Various Artists - Millennium Classic Rock Party

The "millennium" in Rhino's Millennium Classic Rock Party collection really is just a way to tart up a basic collection of familiar album rock songs. Nothing about this disc says anything about the millennium -- it just summarizes the '70s. On that level, it's really quite good, since it contains 20 tracks that have come to define classic rock radio: "We Will Rock You," "More Than a Feeling," "Hot Blooded," "Aqualung," "No More Mr. Nice Guy," "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet," "Smoke on the Water," "Radar Love," "American Woman," "Don't Stop," "Sister Golden Hair," and "Free Bird." Apart from Focus' monumentally silly "Hocus Pocus," there are no surprises here, but that's the way it should be with a classic rock collection: it should deliver the basics, and that's exactly what Millennium Classic Rock Party does. Just don't think that it says anything about Y2K or pre-millennium tension or anything like that. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Name Credits Alice Cooper Performer America Performer Andrew Garver Remastering Bachman-Turner Overdrive Performer Bill Inglot Remastering Bob Carlton Project Assistant Boston Performer Chicago Performer David Bowie Performer David McLees Compilation Producer, Liner Notes Deep Purple Performer Elizabeth Pavone A&R Fleetwood Mac Performer Focus Performer Foreigner Performer Garson Foos Project Assistant Golden Earring Performer Jethro Tull Performer Lynyrd Skynyrd Performer Mike Johnson Project Assistant Peter Frampton Performer Queen Performer Quincy Newell Project Assistant Sister Golden Hair Performer Steve Woolard Project Assistant Steven Miller Performer Ted Myers Project Assistant The Allman Brothers Band Performer The Doobie Brothers Performer The Guess Who Performer Three Dog Night Performer