20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Poco

Artist: Poco
Label: Mca
Category: Music

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Format: Original recording remastered
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 008811222420
EAN: 0008811222420
ASIN: B00004NHBR

Release Date: 2000-02-29

20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Poco

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Tracks:

Heart Of The Night
Crazy Love
Under The Gun
Midnight Rain
Little Darling
Barbados
Keep On Trying
Making Love
Indian Summer
Widowmaker
Rose Of Cimarron

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Customer Reviews:

It's great Muzak but that doesn't mean it's bad........2006-05-21

This is an album I like to listen to quietly over a tinny CD player as background music. It really is good--for this purpose. As a compilation of the "best" of Poco, it is blatantly bad, though. This record was the first Poco compilation I acquired and fortunately I'd already become familiar with some of their earlier country songs, so I knew how misleading the "best of" title really is. Like the previous reviewer said, don't buy this as your first Poco listening experience, get something like "The Forgotten Trail". I was thus initially quite disappointed, but before long it grew on me. The only track that recalls their original style is "Rose of Cimarron", which is more rock than country anyway. Beyond the misrepresentation of the band's best material, though, there are some agreeable tracks if you consider them in an easy-listening context. My picks in this context are "Heart of the Night", "Crazy Love", "Midnight Rain", "Barbados", and "Indian Summer". "Makin' Love" would be right at home on one of the later Eagles albums, reminding the listener of the connection between the two bands. Lastly, a very unique track is "Keep On Tryin'". It's in the key of B and consists of just a subtle acoustic guitar and the tight harmonies of the band members, with Timothy Schmit leading the vocals. It's a great song for mellowing out or even moping late at night. Re-reading this review, I have to admit that of the eleven tracks on the record, I've recommended eight, so if you can appreciate it for what it is and not as a compilation of "traditional" Poco, give it time to grow on you and give it a listen on a rainy evening when you want to just chill out.

Highlights fromtThe Late-70s Version of the Band.......2000-07-10

If this is your first introduction to Poco, you're going to get the wrong impression of this influential band. By the late-70's when these songs were recorded, the band was down to only two original members--pedal steel player Rusty Young and drummer George Grantham. [And Grantham is on only about half of these tracks since he left the band in 1978. Longtime bass player Timothy B. Schmit left the year before.] This is competent country-rock, but nothing like what the band recorded during its heyday (1969-1973) when Richie Furay led the band.

Ironically, it was in 1979 when Poco had its only Top 40 hits: "Crazy Love" and "Heart of the Night." The material on this collection is good, but really for completisits since the albums from which these songs were taken are all out of print.

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