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Panama (Album Version) (1996)

Artist: Van Halen

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Disc 1
Song Title	Album	Sample	Time
8. Panama (Album Version)	Best Of Volume 1		3:31

Release Date: 10/22/1996

Label: Warner Bros. Label

UPC: 00093624633228

Buy.com Sku: 200579829

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Van Halen: David Lee Roth, Sammy Hagar, Eddie Van Halen, Michael Anthony, Alex Van Halen.
	Producers: Ted Templeman, Van Halen, Mick Jones, Donn Landee, Andy Johns, Bruce Fairbairn, Glenn Ballard.
	Engineers: Donn Landee, Erwin Musper.
	Digitally remastered by Chris Bellman (Bernie Grundman Studios, Los Angeles, California).
	Almost evenly split between tracks that feature glammy showman David Lee Roth and those that feature earthy screecher Sammy Hagar, BEST OF VOLUME I seems designed to let this pioneering hard-rock band's fans compare and contrast between its two frontmen. As if to drive the exercise home, BEST OF features three tunes cut in '96--two of them with Roth, who had been estranged from the band since 1985, and one with Hagar ("Humans Being," originally released on the soundtrack to TWISTER).
	Otherwise, BEST OF presents the hits in chronological order, beginning with the unadorned, aggressive sound of the early Roth material. Powered by guitarist Eddie Van Halen's hammer-on notes and orchestral pyrotechnics, and lightened up by Roth's used-car-salesman-on-a-bender persona, "Ain't Talkin 'Bout Love" and "Runnin' With The Devil" are as close to pure, perfect hard rock as anyone is ever likely to come. The early '80s found the band incorporating synthesizers (played by Eddie) and a pop sensibility, resulting in megahits like "Jump."
	Things changed again when Hagar replaced Roth and took the band further from its roots, toward an expansive new sound with broader new arrangements, heard here in such pop hits as "Dreams" and "Right Now." Refusing to tip the balance toward either David Lee diehards or Sammy-come-latelys, BEST OF contains enough Van Halen milestones to keep anyone satisfied.

Artist Overview

Van Halen rode the crest of 1970s riff-rock into 1980s abandon. Always able to produce a smile and a killer hook, their songs captured a West Coast attitude that combined Eddie Van Halen's guitar gymnastics and the high-energy antics of vocalist David Lee Roth with solid backing by bassist Michael Anthony and drummer Alex Van Halen. Following Roth's less-than-amicable departure, the band signed up reckless driver Sammy Hagar, and their success continued into the '90s. When Hagar left after several albums, the band's fate seemed uncertain, but they soon found a temporary replacement in ex-Extreme frontman Gary Cherone.

Artist Influences
AC/DC
Aerosmith
Alice Cooper
Bad Company
Black Sabbath
Cream
Frank Zappa
Golden Earring
Jimi Hendrix
Kiss
Led Zeppelin
Montrose
Queen
The Kinks
ZZ Top

Artist Contemporaries
Angel (Metal)
April Wine
Billy Squier
Boston
Cheap Trick
Foreigner
Heart
Joe Satriani
Pat Benatar
Scorpions
Steve Vai
Survivor
Ted Nugent

Artist Followers
Alcatrazz
Bon Jovi
Extreme
Guns N' Roses
Living Colour
Motley Crue
Mr. Big (US)
Night Ranger
Poison (Metal)
Quiet Riot
Ratt
Slaughter
Talas
Warrant
Winger

Technical Info


	Release Date : 10/22/1996
	Original Release Date : 1996
	Catalog ID : 46332
	Label : Warner Bros. Records (Record Label)
	Number of Discs : 1
	Runtime : 72m : 21s
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00093624633228

Professional Reviews

Spin (1/97, p.89)
- "They all but invented pop metal with `Runnin' With The Devil' and Eddie's merger of Bach and rock, transcended it with `Jump' and `Panama,' Sammy Hagar came and went like the dream year on Dallas..."

Q (12/96, p.161)
- 3 Stars (out of 5)
- "...this collection revives some truly vibrant hard rock songs, none, ironically, better than the synth-riffed `Jump.'"

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