee Snider of Twisted Sister covering Ozzy Osbourne’s Crazy Train, and Steve Lukather from Toto performing Shine on You Crazy Diamond or when former Ratt vocalist Stephen Pearcy makes a cover version of Round And Round by his own former band and so on. I dont mind hearing the late and great Ronnie James Dio teaming up with the Swedish guitar hero Yngwie J Malmsteen where they perform a cover version of Dream On. Thats a cool idea and would have been great on another album. As this cover version hardly is a classic original Rock Anthem. So take it for what it is. There are some classics on here, and maybe some you dont know that you find worth exploring and then we have the odd covers by famous musicians that still are fun to hear.
Track list:
1. Rick Derringer -Rock And Roll Hoochie Koo
2. Quiet Riot -Cum On Feel The Noize
3. Pat Travers Band -Boom, Boom (Out Go The Lights)
4. Black Oak Arkansas -Jim Dandy To The Rescue
5. Great White -Once Bitten Twice Shy
6. Night Ranger -Sister Christian
7. Ted Nugent -Rag Doll
8. Elton John -Spirit In The Sky
9. The Sweet -Ballroom Blitz-remix
10. Starship -Jane
11. Fee Waybill -Another Brick In The Wall Pt. 1
12. The Ozark Mountain Daredevils -Jackie Blue
13. Motörhead -Overkill
14. Bret Michaels -Every Rose Has It’s Thorn
15. White Lion -Wait
16. Paul Di’Anno -Wrathchild
17. Dee Snider -Crazy Train
18. Pat Travers -Snortin Whiskey, Drinkin Cocaine
19. Kevin Martin -Ramble On
20. Slash And Roger Daltrey -No More Mr. Nice Guy
21. Jimmy Page -Burn Up
22. Santana -Jingo
23. Steve Lukather -Shine On You Crazy Diamond
24. Todd Rundgren -Hello, It’s Me
25. Bobby Kimball -Who’s Crying Now
26. Rat Attack With Stephen Pearcy -Round And Round
27. Cinderella -Shake Me
28. Ronnie James Dio And Yngwie Malmsteen -Dream On
29. The Michael Schenker Group -Doctor Doctor
30. Rick Wakeman -Roundabout
31. Warrant -Cherry Pie
32. L.A. Guns -Rip And Tear
33. Jack Blades And Tommy Shaw -Sweet Emotion
34. Vanilla Fudge -You Keep Me Hangin On