The Best of Both Worlds (Van Halen album)

The Best of Both Worlds
Greatest hits album by Van Halen
Released	July 20, 2004
Recorded	1977–1994, 2004
Genre	Hard rock heavy metal glam metal
Length	156:57
Warner Bros.
Producer	Van Halen
Van Halen chronology
Van Halen III (1998) The Best of Both Worlds (2004) A Different Kind of Truth (2012)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

The Best of Both Worlds is the second greatest hits album by American

Michael Anthony did not play bass guitar for the three new songs, although he did provide backing vocals for them. Anthony was not an official band member at that point and the songs were recorded before he rejoined. The bass guitar on the new songs was played by Eddie Van Halen.^[5]

According to Anthony, the original plans involved one disc of songs recorded with Roth and another of songs recorded with Hagar, with the three new songs appearing on the Roth disc.^[5]

Track listing

Notes

• Track 15 on disc one, "(Oh) Pretty Woman", is the single edit version (with the first snare drum hit removed), not the version that appeared on Diver Down. The album version segues directly from the preceding track, "Intruder".
• Track 10 on disc two combines the instrumental "Strung Out" with "Not Enough", although it is shown on the album track list as simply "Not Enough". Both songs are listed as individual tracks on Balance.

Personnel

Van Halen

• lead vocals on tracks 2–4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 on disc 1; 2, 4, 6, 8, 10–12, on disc 2, rhythm guitar
  , backing vocals
• backing vocals
  , bass on tracks 2-4 on disc 1
• Michael Anthony – bass, except on tracks 2–4 on disc 1, backing vocals
• Alex Van Halen – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• David Lee Roth – lead and backing vocals on tracks 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19 on disc 1; 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 13, 14 on disc 2^[6]
• Steve Lukather – backing vocals on tracks 2–4, 14 on disc 1; 10 on disc 2

Production

• Compilation producer: Van Halen
• Engineer
  : Bill Malina (on new songs)
• Product manager: Kenny Nemes
• Project assistants: Hugh Brown, Tom Consolo, Malia Doss, Jimmy Edwards, Alan Fletcher, Kevin Gore, Bill Inglot, Joanne Jaworowski, Anna Loynes, Mark McKenna, David McLees, Scott Pascucci
• Mastering supervisor: Glen Ballard
• Remastering: Stephen Marcussen
• Editorial supervision: Cory Frye
• Art direction: Sara Cumings, Jeri Heiden
• Design: Sara Cumings, Jeri Heiden
• Photography: Kevin Westenberg
• Liner notes: David Wild
• Discographical annotation: Steve Woolard