Van Halen

As the title suggests, this collection covers the high points of Halen's Sammy Hagar years as well as many of the highlights from the David Lee Roth years. That means the only problem with this album is that there are Sammy Hagar songs on it. (Two words: skip button.) Anyway, sometimes you just want to hear Eddie play.

Sixteen of the thirty-six tunes here are powerful examples of the greatest party band of
the past twenty-five years. From 1978 to 1985, Van Halen were a showcase for impish,
groundbreaking guitarist Eddie Van Halen as well as for David Lee Roth, whose gifts
included being a frontman nonpareil and driving Eddie bananas. The latter got Roth thrown
out of the band, and in came Sammy Hagar, a technically better singer who also... More >