As patriotic as apple pie or a bald-eagle-meat hamburger, Pure… American Anthems offers up 68 star-spangled jams, including Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger,” Elvis Presley’s “An American Trilogy,” and Charlie Daniels’ “The Devil Went Down to Georgia.” In lieu of “Free Bird” (or anything by Lynyrd Skynyrd, for that matter), the compilers have included classic, NASCAR-approved freedom jams from Michael Bolton (“How Am I Supposed to Live Without You”) and Dan Fogelberg (“Longer”).
01. Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now – Starship
02. Eye of the Tiger – Survivor
03. (Don’t Fear) The Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult
04. Can’t Fight This Feeling – REO Speedwagon
05. Carry on Wayward Son – Kansas
06. I Drove All Night – Cyndi Lauper
07. When I’m Alone – Lissie
08. I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do) – Daryl Hall & John Oates
09. What Can I Say – Boz Scaggs
10. I Can Help – Billy Swan
11. Lean on Me – Bill Withers
12. The Way It Is – Bruce Hornsby & the Range
13. Ballad of Easy Rider – The Byrds
14. When I See You Smile – Bad English
15. Don’t Look Back – Boston
16. A Horse With No Name – America
17. Bat Out of Hell – Meat Loaf
01. Empire State Of Mind, Pt. 2 – Alicia Keys
02. (I’ve Had) The Time of My Life – Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
03. Baby Don’t Change Your Mind – Gladys Knight & The Pips
04. Freeway of Love – Aretha Franklin
05. Give It Up – KC & The Sunshine Band
06. Beautiful – Christina Aguilera
07. All by Myself – Eric Carmen
08. Hound Dog – Etta James
09. An American Trilogy – Elvis Presley
10. I Wonder Why – Curtis Stigers
11. Hey, Soul Sister – Train
12. If You Don’t Know Me by Now – Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
13. I Left My Heart in San Francisco – Tony Bennett
14. Blue Velvet – Bobby Vinton
15. Magic Moments – Perry Como
16. Welcome to My World – Jim Reeves
17. Flowers on the Wall – The Statler Brothers
01. Country Boy – Ricky Skaggs
02. This Is Country Music – Brad Paisley
03. The Devil Went Down to Georgia – Charlie Daniels
04. (I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden – Lynn Anderson
05. He Thinks He’ll Keep Her – Mary Chapin Carpenter
06. American Beautiful – The Henningsens
07. These Boots Are Made for Walkin’ – Jessica Simpson
08. I Walk the Line – Johnny Cash
09. Annie’s Song – John Denver
10. Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow up to Be Cowboys – Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
11. She’s Actin’ Single (I’m Drinkin’ Doubles) – Ronnie Dunn
12. Love Don’t Let Me Down – Chris Young and Patty Loveless
13. Hell on Heels – Pistol Annies
14. Mr. Know It All – Kelly Clarkson
15. Islands in the Stream – Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers
16. California Girls – Gretchen Wilson
17. The Ballad of Jed Clampett – Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs with The Foggy Mountain Boys
01. Perfect Day – Lou Reed
02. Bad Things – Jace Everett
03. Rosanna – Toto
04. Make You Feel My Love – Bob Dylan
05. On the Road Again – Willie Nelson
06. Kyrie – Mr. Mister
07. Longer – Dan Fogelberg
08. Never Saw Blue Like That – Shawn Colvin
09. Free Ride – The Edgar Winter Group
10. Play That Funky Music – Wild Cherry
11. She’s Not There – Santana
12. Pride And Joy – Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
13. I Don’t Want To Be – Gavin DeGraw
14. How Am I Supposed to Live Without You – Michael Bolton
15. Didn’t You Know How Much I Loved You – Kellie Pickler
16. Without You – Harry Nilsson
17. Bridge over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel