The Very Best of Montrose

by Montrose

The Very Best of Montrose cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1 January 2000
  • Label: Rhino
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:02:47
  • Community rating: 3.61/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Denny Carmassi, Johnny Edwards, Jim Alcivar, Bob James, Sammy Hagar, Ted Templeman, Ronnie Montrose, Ned Fairchild, Randy Hobbs, Alan Fitzgerald, David McLees, Jack Douglas, James Kottak, Nick DeCaro, Bill Church, Glenn Letsch

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A single-disc survey of Montrose's Warner Bros. albums of 1973 to 1978, centred on the two records fronted by Sammy Hagar. Guitarist Ronnie Montrose's band, produced on its debut by Ted Templeman, supplied a template for American hard rock that Van Halen would shortly inherit.

Genres

Descriptors: guitars, riff-heavy, loud, male-vocals

Tracklist

  1. Rock the Nation (3:03)
  2. Bad Motor Scooter (3:43)
  3. Space Station #5 (5:16)
  4. Rock Candy (5:05)
  5. I Got the Fire (3:09)
  6. Spaceage Sacrifice (4:57)
  7. We're Going Home (4:51)
  8. Paper Money (5:00)
  9. All I Need (4:21)
  10. Twenty Flight Rock (2:44)
  11. Clown Woman (4:23)
  12. Dancin' Feet (4:06)
  13. Let's Go (4:16)
  14. Jump on It (3:36)
  15. Music Man (4:17)

Credits

More from Montrose: full discography