Anthology

Artist: Sammy Hagar
Label: Connoisseur Coll.
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 5015773020723
ASIN: B0000070O7

Release Date: 1995-08-08

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I am stuck in the middle of no where and this is all I have

Tracks:

Bad Motor Scooter
Rock The Nation
Connection
Paper Money
Flamingos Fly
Keep On Rockin'
Cruisin' & Boozin'
Fillmore Shuffle
Red
You Make Me Crazy
I've Done Everything For You
This Planet's On Fire
Heartbeat
Piece Of My Heart
Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy
Two Sides Of Love
I Can't Drive 55

Customer Reviews:

They tried to do the impossible..........2003-09-18

All of Sammy Hagar's finest material from his entire career on a single disc? Sounds cool, right? Too bad it's impossible to perform with an eighty-minute time limit!

Sammy Hagar is, without question, one of the finest rock stars the world has ever known. For nearly three decades, he has shelled out some of the best rock songs to have ever existed. This is an import compilation covering the vast majority of his extensive career. Read on for my review.

PROS:
-Finally, a Sammy Hagar compilation that covers material from more than one era! Most Hagar compilations just have seventies songs or just eighties songs, but this one is different.

CONS:
-You can't successfully represent Sammy in eighty minutes. Too many good tracks are missing, including Heavy Metal and There's Only One Way To Rock.
-How can this be called a Sammy Hagar anthology? IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY VAN HALEN STUFF ON IT! They're the most popular band he was ever with, so the omission of material he performed with them is just inexcusable.
-It's an import. That means it costs more and it's harder to find.

OVERALL:
Forget about this compilation. Just get both Montrose albums with Hagar, The Best Of Sammy Hagar, Unboxed, and all the Van Halen albums he was on. This compilation was a good idea, but it was pulled off poorly.

???????.......2001-06-20

To have an anthology cd put out for someone who's been around as long as Sammy Hagar as a single cd is pointless. If it's anything less than a two or three cd package,than there's just too many grade A songs not included. And in this case,there is a LOT of his best work omitted. Infact,most of the stuff on his best of "Unboxed" cd isn't on this cd at all!!! I wonder if Sammy even had a hand in the idea of the anthology cd. If you want a great taste of Sammy's better songs...stick to his "best of" cds.Notice "cds" is in the plural form??? 'Nuff said.

His most comprehensive collection.......2001-06-15

Some people dislike the idea of 'best of' compilations, arguing that if you want to hear a band at its best you should simply buy their best albums, not some cherry-picked selection of songs. One such sceptic is Sammy Hagar. Indeed, one of the rumoured reasons for his fallout with Van Halen was the release of their 'Greatest Hits Vol.1' album. Given his dismissive comments on the subject, it's ironic that his solo catalogue has been subject to more than a few such compilations, and here comes yet another

The problem for the casual or the curious when it comes to Hagar's output is the lack of a definitive album. Ask five hardcore fans which is their favourite and you're likely to get five different answers. Although he penned many classic songs, most of his albums were inconsistent affairs, with a fair amount of filler material. Sammy may see red, but you're really best sticking to a compilation. And there's no need to look any further than this one

Because of his switch from Capitol to Geffen midway through his solo career, Sammy Hagar compilations only tend to cover either his earlier or later albums. This collection not only spans both periods, it also includes a few cuts from his time with Montrose. The compilers have included tracks from every one of his albums from the poor-selling debut 'Nine on a Ten Scale' right up to the hit 'VOA' (Voice of America), his last before joining Van Halen. Of course, one CD can't hope to include all his best material, and the broad scope of this collection is bound to lead to some omissions, but overall nothing too obvious has been left out. It's worth noting too that this is the only collection that includes his biggest hit "Your Love is Driving Me Crazy"

If you're only going to buy one Hagar CD, this would have to be it

Music CD:

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Misquito Hunter ~ Swap

Persecution Mania ~ Sodom

Greed ~ Varga

Birds of Passage ~ Bel Canto

Smarnamisa! Resia Valley Music ~ Various Artists

Music of Italy ~ Various Artists

Rock N Roll Disease ~ Various Artists

Toys: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ~ Hans Zimmer , and Thomas Dolby

American Television Greatest Hits ~ Various Artists

Speicher 22 ~ Various Artists