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1 China Grove Johnston 3:16
2 Free Ride Hartman 3:05
3 After Midnight Cale 2:22
4 (Don't Fear) The Reaper Roeser 3:50
5 Radar Love Hay/Kooymans 5:05
6 All Right Now Fraser/Rodgers 3:49
7 We're an American Band Brewer 3:27
8 Slow Ride Peverett 3:55
9 American Woman Bachman/Peterson/Ka 3:53
10 Rocky Mountain Way Grace/Walsh/Passare 5:14
11 I Can't Drive 55 Hagar 4:10
12 Cat Scratch Fever Nugent 3:06
13 Roll on Down the Highway Turner/Bachman 3:56
14 Mississippi Queen Rea/West/Laing/Papp 2:31
15 Champagne Jam Cobb/Nix/Buie 4:35
16 Smokin' in the Boys' Room Lutz/Coda 2:57
17 Good Morning Little School Girl Williamson 2:46
18 Don't Misunderstand Me Krantz/Collins/Harw 3:54
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Highway South: Overdrive

Audio Compact Disc

Label: Time/Life Music

Style: Blues-Rock

Highway South: Overdrive

UPC: 610583174625

Release Date: 06/06/2006

Original Release Date: 06/06/2006

Number of Discs: 1

Tracks: [China Grove, Free Ride, After Midnight, (Don't Fear) The Reaper, Radar Love, All Right Now, We're an American Band, Slow Ride, American Woman, Rocky Mountain Way, I Can't Drive 55, Cat Scratch Fever, Roll on Down the Highway, Mississippi Queen, Champagne Jam, Smokin' in the Boys' Room, Good Morning Little School Girl, Don't Misunderstand Me]
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Megan Frye

Road trips require the perfect soundtrack. And no matter what your personal musical style preference is, Highway South: Overdrive constitutes as a great start to any cross-country voyage. The compilation's title itself conjures up the image of speeding down an empty stretch of North American highway, and from the very first guitar chords of "China Grove" to the final muddy notes of Rossington Collins' Southern rock ballad "Don't Misunderstand Me," the album delivers exactly what it promises -- solid American driving music. Most of the track picks are obvious (though nonetheless effective) and would function as the choice of a beginner if '70s Rock 101 were ever an academic course (i.e., "Slow Ride," "Rocky Mountain Way," "Mississippi Queen," etc.). A few pleasant surprises abound, like Johnny Winter's "Good Morning Little School Girl" and J.J. Cale's original version of "After Midnight." Of course, there's always a better Ted Nugent song available than "Cat Scratch Fever," but that's just nitpicking. Pettiness aside, Highway South: Overdrive is exactly what it should be: a hard-rocking salute to the hedonistic, freewheeling, carefree lifestyle that the American road trip represents. ~ Megan Frye, Rovi