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What is ‘Yacht Rock’? Yacht Rock is the affectionate nickname for the lush West Coast sound of the 1970s and 80s. Broadly speaking, it’s soft rock jazzed up with soulful flourishes, twinned with aspirational lyrics yearning for a better life. Yacht Rock is enjoying reappraisal by a new generation of music lovers driven by the genre’s sonic sophistication, as well as nostalgia for a Miami Vice tinted past. ‘A Yacht Rock Odyssey’ has been curated by TV and radio broadcaster and newspaper columnist Katie Puckrik into four separate musical voyages of discovery that are the epitome of cool sophistication, with smooth grooves polished to perfection by session musicians and producers at their creative peak. As Katie’s intro to the genre draws you in, each of the tracks has been annotated to provide background, as she recalls her BBC TV series “I Can Go for That – The Smooth World of Yacht Rock” PT 1. Featuring the artists long associated with the genre, including Michael McDonald, Toto and Average White Band, they sit alongside Boz Scaggs, Carly Simon, Robert Palmer, Robbie Dupree, Stephen Bishop and the Pointer Sisters, with a sprinkling of stardust by Olivia Newton, John Chicago and Christopher Cross playing the kind of music piped through quadrophonic speakers on a Sunseeker, as it heads out to sea! For this 2LP connoisseurs’ collection, Katie has gathered 24 of the smartest, deepest cuts in the Yacht canon, along with classic tracks from the supremos of smooth, In compiling this set, her choices reflect compatibility of vibes, a musical kinship across the era, and a whiff of adults-only ennui.
- Tracks
- Credits
- – Disc 1 –
- 1Christopher Cross Ride Like the Wind [45 Version]
- 2Average White Band Whatcha Gonna Do for Me
- 3The Pointer Sisters He’s So Shy
- 4Bobby Caldwell What You Won’t Do for Love
- 5Maxus Nobody’s Business
- 6Lauren Wood Save the Man
- 7Toto Africa
- 8Robbie Dupree Steal Away
- 9George Benson Turn Your Love Around
- 10Stephen Bishop Save It for a Rainy Day
- 11Carly Simon It Keeps You Runnin’
- 12Bill Champlin Keys to the Kingdom
- – Disc 2 –
- 1Michael Sembello Lay Back (Menage Trois)
- 2Maria Muldaur Open Your Eyes
- 3Paul Anka Walk a Fine Line
- 4Little Feat Red Streamliner
- 5Robert Palmer Give Me An Inch
- 6Lonette McKee Maybe There Are Reasons
- 7Michael McDonald I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near)
- 8Olivia Newton-John Magic
- 9Diane Tell Tes Yeux
- 10Kenny Rankin Creepin’
- 11Pages the Sailor’s Song
- 12Christopher Cross Sailing
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