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"Great Studio Album."
5 stars"

Review by Philip on 17th May, 2012

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Lives up to name. Certainly is the best of. Only my preference for live albums stops me giving this 5 stars.

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Almost evenly split between tracks that feature glammy showman David Lee Roth and those that feature earthy screecher Sammy Hagar, BEST OF VOLUME I seems designed to let this pioneering hard-rock band's fans compare and contrast between its two frontmen. As if to drive the exercise home, BEST OF features three tunes cut in '96--two of them with Roth, who had been estranged from the band since 1985, and one with Hagar ("Humans Being," originally released on the soundtrack to TWISTER). Otherwise, BEST OF presents the hits in chronological order, beginning with the unadorned, aggressive sound of the early Roth material.

Powered by guitarist Eddie Van Halen's hammer-on notes and orchestral pyrotechnics, and lightened up by Roth's used-car-salesman-on-a-bender persona, "Ain't Talkin 'Bout Love" and "Runnin' With The Devil" are as close to pure, perfect hard rock as anyone is ever likely to come.

The early '80s found the band incorporating synthesizers (played by Eddie) and a pop sensibility, resulting in megahits like "Jump." Things changed again when Hagar replaced Roth and took the band further from its roots, toward an expansive new sound with broader new arrangements, heard here in such pop hits as "Dreams" and "Right Now." Refusing to tip the balance toward either David Lee diehards or Sammy-come-latelys, BEST OF contains enough Van Halen milestones to keep anyone satisfied.

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Track Listing:

Disc 1:
  1. Eruption
  2. Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
  3. Runnin' With the Devil
  4. Dance the Night Away
  5. And the Cradle Will Rock...
  6. Unchained
  7. Jump
  8. Panama
  9. Why Can't This Be Love-
  10. Dreams
  11. When It's Love
  12. Poundcake
  13. Right Now
  14. Can't Stop Lovin' You
  15. Humans Being
  16. Can't Get This Stuff No More
  17. Me Wise Magic
Release date NZ
January 1st, 2007
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Label
Warner
Number of Discs
1
Original Release Year
1996
Box Dimensions (mm)
142x125x10
UPC
093624633228
Product ID
1534933

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