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Don't get me wrong, Van Halen are one of my favourite bands, but this is a hideously ill-conceived collection. The way they alternate between David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar songs is just horrendous. A CD for each performer would have been a great idea, but the track listing weaves erratically throughout their career, with no chronological pattern whatsoever. It's a weird, incoherent order that makes this seem more like a rushed mix CD than a compilation. A number of the band's lesser-known masterpieces are omitted, such as Little Guitars, Cathedral, and their cover of Ice Cream Man. And Gary Cheronemore… doesn't get so much as a token song from his (admittedly inferior) run as lead singer.

If you are looking for a quick-start course in becoming a Van Halen fan, then all of the songs are here, but if you were hoping for a well thought-out compilation that gives you any sense of order or band evolution, then you'll have to look elsewhere. If you prefer one singer over the other, prepare to have your finger held constantly over the skip button.

Get "Best of Volume I" instead. If you are still curious about the Hagar era, get the live album, or maybe 5150 as well. Avoid "Best of Both Worlds" if you can help it.

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Van Halen - Best of Both Worlds - The Very Best of Van Halen (2007) Retail CD

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