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The Best of Both Worlds is the second greatest hits album by American rock band Van Halen, released on July 20, 2004, on Warner Bros. The compilation features material recorded with lead vocalists David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar, but omitting Gary Cherone's three-year tenure with the band. Prior to The Best of Both Worlds' release, Hagar reunited with Van Halen, and the band subsequently recorded three new tracks to include on the release.

The Best of Both Worlds
Greatest hits album by Van Halen
Released	July 20, 2004
Recorded	1977–1994, 2004
Genre	Hard rock heavy metal glam metal
Length	156:57
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Van Halen
Van Halen chronology
Van Halen III (1998) The Best of Both Worlds (2004) A Different Kind of Truth (2012)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

Debuting at #3 in the US,[4] the album coincided with a reunion tour, and certified Platinum. It is the last Van Halen album to feature contributions from Michael Anthony and Hagar.

Background

The compilation features 16 tracks taken from the six David Lee Roth era albums (1978–1984), and 14 from the four Sammy Hagar era albums (1986–1995), plus three live songs with Hagar from Live: Right Here, Right Now (1993), and three new songs with Hagar made for the compilation. The album was released in promotion of the new reunion tour featuring Hagar returning as lead singer. The three new songs were also performed live at various times.

Michael Anthony did not play bass guitar for the three new songs, although he did provide backing vocals for them. Anthony was not an official band member at that point and the songs were already recorded before he rejoined. The bass guitar on the new songs was played by Eddie Van Halen.[5]

According to Anthony, the original plans involved one disc dedicated to Roth and another to Hagar which would feature the three new songs, but problems while negotiating with Roth led to the track listing on the released album.[5]

Track listing

Notes

• Track 10 on disc two combines the instrumental "Strung Out" with "Not Enough", although it is shown on the album track list as simply "Not Enough". Both songs were listed as individual tracks on the Balance album.

Personnel

Van Halen

• Sammy Hagar – lead vocals on tracks 2–4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 on disc 1; 2, 4, 6, 8, 10–12, on disc 2, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Eddie Van Halen – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, bass on tracks 2-4 on disc 1
• Michael Anthony – bass, except on tracks 2–4 on disc 1, backing vocals
• Alex Van Halen – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• David Lee Roth – lead and backing vocals on tracks 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19 on disc 1; 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 13, 14 on disc 2[6]
• Steve Lukather – backing vocals on tracks 2–4, 14 on disc 1; 10 on disc 2

Production

• Compilation producer: Van Halen
• Engineer: Bill Malina (on new songs)
• Product manager: Kenny Nemes
• Project assistants: Hugh Brown, Tom Consolo, Malia Doss, Jimmy Edwards, Alan Fletcher, Kevin Gore, Bill Inglot, Joanne Jaworowski, Anna Loynes, Mark McKenna, David McLees, Scott Pascucci
• Mastering supervisor: Glen Ballard
• Remastering: Stephen Marcussen
• Editorial supervision: Cory Frye
• Art direction: Sara Cumings, Jeri Heiden
• Design: Sara Cumings, Jeri Heiden
• Photography: Kevin Westenberg
• Liner notes: David Wild
• Discographical annotation: Steve Woolard

Charts

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2004	"It's About Time"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	6[citation needed]
	"Up for Breakfast"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	33[citation needed]

Certification

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[24]	Gold	100,000^
United States (RIAA)[25]	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

На других языках

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[de] The Best of Both Worlds (Van-Halen-Album)

The Best of Both Worlds ist das zweite Kompilationsalbum der US-amerikanischen Rockband Van Halen aus dem Jahr 2004. Dieses Best-Of-Album wurde nicht einmal 8 Jahre nach Best Of – Volume I veröffentlicht, obwohl in der Zwischenzeit nur ein Studioalbum veröffentlicht wurde. Es enthält drei neue Songs mit Frontmann Sammy Hagar.

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- [en] The Best of Both Worlds (Van Halen album)

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[ru] The Best of Both Worlds (альбом Van Halen)

The Best of Both Worlds (с англ. — «Лучшее из Обоих Миров») — второй сборник лучших хитов американской хард-рок-группы Van Halen, выпущенный 20 июля 2004 года на лейбле Warner Bros.

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