A Spectrum covering the Very Best through the Very Worst

Review Score: (6/10)
While Van Halen's DLR songs are very good, the 1985 switch to Sammy Hagar was a disaster. The mediocre musical performance by the band during this time, coupled with the worse than mediocre singing of Hagar made for amazingly bad albums. The first 9 tracks of this compilation, while not all DLR's best, nonetheless make very enjoyable listening, and are an excellent, if small, showcase of their varied talents . The remaining tracks are generally worthless, and even DLR's return in the last three tracks reveals him as an old cocaine-addict with no vocal talent remaining whatsoever.

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