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A little Van Halen sales history..
The first Greatest Hits album debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Charts selling 233,423 the first week.
This new greatest hits probably won't sell nearly as many first week because:
*Many of the songs on the new one are also on the first one - why would you buy the whole package again, for the three new songs? See next point.
*The word is out that the three songs are lame, especially after the first single crapped the bed, airplay-wise, stalling outside the top 10. If you really want the three new songs, they'll be on iTunes and the illegal sites soon enough (if they ain't already)
*The hype for the two new songs with Dave, and the short-lived reunion had excitement at a fever pitch (unlike this reunion!)
*This is coming a couple weeks into the tour, missing the initial hoopla and announcements for the tour. That has died down tremendously, especially as the concert going public is voting with their wallets, and saying "no thanks, not interested in seeing the show!"
Despite the points above, there's a lot of songs for the money, and if you are interested in getting most of the best songs from both versions of VH, this is a good place to start.
But what's really screwed is the packaging - WEAK. No liner notes, no booklet, no notes, nothing. If you are new fan and think, "i wonder what album "Everybody Wants Some" is on?" You'll never know that from this CD! How about a few notes from Eddie about the genesis of these songs? How about the album covers from the albums the songs came from? Something to connect the songs with the albums they came from!
The first Greatest Hits album debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Charts selling 233,423 the first week.
This new greatest hits probably won't sell nearly as many first week because:
*Many of the songs on the new one are also on the first one - why would you buy the whole package again, for the three new songs? See next point.
*The word is out that the three songs are lame, especially after the first single crapped the bed, airplay-wise, stalling outside the top 10. If you really want the three new songs, they'll be on iTunes and the illegal sites soon enough (if they ain't already)
*The hype for the two new songs with Dave, and the short-lived reunion had excitement at a fever pitch (unlike this reunion!)
*This is coming a couple weeks into the tour, missing the initial hoopla and announcements for the tour. That has died down tremendously, especially as the concert going public is voting with their wallets, and saying "no thanks, not interested in seeing the show!"
Despite the points above, there's a lot of songs for the money, and if you are interested in getting most of the best songs from both versions of VH, this is a good place to start.
But what's really screwed is the packaging - WEAK. No liner notes, no booklet, no notes, nothing. If you are new fan and think, "i wonder what album "Everybody Wants Some" is on?" You'll never know that from this CD! How about a few notes from Eddie about the genesis of these songs? How about the album covers from the albums the songs came from? Something to connect the songs with the albums they came from!
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