Pop Music: Modern Era 1976-1999
With the earliest of its cuts,Aerosmith's "Dream On," dating back  more than a quarter of a century--a hit in 1976, it was first issued in  '73--calling this double-CD volume of Sony Music's self-admiringSoundtrack for a Centuryseries "The Modern Era" seems to be stretching it a little. "Dream On"isa great song, though, which is more than some might say ofDes'ree's listlessly anthemic "You Gotta Be" or the endless (aren't they all?)Celine Dionballad "Because I Loved You." But because of the formerly CBS Records corporation's massive sales and airplay presence over much of the period surveyed here,Moderndoes bring together some of the decades' signature moments, both good and bad.--Rickey Wright