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Latest & Greatest Driving Rock Anthems

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AllMusic Review by James Christopher Monger

Boasting "60 all-time classic tracks for the open road", this three-part box set from Sony UK covers a whole lot of pavement, stylistically. Peppered with enough obvious highway jams like "The Spirit of Radio" (Rush) and "Rocky Mountain Way" (Joe Walsh) -- "Free Bird" even makes an appearance -- to placate classic rock addicts, there are a lot of oddball choices as well, with highlights arriving via Tenpole Tudor's ridiculous "Swords of a Thousand Men" and Frankie Goes to Hollywood's ludicrously tame cover of Bruce Springsteen's singular open road anthem "Born to Run".

Track Listing - Disc 1

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time
1	Somebody Told Me Brandon Flowers / David Keuning / Mark Stoermer / Ronnie Vannucci	The Killers	3:17
2	Moves Like Jagger Adam Levine / Ammar Malik / Karl Schuster	Maroon 5	3:21
3	Sugar, We're Goin Down Andrew Hurley / Patrick Stump / Joe Trohman	Fall Out Boy	3:48
4	Goodbye Mr. A Alan Sharland / Martin Skarendahl / Irwin Sparkes	The Hoosiers	4:25
5	In Too Deep Greig Nori / Deryck Whibley	Sum 41	3:26
6	Bohemian Like You Courtney Taylor-Taylor	The Dandy Warhols	3:28
7	Golden Touch Johnny Borrell / Razorlight	Razorlight	3:17
8	Pick a Part That's New Stuart Cable	Stereophonics	3:32
9	How You Remind Me Chad Kroeger / Ryan Peake / Ryan Vikedal	Nickelback	3:43
10	Girl All the Bad Guys Want Jaret Reddick / Butch Walker	Bowling for Soup	3:17
11	Secret Smile Dan Wilson	Semisonic	3:42
12	You Get What You Give Gregg Alexander / Rick Nowels	The New Radicals	4:36
13	Walkin' on the Sun Greg Camp / Paul DeLisle / Steve Harwell / Kevin Iannello	Smash Mouth	3:24
14	Monster Alex Pennie	The Automatic	3:41
15	Can You Dig It? Martin Coogan	The Mock Turtles	4:10
16	Side Fran Healy	Travis	3:44
17	Our Velocity Tom English / Duncan Lloyd / Archis Tiku / Lukas Wooller	Maxïmo Park	3:19
18	Breakfast at Tiffany's Todd Pipes	Deep Blue Something	4:00
19	The Changing Man Brendan Lynch / Paul Weller	Paul Weller	3:25
20	Standing in the Way of Control Hannah Blilie / Nathan Howdeshell / Mary Beth Patterson	Gossip	4:16

Track Listing - Disc 2

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time
1	All Right Now Andy Fraser / Paul Rodgers	Free	4:11
2	Roll On Down the Highway Randy Bachman / C.F. Turner	Bachman-Turner Overdrive	3:58
3	Urgent Lou Gramm	Foreigner	4:24
4	Copperhead Road Steve Earle	Steve Earle	4:29
5	Rocky Mountain Way Rocke Grace / Kenny Passarelli / Joe Vitale / Joe Walsh	Joe Walsh	3:40
6	Crazy Crazy Nights Paul Stanley	Kiss	3:44
7	Hot in the City Billy Idol	Billy Idol	3:34
8	We Belong Eric Lowen / Dan Navarro	Pat Benatar	3:39
9	Black Velvet David Tyson / Christopher Ward	Alannah Myles	4:42
10	Sweet Home Alabama Ed King / Gary Rossington / Ronnie Van Zant	Lynyrd Skynyrd	4:42
11	This Flight Tonight	Nazareth	3:22
12	Walking in Memphis Marc Cohn	Marc Cohn	4:10
13	In the Army Now Rob Bolland	Status Quo	4:39
14	Alone Tom Kelly / Billy Steinberg	Heart	3:38
15	I Want You to Want Me Rick Nielsen	Cheap Trick	3:09
16	Jessie's Girl Rick Springfield	Rick Springfield	3:12
17	Don't Believe a Word Phil Lynott	Thin Lizzy	2:17
18	Motor Bikin' Chris Spedding	Chris Spedding	2:36
19	Legs Frank Beard / Billy Gibbons / Dusty Hill	ZZ Top	4:31
20	The Spirit of Radio Geddy Lee / Alex Lifeson / Neil Peart	Rush	4:55

Track Listing - Disc 3

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time
1	Best Friend's Girl Ric Ocasek	The Cars	3:41
2	Because the Night Bruce Springsteen	Patti Smith	3:03
3	Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor) Moon Martin	Robert Palmer	3:11
4	Alright Gaz Coombes / Danny Goffey / Mick Quinn	Supergrass	3:00
5	My Perfect Cousin Michael Bradley / Damian O'Neill	The Undertones	2:35
6	Swords of a Thousand Men Eddie Tudorpole	Tenpole Tudor	2:56
7	What's Up Linda Perry	4 Non Blondes	4:51
8	My Favourite Game Nina Persson / Peter Svensson	The Cardigans	3:37
9	The Riverboat Song Steve Cradock / Oscar Harrison / Damon Minchella	Ocean Colour Scene	4:56
10	Happy Together Garry Bonner / Alan Gordon	The Turtles	2:53
11	Everybody's Talkin' Fred Neil	Harry Nilsson	2:40
12	All I Wanna Do David Baerwald / Bill Bottrell / Wyn Cooper / Sheryl Crow / Kevin Gilbert	Sheryl Crow	4:33
13	I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band) John Lodge	The Moody Blues	4:13
14	Tobacco Road John D. Loudermilk	The Nashville Teens	2:25
15	Show Me the Way Frampton	Peter Frampton	3:17
16	Ships in the Night Bill Nelson	Be Bop Deluxe	3:36
17	Sowing the Seeds of Love Roland Orzabal	Tears for Fears	6:12
18	Driving In My Car Mike Barson	Madness	3:18
19	Walk On By Burt Bacharach / Hal David	The Stranglers	4:25
20	Born to Run Bruce Springsteen	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	3:57

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