Van Halen

Best Of Volume 1

Mixed Bag-good songs but too many others missing...

Review Score:

(6/10)
In this day and age of multiple repackaged compilations for the same artist, it is surprising this is all that is available for Van Halen. The songs that are here definitely qualify and I like the new tracks as well, but let's face it, this could've easily been a 4 disc box set and still not had everything. Here is a suggested box set track listing:
1.Runnin' With The Devil
2.Eruption
3.You Really Got Me
4.Ain't Talkin''Bout Love
5.Jamie's Cryin'
6.Feel Your Love Tonight
7.Ice Cream Man
8.You're No Good
9.Dance The Night Away
10.Spanish Fly
11.Beautiful Girls
12.And The Cradle Will Rock
13.Everybody Wants Some
14.Tora! Tora!
15.Take Your Whiskey Home
16.Could This Be Magic?
17.In A Simple Rhyme
18.Mean Street
19.Hear About It Later
20.Unchained
21.So This Is Love?
22.Sunday Afternoon In The Park
23.Where Have All The Good Times Gone?
24.Cathedral
25.Intruder
26.Oh Pretty Woman
27.Dancing In The Street
28.Little Guitars (with Intro)
29.1984
30.Jump
31.Panama
32.Drop Dead Legs
33.Hot For Teacher
34.I'll Wait
35.Why Can't This Be Love
36.Dreams
37.Summer Nights
38.Best Of Both Worlds
39.Love Walks In
40.5150
41.When It's Love
42.Cabo Wabo
43.Feels So Good
44.Finish What Ya Started
45.Black And Blue
46.Poundcake
47.Runaround
48.Right Now
49.316
50.Top Of The World
51.Can't Stop Loving You
52.Don't Tell Me What Love Can Do
53.Amsterdam
54.Strung Out
55.Not Enough
56.Doin' Time
57.Baluchitherium
58.Take Me Back (Deja Vu)
59.Humans Being
60.Me Wise Magic
61.Can't Get This Stuff No More

Tried to get all the cool instrumentals in here. Kind of ironic that the first DLR record and the last SH record are the most represented, isn't it? Guess we can keep hoping for a box set...

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