The Best (David Lee Roth album)

The Best
The Best
Compilation album by David Lee Roth
Released	October 28, 1997
Recorded	1985–1997
Genre	Hard rock; glam metal;
Length	78:14
Label	Warner Bros.; Rhino;
Producer	Various
David Lee Roth chronology

ReleasedOctober 28, 1997

Recorded1985–1997

Genre

Length78:14

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Entertainment Weekly	C−^[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[3]

The Best is a compilation album by American rock vocalist David Lee Roth, compiling his solo work from 1985 to 1996. It also features one song recorded for the album, "Don't Piss Me Off". The album was released in 1997 by Warner Bros. and Rhino Entertainment.

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No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Don't Piss Me Off"	Brett Tuggle Monty Byrom Steve Hunter Freebo	New recording	4:28
2.	"Yankee Rose"	Steve Vai David Lee Roth	Eat 'Em and Smile (1986)	3:53
3.	"A Lil' Ain't Enough"	Roth Robbie Nevil	A Little Ain't Enough (1991)	4:45
4.	"Just Like Paradise"	Roth Tuggle	Skyscraper (1988)	4:07
5.	"Big Train"	Roth Terry Kilgore Preston Sturges Joey Hunting	Your Filthy Little Mouth (1994)	4:19
6.	"Big Trouble"	Roth Vai	Eat 'Em and Smile	4:01
7.	"It's Showtime!"	Roth Jason Becker	A Little Ain't Enough	3:50
8.	"Hot Dog and a Shake"	Roth Vai	Skyscraper	3:23
9.	"Skyscraper"	Roth Vai	Skyscraper	3:43
10.	"Shy Boy"	Billy Sheehan	Eat 'Em and Smile	3:26
11.	"She's My Machine"	Roth Byrom David Neuhauser	Your Filthy Little Mouth	3:57
12.	"Stand Up"	Roth Tuggle	Skyscraper	4:44
13.	"Tobacco Road" (The Nashville Teens cover)	John D. Loudermilk	Eat 'Em and Smile	2:30
14.	"Easy Street" (Edgar Winter Group cover)	Dan Hartman	Crazy from the Heat (1985)	3:51
15.	"California Girls" (The Beach Boys cover)	Brian Wilson Mike Love	Crazy from the Heat	2:54
16.	"Just a Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody" (Louis Prima cover)	Irving Caesar Leonello Casucci Roger A. Graham Spencer Williams Sam Butera (arrangement)	Crazy from the Heat	4:44
17.	"Sensible Shoes"	Dennis Morgan Sturges Roth	A Little Ain't Enough	5:10
18.	"Goin' Crazy!"	Roth Vai	Eat 'Em and Smile	3:11
19.	"Ladies' Night in Buffalo?"	Roth Vai	Eat 'Em and Smile	4:02
20.	"Land's Edge"	Roth Kilgore	Your Filthy Little Mouth	3:14
Total length:				78:14

v t e David Lee Roth
Albums	Eat 'Em and Smile Skyscraper A Little Ain't Enough Your Filthy Little Mouth DLR Band Diamond Dave
EPs	Crazy from the Heat
Compilations	The Best Greatest Hits: The Deluxe Edition
Songs	"California Girls" "Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody" "Yankee Rose" "That's Life" "Tobacco Road" "Just Like Paradise"
Former guitarists	Eddie Martinez Sid McGinnis Steve Vai Jason Becker Steve Hunter Joe Holmes John 5
Former bassists	Willie Weeks Billy Sheehan Matt Bissonette Marco Mendoza James LoMenzo Todd Jensen
Former drummers	John Robinson Sammy Figueroa Gregg Bissonette Ray Luzier Pat Torpey Jimmy DeGrasso
Former keyboardists	Brett Tuggle Edgar Winter
Related articles	Discography Crazy from the Heat The David Lee Roth Show Van Halen Manny Roth Strummin' with the Devil: The Southern Side of Van Halen "Diamond Dave"

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