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The Very Best of Winger

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Released
  
October 2, 2001

Length
  
73:48

Artist
  
Winger

Label
  
Atlantic Records

Recorded
  
1988 - 2001

The Very Best of Winger (2001)
  
IV (2006)

Release date
  
2 October 2001

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Genres
  
Heavy metal, Hard rock, Glam metal, Progressive metal

Producers
  
Beau Hill, Mike Shipley, Kip Winger

Similar
  
Winger albums, Heavy metal albums

Winger on the inside


The Very Best of Winger is a compilation album of material from the U.S. hard rock/heavy metal band Winger, released by the label Atlantic Records and the company Rhino Entertainment in October 2001.

Contents

Most of the songs on the album were collected from the first three Winger studio albums: Winger (1988), In the Heart of the Young (1990) and Pull (1993). However, one new recording called "On the Inside" was featured, and a Japanese bonus track from the Pull album called "Hell to Pay" also was included. According to Kip Winger, "On the Inside" was a leftover riff from the Pull sessions that he and Reb Beach worked into a complete song for the release of this compilation.

Paradoxically, the album has a track listing essentially in reverse chronological order, with the more recently finished the song the earlier it appears.

Winger all i ever wanted


Reviews

Music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine lauded the release for the publication Allmusic, stating that it proved that the group has had "some good hooks, a good guitarist in Reb Beach, nice chemistry within the band, and a knack for a power ballad". He additionally praised the album's detailed liner notes. The critic noted that among heavy-sounding "bands of the late '80s/early '90s... they were the brunt of more jokes than any of their peers", most notably on the subversive program Beavis and Butt-Head. However, in Erlewine's view, that didn't change Winger's ability to generate multiple "classics", which the album collects.

Track listing

  1. "On the Inside" (Kip Winger, Reb Beach) – 4:24
  2. "Blind Revolution Mad" (Winger, Beach) – 5:26
  3. "Down Incognito" (Winger, Beach) – 3:48
  4. "Spell I'm Under" (Winger) – 3:56
  5. "Who's the One" (Winger, Beach) – 5:46
  6. "Junkyard Dog (Tears on Stone)" (Winger, Beach) – 6:55
  7. "Hell to Pay" (Winger, Beach) – 3:24
  8. "Can't Get Enuff" (Winger, Beach) – 4:24
  9. "Under One Condition" (Winger, Beach) – 4:30
  10. "Easy Come Easy Go" (Winger) – 4:06
  11. "Rainbow in the Rose" (Winger, Beach) – 5:34
  12. "Miles Away" (Paul Taylor) – 4:15
  13. "Seventeen" (Winger, Beach, Beau Hill) – 4:12
  14. "Madalaine" (Winger, Beach) – 3:47
  15. "Hungry" (Winger, Beach) – 4:01
  16. "Headed for a Heartbreak" (Winger) – 5:15

Personnel

  • Kip Winger – vocals, bass guitar, keyboards
  • Reb Beach – guitars, vocals
  • Rod Morgenstein – drums and percussion
  • Paul Taylor – guitar, keyboards, vocals
  • John Roth – guitars, vocals

    • Songs

    1On the Inside4:25
    2Blind Revolution Mad5:26
    3Down Incognito3:49

    References

    The Very Best of Winger Wikipedia
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