The Best (David Lee Roth album)
1997 greatest hits album by David Lee Roth
The Best | ||||
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Greatest hits album by David Lee Roth | ||||
Released | October 28, 1997 | |||
Recorded | 1985–1997 | |||
Genre | Hard rock | |||
Length | 78:14 | |||
Label | Warner Bros., Rhino Entertainment | |||
Producer | Various | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Entertainment Weekly | C−[2] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
The Best is a greatest hits album by American rock vocalist David Lee Roth, compiling his solo work from 1985 to 1996. It also features one song recorded for the album, "Don't Piss Me Off". The album was released in 1997 by Warner Bros. and Rhino Entertainment.
Track listing
- "Don't Piss Me Off" – 4:28 (Brett Tuggle, Monty Byrom, Jack White, Steve Hunter, Freebo)
- "Yankee Rose" – 3:53 (David Lee Roth, Steve Vai)
- "A Lil' Ain't Enough" – 4:45 (Roth, Robbie Nevil)
- "Just Like Paradise" – 4:07 (Roth, Tuggle)
- "Big Train" – 4:19 (Roth, Terry Kilgore, Preston Sturges, Joey Hunting)
- "Big Trouble" – 4:01 (Roth, Vai)
- "It's Showtime!" – 3:50 (Roth, Jason Becker)
- "Hot Dog and a Shake" – 3:23 (Roth, Vai)
- "Skyscraper" – 3:43 (Roth, Vai)
- "Shy Boy" – 3:26 (Billy Sheehan, arranged by Roth)
- "She's My Machine" – 3:57 (Roth, Byron, David Neuhauser)
- "Stand Up" – 4:44 (Roth, Tuggle)
- "Tobacco Road" – 2:30 (John D. Loudermilk)
- "Easy Street" – 3:51 (Dan Hartman)
- "California Girls" – 2:54 (Brian Wilson, Mike Love)
- "Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody" – 4:44 (Leonello Casucci, Irving Caesar) (Spencer Williams, Roger Graham)
- "Sensible Shoes" – 5:10 (Dennis Morgan, Sturges, Roth)
- "Goin' Crazy!" – 3:11 (Roth, Vai)
- "Ladies' Nite in Buffalo?" – 4:02 (Roth, Vai)
- "Land's Edge" – 3:14 (Roth, Kilgore)
- Track 1 is a new recording, 1997
- Tracks 14, 15 and 16 are from Crazy from the Heat, 1985
- Tracks 2, 6, 10, 13, 18 and 19 are from Eat 'Em and Smile, 1986
- Tracks 4, 8, 9, and 12 are from Skyscraper, 1988
- Tracks 3, 7, and 17 are from A Little Ain't Enough, 1991
- Tracks 5, 11 and 20 are from Your Filthy Little Mouth, 1994
References
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- Eat 'Em and Smile
- Skyscraper
- A Little Ain't Enough
- Your Filthy Little Mouth
- DLR Band
- Diamond Dave
- The Best
- Greatest Hits/The Deluxe Edition
- "California Girls"
- "Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody"
- "Yankee Rose"
- "That's Life"
- "Tobacco Road"
- "Just Like Paradise"
- Eddie Martinez
- Sid McGinnis
- Steve Vai
- Jason Becker
- Steve Hunter
- Joe Holmes
- John 5
- Willie Weeks
- Billy Sheehan
- Matt Bissonette
- Marco Mendoza
- James LoMenzo
- Todd Jensen
- John Robinson
- Sammy Figueroa
- Gregg Bissonette
- Ray Luzier
- Pat Torpey
- Jimmy DeGrasso
- Discography
- Crazy from the Heat
- The David Lee Roth Show
- Van Halen
- Manny Roth
- Strummin' with the Devil: The Southern Side of Van Halen
- "Diamond Dave"