Artist	Song
Seals and Crofts	Get Closer
from Rhino Hi-Five: Seals & Crofts - EP (2005)
The Doobie Brothers	Minute By Minute
from Minute By Minute (2005)
Firefall	Just Remember I Love You
from Firefall: Greatest Hits (2005)
Styx	Babe
from Styx: Greatest Hits (1995)
Orleans	Dance With Me
from Still the One (2008)
Eagles	The Best of My Love
from On the Border (2006)
Bread	Make It With You
from The Best of Bread (2005)
Gerry Rafferty	Baker Street
from City to City (2008)
Barry Manilow	I Write the Songs
from Ultimate Manilow (2002)
Ambrosia	How Much I Feel
from Life Beyond L.A. (2008)
Chicago	(I've Been) Searchin' So Long
from Chicago VII (2004)
America	A Horse with No Name
from History: America's Greatest Hits (1987)
Loggins & Messina	Watching the River Run
from The Best: Loggins & Messina Sittin' In Again (2005)
Carpenters	(They Long to Be) Close to You
from Close to You (1999)
Pablo Cruise	Love Will Find a Way
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Pablo Cruise (2001)
Todd Rundgren	Hello It's Me
from The Very Best of Todd Rundgren (2005)
Captain & Tennille	Muskrat Love
from Captain & Tennille's Greatest Hits (1985)
Poco	Crazy Love
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Poco (2000)
Stephen Bishop	On and On
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Stephen Bishop (2002)
George Benson	Breezin'
from Breezin' (2005)
Lobo	Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend
from I'd Love You to Want Me (2005)
Roberta Flack	Feel Like Makin' Love
from Softly With These Songs - The Best of Roberta Flack (1993)
Dan England & John Ford Coley	It's Sad to Belong (Single Version)
from Dowdy Ferry Road (2005)
Walter Egan	Magnet and Steel (Re-Recorded)
from '70s Radio Hits (Re-Recorded Versions) (2008)
David Soul	Don't Give Up On Us
from David Soul (1976)
Michael Franks	Popsicle Toes
from The Best of Michael Franks: a Backward Glance (1998)

Comment:

Just [i]how[/i] smooth-'70s are we talkin' here? Dab-of-Paco Rabanne-behind-the-ears smooth. Mateus-Rosé-in-a-leaded-crystal-goblet smooth. Hand-tooled-leather-steering-wheel-wrap-for-your-240-Z smooth. Mmmmmm, [i]nice[/i]. Three years before Debra Winger and John Travolta hooked up [i]urban[/i] with [i]cowboy[/i] in an easy-listening love affair, Firefall spread their Eagles-style wings in the breezy air-kiss of "Just Remember I Love You" (complete with real Eagle Timothy B. Schmit on backing vocals). The Doobie Brothers wash away the last of their hippie-biker-bar-band grit down at the marina's edge, bringing in Michael McDonald's anguished blue-eyed soul on the jazzy, white-buck shuffle of "Minute By Minute." And like the olive in the driest of all martinis, Raphael Ravenscroft adds his distinctive tang to Gerry Rafferty's psychic — and sonic — self-exam, "Baker Street," with the most instantly recognizable sax solo of the decade. From "I'm Not In Love" to "The Best of My Love," from "Crazy Love" to "Muskrat Love," we've got all the songs that your favorite artists polished to dreamy, creamy, hi-gloss [i]smoothitude[/i].

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