Unboxed

Unboxed

Track Listings

1. High Hopes

2. Buying My Way into Heaven

3. I'll Fall in Love Again

4. There's Only One Way to Rock

5. Heavy Metal

6. Eagles Fly

7. Baby's on Fire

8. Three Lock Box

9. Two Sides of Love

10. I Can't Drive 55

11. Give to Live

12. I Don't Need Love

Tracks:

High Hopes
Buying My Way Into Heaven
I'll Fall In Love Again
There's Only One Way To Rock
Heavy Metal
Eagles Fly
Baby's On Fire
Three Lock Box
Two Sides Of Love
I Can't Drive
Give To Live
I Don't Need Love

Amazon.com

Before 1985, when Sammy Hagar became the second frontman for Van Halen, he had a fairly successful career as a solo artist. Unboxed compiles his best songs from the decade before he replaced Diamond Dave. In truth, this is probably the best way to hear Hagar solo because, like David Lee Roth and Joe Walsh, Hagar's individual records were never really strong enough to stand alone. Standout tracks on Unboxed include "Heavy Metal," a murky, futuristic cut recorded for the film of same name, the bluesy, blustery "Three Lock Box," and the anthemic radio cut "I Can't Drive 55." In 1997, Hagar left Van Halen to recharge his solo career. --Jon Wiederhorn

Customer Reviews:

THIS IS ONE OF THE MANY SAMMY HAGAR GREATEST HITS COMPILATION ALBUMS YOU SHOULD OWN........2007-04-09

I will be writing a review on the legendary album simply entitled "SAMMY HAGAR UNBOXED" by one of Rock's greatest charismatic showman and a legendary artist that is also a well known accomplished guitarist. This legendary performer also has one of the best resumes in Rock n' Roll history. I give you one of America's favorite sons and one of Monterey, California's pride and joy's, MR. SAMMY HAGAR. "SAMMY HAGAR UNBOXED" was originally released in 1994 on Compact Disc on the Geffen Records label. As always, if I hear any new additional information concerning this legendary compilation album or the artist, I will edit this review immediately so that you the consumer will get the best informative and most accurate review possible.

SAMMY HAGAR will forever go down in Rock n' Roll history and be remembered for not only having an extremely successful solo career, but joining and performing with two of the greatest Rock n' Roll bands ever. When SAMMY HAGAR joined MONTROSE and later VAN HALEN, HAGAR would add more Rock n' Roll experience and expertise to his long resume. But before HAGAR would join either one of these bands, HAGAR would have to prove himself by backing it up with his brilliant guitar playing arrangements during his successful solo career. During HAGAR'S solo career in the 70's and 80's, HAGAR would release some great legendary albums and hit songs to highly critical acclaim. Following his extremely successful albums and hit songs would be many numerous greatest hits compilation albums that would contain some of his greatest hits on one collection but not have those same hit songs on the other collections. The greatest hits compilation album I'm about to review for you now contains one of the best HAGAR solo works ever and on one disc. There are only two problems here with this HAGAR greatest hits collection. One, this HAGAR greatest hits collection highlights HAGAR'S solo works from the 80's only. Two, this greatest hits collection would have been excellent and so much better if it would have contained HAGAR'S trademark 80's anthem Rocker "Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy." Despite these inferior flaws, this 80's greatest hits compilation album still kicks a*s. In my opinion, "SAMMY HAGAR UNBOXED" is definitely without a doubt, a true testament of the sheer craftfully skilled genius and musical creativity of a real gifted mastermind. With this in mind, this legendary compilation album would naturally be destined in becoming a fine fitting tribute to a master showman who calls himself SAMMY HAGAR who was very truly indeed, far ahead of his time.

It is now time to let the Rock n' Roll music of SAMMY HAGAR to speak for itself and back it up by doing all of the talking. The legendary "SAMMY HAGAR UNBOXED" compilation album begins with the a*s kicking hard Rocker "High Hopes," the fast paced and energetic hard Rocker "Buying My Way Into Heaven," the incredible mellow Rocker "I'll Fall In Love Again," the thrashing and blasting hard a*s anthem Rocker "There's Only One Way To Rock," the blistering killer hard Rocker "Heavy Metal," the slow and beautifully well arranged Rocker "Eagles Fly," the breathtaking hard Rocker "Baby's On Fire," the raw and firey hard Rocker "Three Lock Box," the soulful and heartfelt mellow Rocker "Two Sides Of Love," the forever groundbreaking HAGAR a*s kicking trademark hard Rocker anthem "I Can't Drive 55," the slow hard a*s Rocker "Give To Live" and the merciless hard Rocker "I Don't Need Love." May I also add that HAGAR'S incredibly raw and crisp lead vocals were always hitting their mark easily and perfectly. To add to his Rock n' Roll lead vocals, HAGAR complimented his lead vocals with his brilliant and blistering guitar riffs and licks arrangements that were delivered through his blasting guitar. HAGAR'S guitar playing arrangements were definitely burning red hot on fire during the recordings of all of these legendary songs.

Overall, this is one hell of a legendary compilation album worth seeking and researching further into especially if you are a diehard SAMMY HAGAR fan or a devout music collector. As for all of the curious newcomers as well as the new beginners that are not familiar with the sound and music of SAMMY HAGAR, this is one of the many numerous compilation albums I would definitely purchase to start my SAMMY HAGAR collection. However, there are many other greatest hits compilation albums that you might want to research further into before you make your decision as to which album is right for you to purchase. Because either way you choose in the long run, you will not regret buying this album nor will you be disappointed or sorry that you own a SAMMY HAGAR album. In the end, you will be a very happy and satisfied customer. All of SAMMY HAGAR'S albums are available through amazon.

I would like to highly recommend purchasing this legendary SAMMY HAGAR compilation album to own as a valuable and important part of his or her own personal music collection. This legendary compilation album will definitely prove to stand the test of time and will always be around to be enjoyed, appreciated and cherished for many years to come, NOW AND FOREVER. This is one of the many great HAGAR compilation albums that a diehard music fan as well as a devout music collector would not want to be without.

In closing, with all of HAGAR'S solo career experience as well as his experience with MONTROSE and later VAN HALEN on his resume, HAGAR is still not about to rest on his laurels. After VAN HALEN, SAMMY HAGAR has continued to record new albums and perform on tour to sell-out crowds the world over up to this very day with his new band SAMMY AND THE WABOS with VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony in the new millennium. VAN HALEN would also receive the highest ultimate honor in being inducted in the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame in 2007. Due to the bickering and fighting between Eddie Van Halen and David Lee Roth resulting in the cancellation of the upcoming VAN HALEN tour marking the return of the original VAN HALEN frontman David Lee Roth, only HAGAR and ANTHONY were present at the Rock n' Roll Hall of fame ceremony to accept their awards. With this in mind, I guess it is safe to say that SAMMY HAGAR is here to stay and isn't going anywhere anytime soon. SAMMY HAGAR has contributed and accomplished so much in the Rock n' Roll world that he has already forever left his mark in Rock n' Roll history and will never be forgotten. So here's to you SAMMY. Thanks for the great memories. Keep Persevering. Keep The Faith. As as the saying goes, "AND THE REST IS ROCK N' ROLL HISTORY," need I say more? Thanks for reading my review and I hope that you have enjoyed reading it as much as I have enjoyed writing it for your reading pleasure. I also hope that all of you will read all of my other reviews in the near future when time permits. SAMMY HAGAR RULES. Long Live Rock n' Roll. Rock out always and take it easy. Forever In Rock, John L.

A great collection from his eighties work, missing his early red rocker days, still some good stuff.......2007-01-23

I have had this sammy collection the longest, and it was good for the time. It does skip his early red rocker days after montrose, but it captures his 80's run just prior to and the solo album during Van Halen. These are my favorite songs of his, so its good for me, but Incomplete for his overall body of work. Now they do have the essential red collection out which get back to his Montrose days to present, but it still feels like it is to short to cover his entire work. I really like Three lock Box, which is not included on that collection. So, this one is cheap now on amazon, pick up the red collection and this, and you have a pretty good sammy collection between the two.

Sammy can't write a coherent lyric if his life depended on it.......2006-06-26

Sammy could possibly be the most uncreative rock lyricist to disgrace the genre.

His reliance on insipid love references and black and white analysis and subjects like "I Can't Drive 55" suggest he has never mentally left his teenage years.

His guitar-playing is workman-like at best.

Do not buy this or any other Hagar cd.

Unfortunate that the Amazon site does not allow for a zero star review.

Sammy Hagar Unboxed.......2005-10-08

Sammy Hagar Unboxed is full of great tunes. It collects 10 classic songs from Hagar's years at Geffen records, and adds to new songs High Hopes and Buying My Way into Heaven. All the tracks on Unboxed come from Standing Hampton, Three Lock Box, Voa, and Sammy Hagar a.k.a. I Never Said Goodbye only overlooking HSAS Through the Fire that came out in between VOA and Sammy Hagar. Unboxed contains most of Hagar's hits from 1982-1987. Although Unboxed is a great set, Sammy Hagar deserves much better, and I'm aware of the Essential Red Collection released last year. When are they going to get it right? It's about time they released a double disc set combining his Montrose hits, with his hits on Capitol,Geffen, and MCA Hagar deserves a complation that covers his whole career. This man is a rock n roll icon, over three decades of rock and only a couple of single disc complations for this guy!!

Before you buy this check out new "Essential Red Collection".......2004-08-07

Sammy Hagar's Essential Red Collection will be released on August 10, 2004, so it might be worth your time to look at that compilation before buying this older one. I believe that the "Essential Red Collection" even has at least one track from Sammy's days with Montrose (unless it's a live version of "Bad Motor Scooter".)

One of my beefs with both collections is that "When the Hammer Falls" is absent. Although I'm not completely familar with everything Sammy has done, IMHO that is the best track from his "I Never Said Goodbye" album. But at least the new collection has "Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy," which is inexplicably missing from "Unboxed".

3 stars (because the new compilation is more thorough and longer [20 tracks], and this album is missing one of my favorite Sammy-solo tracks "When the Hammer Falls" and also "Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy" ).

Average customer rating:

Confirms that they really only needed ONE rerelease
A career-spanning record from one of the the stupidest, most important punk bands ever.
Angry Samoans make me happy
Pleasant Surprise
IHATEPOSERS, ANTIFLAG, AND CRASS

The Unboxed Set
Angry Samoans
Manufacturer: Triple X Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Hardcore | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

A Collection of Pop Classics
We Know You Suck
Group Sex
Millions of Dead Cops/More Dead Cops
Just an American Band

ASIN: B000000P61
Release Date: 1995-06-13

Tracks:

Right Side Of My Mind
Gimme Sopor
Hot Cars
Inside My Brain
You Stupid Asshole
Get Off The Air
My Old Man's A Fatso
Carson Girls
I'm A Pig
Too Animalistic (Live)
Right Side Of My Mind
Gas Chamber
The Todd Killings
Lights Out
My Old Man's A Fatso
Time Has Come Today
They Saved Hitler's Cock
Homo-Sexual
Steak Knife
Haizman's Brain Is Calling
Tuna Taco
Coffin Case
You Stupid Jerk
Ballad Of Jerry Curlan
Not Of This Earth
Different World
Electrocution
It's Raining Today
Unhinged
Psych-Out 129
Somebody To Love
I Lost (My Mind)
Wild Hog Rhyde
Laughing At Me
STP Not LSD
Staring At The Sun
Death Of Beewak
Egyptomania
Attack Of The Mushroom People
Feet On The Ground
Garbage Pit
(I'll Drink To This) Love Song
Lost Highway

Product Description

1. Right Side Of My Mind
2. Gimme Sopor
3. Hot Cars
4. Inside My Brain
5. You Stupid Asshole
6. Get Off The Air
7. My Old Man's A Fatso
8. Carson Girls
9. I'm A Pig
10. Too Animalistic (Live)
11. Right Side Of My Mind
12. Gas Chamber
13. The Todd Killings
14. Lights Out
15. My Old Man's A Fatso
16. Time Has Come Today
17. They Saved Hitler's Cock
18. Homo-Sexual
19. Steak Knife
20. Haizman's Brain Is Calling
21. Tuna Taco
22. Coffin Case
23. You Stupid Jerk
24. Ballad Of Jerry Curlan
25. Not Of This Earth
26. Different World
27. Electrocution
28. It's Raining Today
29. Unhinged
30. Psych-Out 129
31. Somebody To Love
32. I Lost (My Mind)
33. Wild Hog Rhyde
34. Laughing At Me
35. STP Not LSD
36. Staring At The Sun
37. Death Of Beewak
38. Egyptomania
39. Attack Of The Mushroom People
40. Feet On The Ground
41. Garbage Pit
42. (I'll Drink To This) Love Song
43. Lost Highway

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Confirms that they really only needed ONE rerelease.......2007-06-20

I had 2 Angry Samoans records--Back from Samoa and STP Not LSD, and I had always favored the first over the second. _STP Not LSD_ actually fell to the near-bottom of my pile after a while, because I wouldn't pull it out to play or even use it for mix tapes.

And this 'unboxed set,' though very witty as a concept, just confirmed for me that Back from Samoa is by far their best work. All of their best elements are at play--nasty humor, abrasive attitude and that grand desire to tick-off undesirable elements. From the chilling call to violence with their classic "Lights Out" to the toilet humor and direct offensiveness of "They Saved Hitler's C*ck," to the wonderful simplicity of anger with "My Old Man's a Fatso" (a better version than the one found on Inside My Brain), Angry Samoans were clearly hoping to ruffle feathers. The recording too was sharper and the playing tighter.

But the other releases included (and, let's face it, always the ingrained downfall of complete rather than selective rereleases) have only spotty successes and are overall rather bland. By the time they got around to putting out Yesterday Started Tomorrow, Angry Samoans were just no longer angry--maybe at each other, but not in an interesting way, and the last two releases kind of showed me that they really were over at that point.

So my advice would be to get the one hot album all on its own and relish in good Samoans. That they couldn't keep their own fuel going shouldn't matter to you anymore. Just grab your fork and make the first attack.

A career-spanning record from one of the the stupidest, most important punk bands ever........2006-06-18

This is a record truly worthy of five stars. Every song is catchy, anthemic, and hilarious. "My Old Man's A Fatso" and "Lights Out" are worth the price of admission alone, but there are a ton of tracks here. Really "The Unboxed Set" will take care of any Angry Samoans need you could possibly have in just one record. That's value folks. If Hitler's cock could talk, it would tell you to buy this record.

Angry Samoans make me happy.......2006-02-22

Angry Samoans are one of many great punk bands. Other great punk bands include NOFX, Minor Threat, The Ramones, The Clash, Bad Brains and many many others.

Angry Samoans rule. Reviewers on Amazon who go around telling people what is great punk is and what is NOT great punk do not rule. One of the most interesting things I have seen in this Review space is a Canadian telling people what great American punk is. It doesn't get any funnier than that folks.

Pleasant Surprise.......2005-10-16

Good disc that spans their career as a band. More or less a discography I assume. The sound ranges between garage rock and early 80s Hardcore Punk. I'm even surprised at how musical some of the songs are. Dig it!

IHATEPOSERS, ANTIFLAG, AND CRASS.......2005-06-28

wow. these guys are good. and they are from right here in L.A! a couple lf nardcore guys told me about the angry samoans. which is strange, nardcore is typically fast and the angry samoans are not really. they are classic punk. they have less distortion, speed, and they talk most of their lyrics. they have got some strange stuff like "the ballad of jerry curland" but idk.... i like em. i can't sat who this band is for because no one sounds like the angry samoans.

Average customer rating:

Unboxed
Free Kitten
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000024D6V

Tracks:

Skinny Butt
Platinumb
Smack
Falling Backwards
Oneness
Dick
Yoshimi Vs. Mascis
Oh Bondage Up Yours!
1,2,3
Party With Me Punker
John Stark's Blues
Guilty Pleasures
Sex Boy
Cleopatra
Loose Lips
Oh Baby

Album Description

UK compilation of the indie rock supergroup's first two years of recording (1992-1994), includes singles & live tracks. Highlights include, 'Skinny Butt', 'Dick', 'Yoshimi Vs Mascis', 'Oh Bondage Up Yours', 'Party With Me Punker', 'Guilty Pleasure' & 'Sex Boy'. 16 tracks in all.

Average customer rating:

Unboxed
LAFMS
Manufacturer: Lightbulb Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00000I9F5
Release Date: 1999-03-23

Tracks:

Zombie - Doo-Dooettes
Kabella Binksy Bungo - Le Forte Four
Sea Chanty - C.V. Massage
Microzone - Le Forte Four
Difference - Smegma
Japanese Super Hero's - Le Forte Four
The Little Green Thing - Tom Recchion
Marbles - Tom Recchion
Godzilla's Mystery Abortion Radioactive War Bonnet - Seldom Melodic Ensemble
Blathering Hemispheres - Rick Potts
Godjira's Teachings - Foundation Boo
I Am Not Artist - Smegma
Boris The Spider - Le Forte Four
Ballad Of Le Forte Four/Bongo Madness - Le Forte Four
Untitled - Tom Recchion
Green - Fredrik Nilsen
Racing In The Streets - Joe Potts/Vetza
I Gotta Right To Sing The Blu - Doo-Dooettes
Potato War - Smegma
Parasitic Twin - Rick Potts
Draw Spunky - Rick Potts

Average customer rating:

Unboxed

Manufacturer: Geffen
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00000C6XQ

Tracks:

High Hopes
Buying My Way Into Heaven
I'll Fall In Love Again
There's Only One Way To Rock
Heavy Metal
Eagles Fly
Baby's On Fire
Three Lock Box
Two Sides Of Love
I Can't Drive
Give To Live
I Don't Need Love

Average customer rating:

Unboxed
Free Kitten
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0002XNC7S

Album Description

1993 11 TRACKS1.OH BABY2.YOSHIMI VS. MASCIS3.OH BONDAGE UP YOURS4.1,2,35.PARTY WITH ME PUNKER6.JOHN STARK'S BLUES7.GUILTY PLEASURES8.SEX BOY 9.CLEOPATRA10.LOOSE LIPS 11.DICK

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