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The Very Best of Winger is a compilation album of material from the American rock band Winger, released by the label Atlantic Records and the company Rhino Entertainment in October 2001.[1]

The Very Best of Winger
Greatest hits album by Winger
Released	October 2, 2001
Recorded	1988 - 2001
Genre	Glam metal progressive metal[1]
Length	73:48
Label	Atlantic Rhino Entertainment
Producer	Beau Hill Mike Shipley Kip Winger
Winger chronology
Pull (1993) The Very Best of Winger (2001) IV (2006)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Most of the songs on the album were collected from the first three Winger studio albums: Winger (1988), In the Heart of the Young (1990) and Pull (1993). However, one new recording called "On the Inside" was featured, and a Japanese bonus track from the Pull album called "Hell to Pay" also was included. According to Kip Winger, "On the Inside" was a leftover riff from the Pull sessions that he and Reb Beach worked into a complete song for the release of this compilation.[2]

Paradoxically, the album has a track listing essentially in reverse chronological order, with the more recently finished the song the earlier it appears.[1]

Reviews

Music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine lauded the release for the publication Allmusic, stating that it proved that the group has had "some good hooks, a good guitarist in Reb Beach, nice chemistry within the band, and a knack for a power ballad". He additionally praised the album's detailed liner notes. The critic noted that among heavy-sounding "bands of the late '80s/early '90s... they were the brunt of more jokes than any of their peers", most notably on the subversive program Beavis and Butt-Head. However, in Erlewine's view, that didn't change Winger's ability to generate multiple "classics", which the album collects.[1]

Track listing

1. "On the Inside" (Kip Winger, Reb Beach) – 4:24
2. "Blind Revolution Mad" (Winger, Beach) – 5:26
3. "Down Incognito" (Winger, Beach) – 3:48
4. "Spell I'm Under" (Winger) – 3:56
5. "Who's the One" (Winger, Beach) – 5:46
6. "Junkyard Dog (Tears on Stone)" (Winger, Beach) – 6:55
7. "Hell to Pay" (Winger, Beach) – 3:24
8. "Can't Get Enuff" (Winger, Beach) – 4:24
9. "Under One Condition" (Winger, Beach) – 4:30
10. "Easy Come Easy Go" (Winger) – 4:06
11. "Rainbow in the Rose" (Winger, Beach) – 5:34
12. "Miles Away" (Paul Taylor) – 4:15
13. "Seventeen" (Winger, Beach, Beau Hill) – 4:12
14. "Madalaine" (Winger, Beach) – 3:47
15. "Hungry" (Winger, Beach) – 4:01
16. "Headed for a Heartbreak" (Winger) – 5:15

Personnel

• Kip Winger – vocals, bass guitar, keyboards
• Reb Beach – guitars, vocals
• Rod Morgenstein – drums and percussion
• Paul Taylor – guitar, keyboards, vocals
• John Roth – guitars, vocals

See also

• Glam metal
• Winger discography

References

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