The Best of Warrant is the first greatest hits compilation album by the American rock band Warrant, released in 1996.[3] It features the band's greatest tracks (singles) from their first three studio albums, "Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich", "Cherry Pie" and "Dog Eat Dog". It does not contain any material from the band's 1995 album Ultraphobic.

The Best of Warrant
Greatest hits album by
ReleasedApril 2, 1996
Recorded1989–1992
Genre
Length56:58
LabelSony
ProducerBeau Hill, Michael Wagener, Al Quaglieri, Chris Parker, Erwin Musper
Warrant chronology
Ultraphobic
(1995)
The Best of Warrant
(1996)
Rocking Tall
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Track information edit

The album includes two bonus tracks: "Thin Disguise" which is a B-side from the Cherry Pie single (not included on any studio album) and "We Will Rock You" which is a cover of the Queen song of the same name and was released on the soundtrack to the 1992 film Gladiator starring Cuba Gooding Jr. The Warrant version of "We Will Rock You" charted at number 83 on The Billboard Hot 100.[4] The version of I Saw Red is the acoustic version previously released as a B-side from the single of the same song.[5] The acoustic version features a music video and was also released as a single in its own right.

Track listing edit

  1. "Down Boys" (4:05)
  2. "32 Pennies" (3:10)
  3. "Heaven" (3:56)
  4. "D.R.F.S.R." (3:18)
  5. "Big Talk" (3:44)
  6. "Sometimes She Cries" (4:44)
  7. "Cherry Pie" (3:21)
  8. "Thin Disguise" (Previously unreleased) (3:14)
  9. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (4:02)
  10. "I Saw Red" - (Acoustic version) (3:45)
  11. "Bed of Roses" (3:14)
  12. "Mr. Rainmaker" (3:29)
  13. "Sure Feels Good to Me" (2:40)
  14. "Hole in My Wall" (3:36)
  15. "Machine Gun" (3:44)
  16. "We Will Rock You" (New) (2:56)

References edit

  1. ^ "The Hair Metal 100: Ranking the '80s Greatest Glam Bands—The Final 20!". VH1 News. Archived from the original on June 29, 2022. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ "The Best of Warrant". Allmusic.
  4. ^ "Billboard Warrant - We Will Rock You chart". Billboard. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  5. ^ "I Saw Red". Australian charts.

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