Track Listing
DISC 1: THE VERY BEST OF VAN HALEN:
1. Eruption
2. It's About Time
3. Up For Breakfast
4. Learning to See
5. Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
6. Finish What Ya Started
7. You Really Got Me
8. Dreams
9. Hot For Teacher
10. Poundcake
11. And the Cradle Will Rock
12. Black and Blue
13. Jump
14. Top of the World
15. (Oh) Pretty Woman
16. Love Walks In
17. Beautiful Girls
18. Can't Stop Loving You
19. Unchained
DISC 2: THE VERY BEST OF VAN HALEN:
1. Panama
2. Best of Both Worlds
3. Jamie's Cryin'
4. Runaround
5. I'll Wait
6. Why Can't This Be Love
7. Runnin' With the Devil
8. When It's Love
9. Dancing in the Street
10. Not Enough
11. Feels So Good
12. Right Now
13. Everybody Wants Some!!
14. Dance the Night Away
15. Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love - (live)
16. Panama - (live)
17. Jump - (live)
| Details | | Producer: | Andy Johns, Bruce Fairbairn, Glen Ballard, Ted Templeman, Van Halen (Compilation), Van Halen | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Includes three previously unreleased tracks.
Van Halen: David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony , Sammy Hagar.
Liner Note Author: David Wild.
Recording information: 1978 - 2004.
Bursting forth in the late 1970s, Van Halen made its mark by melding the hammering wallop of hard rock with an iconoclastic approach to the guitar. With striking virtuosity, Eddie Van Halen's guitar playing succeeded in turning the heads and dropping the jaws of a wide range of listeners. Matched with the acrobatic energy of frontman David Lee Roth and the formidable rhythm section of bassist Michael Anthony and drummer Alex Van Halen, these combined elements added up to Van Halen's hugely success musical formula.
THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS is a two-disc overview of more than 25 years of Van Halen recordings. The set contains a few of the now-standard new songs included in such offerings. Placed on the first disc, this trio of tunes finds VH's second singer, Sammy Hagar, back on board (he'd left in '96 when the band planned to record with Roth again). In fact, the compilation's title (taken from the Hagar-era song) is a reference to the band's two major eras, as demarcated by their distinctly different frontmen. The result is a collection that features raucous, hyperactive songs with Roth ("Hot for Teacher," "Jump," "Unchained") and soaring ballads and mid-tempo anthems with Hagar ("Dreams," "Right Now," "Finish What Ya Started").
Editorial Reviews
Three decent new cuts add modern sludge riffs and digital voice effects to the usual pop-metal spritz.
Spin
3 1/2 stars out of 5 - [With] powerful examples of the greatest party band of the past twenty-five years.
Rolling Stone
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