The Very Best of Winger

The Very Best of Winger
Greatest hits album by Winger
Released	October 2, 2001
Recorded	1988–2001
Genre	Glam metal hard rock
Length	73:48
Label	Atlantic Rhino Entertainment
Producer	Beau Hill Mike Shipley Kip Winger
Winger chronology
Pull (1993) The Very Best of Winger (2001) IV (2006)

The Very Best of Winger is a compilation album of material from the American rock band Winger, released by the label Atlantic Records and the company Rhino Entertainment in October 2001.^[1]

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.^[2]

Paradoxically, the album has a track listing essentially in reverse chronological order, with the more recently finished the song the earlier it appears.^[1]

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.^[1]

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. 「キャント・ゲット・イナフ」（ウィンガー、ビーチ） – 4:24
9. 「アンダー・ワン・コンディション」（ウィンガー、ビーチ） – 4:30
10. 「イージー・カム・イージー・ゴー」（ウィンガー） – 4:06
11. 「レインボー・イン・ザ・ローズ」（ウィンガー、ビーチ） – 5:34
12. 「マイルズ・アウェイ」（ポール・テイラー） – 4:15
13. 「セブンティーン」（ウィンガー、ビーチ、ボー・ヒル） – 4:12
14. 「マダレーヌ」（ウィンガー、ビーチ） – 3:47
15. 「ハングリー」（ウィンガー、ビーチ） – 4:01
16. 「Headed for a Heartbreak」（ウィンガー） – 5:15

• キップ・ウィンガー–ボーカル、ベースギター、キーボード
• レブ・ビーチ–ギター、ボーカル
• ロッド・モーゲンスタイン–ドラムとパーカッション
• ポール・テイラー–ギター、キーボード、ボーカル
• ジョン・ロス–ギター、ボーカル

• グラムメタル
• ウィンガーのディスコグラフィー