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Tomorrow (September 18), Barry Manilow releases his third covers album.  In the wake of The Greatest Songs of the Fifties and The Greatest Songs of the Sixties, Manilow is now releasing The Greatest Songs of the Seventies.  For this release, Manilow is covering such artists as Simon and Garfunkel, The Carpeners, Carole King, and… himself.  However, the 2-disc set does not include any disco covers; however, this was due to the fact that label boss Clive Davis didn’t want Manilow to do any disco.

How much farther is Manilow going to push this?  Is a Greatest Songs of the Eighties and a Greatest Songs of the Nineties just around the corner?  I’m sorry, but this whole cover albums of various decades is getting old… and I’m not just referring to Barry Manilow.  Rod Stewart has been guilty of this trend, and I believe that even Diana Ross did something similar as well.  OK, Pat Boone did put out that metal covers album about ten or so years ago, which was rather scary, but still… please make these decade cover albums stop!