The Essential Red Collection
Sammy Hagar
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| Name | Artist | Time | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bad Motor Scooter | Montrose | 3:41 | Album Only | View In iTunes |
| 2 | Thinking of You | Sammy Hagar | 3:42 | Album Only | View In iTunes |
| 3 | Call My Name | Sammy Hagar | 3:03 | Album Only | View In iTunes |
| 4 | Red | Sammy Hagar | 4:04 | Album Only | View In iTunes |
| 5 | I've Done Everything for You | Sammy Hagar | 3:03 | Album Only | View In iTunes |
| 6 | Heavy Metal | Sammy Hagar | 3:49 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 7 | I'll Fall In Love Again | Sammy Hagar | 4:10 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 8 | There's Only One Way to Rock | Sammy Hagar | 4:14 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 9 | Fast Times at Ridgemont High | Sammy Hagar | 3:34 | Album Only | View In iTunes |
| 10 | Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy | Sammy Hagar | 3:30 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 11 | Two Sides of Love | Sammy Hagar | 3:41 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 12 | I Can't Drive 55 | Sammy Hagar | 4:12 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 13 | The Girl Gets Around | Sammy Hagar | 3:21 | Album Only | View In iTunes |
| 14 | Winner Takes It All | Sammy Hagar | 3:58 | Album Only | View In iTunes |
| 15 | Give to Live | Sammy Hagar | 4:23 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 16 | Eagles Fly | Sammy Hagar | 4:59 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 17 | High Hopes | Sammy Hagar | 5:18 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 18 | Little White Lie | Sammy Hagar | 2:53 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 19 | Marching to Mars | Sammy Hagar | 5:06 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 20 | Mas Tequila | Sammy Hagar | 4:10 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 20 Songs |
Album Review
When it comes right down to it, Sammy Hagar doesn't have all that many hits — he's hit the Billboard charts about 30 times as a solo artist since leaving Montrose in the late '70s, and about ten of those are ones that you'd want to hear again, particularly when you take into account that such classic anthems as "Three Lock Box," "I've Done Everything for You," and "Heavy Metal" didn't hit the charts, but covers of "A Whiter Shade of Pale" and "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" and latter-day nonentities like "Serious Ju Ju" actually did. In other words, it seems like it'd be pretty easy to put together a definitive single-disc collection of his solo work, even if you threw in Montrose's "Bad Motor Scooter" for good measure because, let's face it, that was a Sammy cut anyway. Previous compilations like Unboxed or The Best of Sammy Hagar were constrained by label restrictions, since they only featured songs from his Geffen and EMI recordings, respectively, but Hip-O's 2004 effort The Essential Red Collection was supposed to solve this problem by cross-licensing between the two labels, and adding "Bad Motor Scooter," too. Alas, it falls short of being definitive, lacking such staples as "Cruisin' and Boozin'," "Baby's On Fire," "I Don't Need Love," and, worst of all, "Three Lock Box," whose absence is even more glaring considering that the immortal lyric "Suckers walk/Money talks" is highlighted in the liner notes. In their place is a handful of lesser-known, latter-day post-"Give to Live" hits, plus two unreleased cuts from 1974, which, as collector bait goes, aren't bad, but their presence eats up space that would have been better served by real hits. Nevertheless, this is the closest listeners have come to a definitive Sammy collection, and if you have this, along with either Unboxed or The Best of Sammy Hagar, you sure could compile a killer play list for your iPod. But some won't want to work that hard, and would have preferred it if The Essential Red Collection did all the legwork, not just because all of the hits would be in one place, but because it'd be a better comp for it. Final note: when you look at the cover, please remember that there's only one pickup on Sammy's guitar because there's only one way to rock.
Recent Customer Reviews
NO MORE ALBUM ONLY!!!
by J.T.RO.FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH NEEDS TO BE BUY SONG. SAMMY ROCKS !!!( PLEASE FIX THIS.)
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by jesmabi only want to purchace one song ' why do i have to buy the whole album?
enough of the album only
by TIGERSin07I already own three of his best of CDs. I don't need another just to have Fast Times at Ridgemont HIgh. I couldn't possible rate this CD anything less than 5 stars but far as iTunes, no stars for you. Unless I can buy said song for $0.99. That would complete my Sammy Collection.
Biography
Born: October, 1947 in Monterey, CA
Genre: Rock
Years Active: '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s
Top Albums and Songs by Sammy Hagar
| Name | Album | Time | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Can't Drive 55 | Unboxed | 4:12 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 2 | Heavy Metal | Unboxed | 3:49 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 3 | Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy | Three Lock Box | 3:31 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 4 | There's Only One Way to Rock | Unboxed | 4:14 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 5 | I Can't Drive 55 | VOA | 4:14 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
- $9.99
- Genres: Rock, Music, Hard Rock, Metal, Arena Rock, Pop, Pop/Rock
- Released: Aug 10, 2004
- ℗ 2004 Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

