Suddenly 70's
Though laden with its share of period kitsch both in song  selection and packaging,Suddenly '70sis an almost always  listenable collection of some of that decade's biggest AM hits.  Individual listeners may reasonably disagree--even violently  argue--when it comes to the merits of "Afternoon Delight" or "Billy Don't Be a  Hero." But when enduringly meaty singles like theRaspberries' "Go  All the Way,"Stories' cover ofHot Chocolate's  "Brother Louie," and theHues Corporation's  "Rock the Boat" blast out of the speakers, they hold their own with  counterparts from the previous decade. Sometimes goofily sincere (John Travolta's  pre-Saturday Night Feverballad "Let Her In"), sometimes  sincerely hopeful (Helen Reddy's ode  to middle-class feminism, "I Am Woman"), the more lightweight moments  here undeniably evoke their confusing cultural era. However cloaked in  memories of bad fashion choices, though, most of these tracks stand on  their own various musical strengths.--Rickey Wright