VA - Sailing, 75 Yacht Rock Favorites CD1+CD2+CD3 (A Butterboy Compilation)

YACHT ROCK

VA - Sailing, 75 Yacht Rock Favorites CD1+CD2+CD3 (A Butterboy Compilation)

Yacht rock (originally known as the West Coast Sound or adult-oriented rock is a broad music style and aesthetic identified with soft rock. The term "yacht rock" did not exist while the genre was active, from about 1975 to 1984.  It was one of the commercially successful genres of its era. It became known as Yacht Rock in 2005, when the term was coined in J. D. Ryznar et al's online video series of the same name. Understood as a pejorative term, Yacht Rock referred, in part, to a stereotypical yuppie yacht owner enjoying smooth music while sailing. Many yacht rockers included nautical references in their lyrics  

Drawing on sources such as smooth soul, smooth jazz, R&B, funk, and disco, common stylistic traits include high-quality production, clean vocals, and a focus on light, catchy melodies. Its name, coined in 2005 by the makers of the online video series Yacht Rock, was derived from its association with the popular Southern Californian leisure activity of sailing. (Wikipedia)

Here are 75 Yacht Rock songs that live up to that sound. Enjoy!

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Track lists
CD1
01    Christopher Cross - Sailing    4:17
02    Pablo Cruise - Love Will Find a Way    4:11
03    Art Garfunkel - Sail on a Rainbow    3:36
04    Jim Photoglo - We Were Meant to Be Lovers    4:05
05    Terence Boylan - Don't Hang Up Those Dancing Shoes    3:28
06    Player - Baby Come Back    3:38
07    JD Souther - Go Ahead and Rain    3:31
08    Bill Labounty - Livin' it Up    4:22
09    America - You Can Do Magic    3:56
10    George Benson - Breezin'    5:41
11    Doobie Brothers - What a Fool Believes    3:39
12    Larsen-Feiten Band - Who'll Be the Fool Tonight    4:10
13    Seals and Crofts - Get Closer    3:57
14    Kenny Loggins - This is It    3:59
15    Little River Band - Cool Change    4:08
16    Robbie Dupree - Steal Away    3:26
17    Dane Donohue - Woman    3:53
18    Pages - You Need a Hero    3:43
19    Ambrosia - Biggest Part of Me    5:26
20    Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Pina Colada Song)    3:53
21    Steely Dan - Hey Nineteen    4:58
22    Roger Voudouris - Get Used to It    3:00
23    Sanford Townsend Band - Smoke From a Distant Fire    3:31
24    Jerry Corbetta - Sensitive Soul    3:22
25    Commodores - Easy    4:51

CD2
26    Toto - Rosanna    5:31
27    Ted Gardestad - Blue Virgin Isle    4:56
28    Bertie Higgins - Key Largo    3:19
29    Maxus - Nobody's Business    3:21
30    Marc Jordan - Release Yourself    4:15
31    Jon Anderson - Hold on to Love    3:58
32    Randy Goodrum - Fool's Paradise    3:58
33    Benny Mardones - Into the Night    4:32
34    John O'banion - Love You Like I Never Loved Before    3:22
35    Eagles - I Can't Tell You Why    4:55
36    Al Jarreau - Your Sweet Love    4:14
37    Little Feat - Long Distance Love    2:43
38    Walter Egan - Magnet and Steel    3:25
39    David Gates - Sail Around the World    3:19
40    Herb Alpert - Rise    3:54
41    Daryl Hall & John Oates - Kiss on My List    4:24
42    Brenda Russell - Two Eyes    3:18
43    Leon Ware - Why I Came to California    4:09
44    White Lion - When the Children Cry    4:23
45    Sammy Johns - Chevy Van    2:59
46    Bread - Everything I Own    3:06
47    Peter Cetera - Glory of Love    4:18
48    Andrew Gold - Lonely Boy    4:02
49    Nielson & Pearson - If You Should Sail    3:29
50    Michael Jackson - Human Nature    4:05

CD3
51    Boz Scaggs - Lowdown (Unplugged)   5:36
52    Grover Washington Jr. - Just the Two of Us    7:16
53    Bugatti & Musker - So Much in Love    4:19
54    Jay Graydon - Roxann    4:44
55    Dan Fogelberg - Heart Hotels    4:16
56    England Dan & John Ford Coley - We'll Never Have to Say Goodbye Again    2:52
57    Bob Welch - Sentimental Lady    2:56
58    Stephen Bishop - On and On    3:01
59    Randy Vanwarmer - Just When I Needed You Most    4:01
60    Jay Ferguson - Thunder Island    3:31
61    Michael McDonald - I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)    3:42
62    Al Stewart - Time Passages    4:40
63    Firefall - You Are the Woman    2:46
64    Chicago - Song for You    3:41
65    Poco - Crazy Love    2:56
66    Chuck Mangione - Feels So Good    9:07
67    Gino Vannelli - I Just Wanna Stop    3:36
68    Larry Carlton - The Magician    4:15
69    Starbuck    Moonlight Feels Right    3:37
70    Turley Richards - You Might Need Somebody    3:36
71    Orleans - Dance With Me    3:02
72    Climax Blues Band - Couldn't Get it Right    3:18
73    Loggins & Messina    Sailin the Wind    6:08
74    Airplay - Nothin' You Can Do About It    4:47
75    Christopher Cross - Ride Like the Wind    4:35
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