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- Best Of Vol.1
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Van Halen
Released 1996

When It's Love
05:37
95,208 plays

Can't Stop Lovin' You
04:06
90,527 plays

Poundcake
05:18
79,945 plays

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- 1
- Eruption
- 01:41
- 208,617 plays

- 2
- Ain't Talkin''Bout Love
- 03:45
- 156,848 plays

- 3
- Runnin' With The Devil
- 03:35
- 152,848 plays

- 4
- Dance The Night Away
- 03:06
- 132,673 plays

- 5
- And The Cradle Will Rock...
- 03:33
- 104,290 plays

- 6
- Unchained
- 03:27
- 103,978 plays

- 7
- Jump
- 04:00
- 182,862 plays

- 8
- Panama
- 03:31
- 174,921 plays

- 9
- Why Can't This Be Love
- 03:43
- 130,282 plays

- 10
- Dreams
- 04:50
- 120,045 plays

- 11
- When It's Love
- 05:37
- 95,208 plays

- 12
- Poundcake
- 05:18
- 79,945 plays

- 13
- Right Now
- 05:18
- 123,972 plays

- 14
- Can't Stop Lovin' You
- 04:06
- 90,527 plays

- 15
- Humans Being
- 05:06
- 104,326 plays

- 16
- Can't Get This Stuff No More
- 05:12
- 63,415 plays

- 17
- Me Wise Magic
- 06:04
- 67,646 plays

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album review

By trying to give the David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar eras equal space, The Best of Van Halen, Vol. 1 winds up a little uneven. The first eight songs run through several of Diamond Dave's biggest songs -- "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love," "Runnin' With the Devil," "And the Cradle Will Rock," "Jump," and "Panama." It's hard to argue with any of the choices, yet significant songs like "You Really Got Me," "Beautiful Girls," "(Oh) Pretty Woman," "I'll Wait," and "Hot for Teacher" are missing. Similarly, the Sammy era has many big hits -- "Why Can't This Be Love," "Dreams," "When It's Love," and "Right Now" -- but skips over hits like "Love Walks In," "Black and Blue," and "Finish What Ya Started." Clearly, the collection would have been better served if it had been assembled as a double-disc set, with Dave and Sammy getting a disc apiece. Furthermore, the much-hyped reunion tracks with Roth, "Can't Get This Stuff No More" and "Me Wise Magic," are a slight disappointment; the band sounds good, but neither track contains a memorable hook. Nevertheless, Best Of, Vol. 1 remains a good single-disc encapsulation of Van Halen's career, even if it isn't a definitive retrospective. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide