- Artist:
Various Artists - Release Date: February 14, 2005
- Type: Collection (various artists)
- Genre: Rock
Review
An outgrowth of the BBC Radio London program of the same name, the Guilty Pleasures series is as much a niche product as a children's record or a Christmas album; if you grew up in the 1970s and early '80s with an enduring taste for mass-market schlock, this two-disc set is the bargain of the century, but if your formative development falls on either side of that timeline, forget it. Guilty Pleasures Rides Again is great stuff, assembling a generous three-dozen AM pop radio classics that virtually define the utterly misguided spirit of the times -- purists know this period as the death knell of classic rock, as electric guitars and bone-rattling rhythms gave way to soft-as-a-baby's-bottom acoustic melodies and arrangements as slick as silk sheets -- but if you're looking for a time machine to transport you back to those woebegone days, this should do nicely. Highlights include Starland Vocal Band's "Afternoon Delight," Starbuck's "Moonlight Feels Right," Rupert Holmes' "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)" and Pilot's "It's Magic." ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music GuideTracks
CD 1
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Afternoon Delight (Lyrics) | Starland Vocal Band | (3:13) | |
| Moonlight Feels Right (Lyrics) | Starbuck | (3:37) | |
| Blinded by the Light | Manfred Mann's Earth Band | (3:48) | |
| What a Fool Believes (Lyrics) | The Doobie Brothers | (3:41) | |
| Rich Girl | Hall & Oates | (2:23) | |
| Get It Right Next Time (Lyrics) | Gerry Rafferty | (4:41) | |
| Lonely Boy (Lyrics) | Andrew Gold | (4:21) | |
| Sssingle Bed | (3:48) | ||
| Love Is in the Air | John Paul Young | (3:26) | |
| Livin' Thing (Lyrics) | Electric Light Orchestra | (3:33) | |
| Substitute (Lyrics) | (3:24) | ||
| Betty Davis Eyes (Lyrics) | Kim Carnes | (3:44) | |
| Let Your Love Flow | The Bellamy Brothers | (3:16) | |
| If Not for You (Lyrics) | Olivia Newton-John | (2:53) | |
| I'd Really Love to See You Tonight (Lyrics) | England Dan & John Ford Coley | (2:38) | |
| Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | Rupert Holmes | (3:50) | |
| Rock On (Lyrics) | David Essex | (3:24) | |
| Ain't No Pleasing You | Chas & Dave | (4:14) |
CD 2
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Ride Like the Wind (Lyrics) | Christopher Cross | (4:32) | |
| Cold as Ice (Lyrics) | Foreigner | (3:20) | |
| Hold the Line (Lyrics) | Toto | (3:57) | |
| Lido Shuffle (Lyrics) | Boz Scaggs | (3:42) | |
| Who Loves You (Lyrics) | Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons | (4:15) | |
| Jeans On | David Dundas | (3:19) | |
| It's Magic | Pilot | (3:04) | |
| Get Down (Lyrics) | Gilbert O'Sullivan | (2:41) | |
| Silver Lady | David Soul | (3:41) | |
| Arms of Mary | (2:38) | ||
| Break Away (Lyrics) | Art Garfunkel | (3:35) | |
| Baby Come Back (Lyrics) | Player | (3:34) | |
| Uptown Uptempo Woman | Randy Edelman | (3:54) | |
| Laughter in the Rain (Lyrics) | Neil Sedaka | (2:45) | |
| Dance with Me (Lyrics) | Orleans | (3:20) | |
| Every Day Hurts | Sad Café | (4:04) | |
| Kiss You All Over (Lyrics) | Exile | (3:36) | |
| 9 to 5 | Dolly Parton | (2:46) |
