Sammy Hagar Albums Ranked
Samuel Roy Hagar (born October 13, 1947) also known as The Red Rocker, is an American singer-songwriter and entrepreneur. Hagar came to prominence in the 1970s with the hard rock band Montrose. He then launched a successful solo career, scoring an enduring hit in 1984 with “I Can’t Drive 55”. He enjoyed commercial success when he replaced David Lee Roth as the lead singer of Van Halen in 1985, but left in 1996. He returned to the band for a two-year reunion from 2003 to 2005. On March 12, 2007, Hagar was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Van Halen. His musical style primarily consists of hard rock and heavy metal. Also a businessman, Hagar founded the Cabo Wabo Tequila brand and restaurant chain, as well as Sammy’s Beach Bar Rum. His current musical projects include being the lead singer of Chickenfoot and The Circle. Hagar also is the host of Rock & Roll Road Trip with Sammy Hagar on Mark Cuban’s cable network AXS TV. Here are all of Sammy Hagar albums ranked.
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10. Live: Hallelujah (2003)
“Absolutely phenomenal. Sammy’s voice was at it’s best. The guests were great. The Cherone inclusion was an absolute hoot. Just one of the best live albums I’ve listened to in a long time. Don’t own a Hagar Album? Start your collection here.It doesn’t get any better than this. Critics take off your blinders and shelve your biases and enjoy one hell of a show!”
9. Marching To Mars (1997)
“I think “Marching to Mars” is Sammy’s finest album. In fact, in my opinion, “Marching to Mars” is one of the best albums of all time. This album doesn’t have the arena rock sound of Sammy’s pre-VH albums, such as “Standing Hampton” and “VOA.” Instead, Sammy heads for a more bluesy direction. Unlike Sammy’s two other post-VH albums, Sammy does not have his backing band the Waboritas.”
8. Sammy Hagar & Friends (2013)
“Sammy Hagar & Friends is the best collection he’s put together, solo-wise, in some time. Probably have to go tack to Ten 13 (though I also really enjoyed the very underated Not 4 Sale). This collection is smart, slick and intelligent. The songs are the most expansive and varied he’s done in regards to stretching his musical talents and definately draw upon all 4+ decades of experience the Red Rocker has to offer.”
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7. Livin’ It Up (2006)
“Livin’It up IS different. It is NOT a Hard edged album. Are there cover tunes? Yes. But is anyone thinking that he did the covers he did so he could get recognition to “push” airplay or rather he did the covers because he simply dug the tunes and wanted to sing them’
6. I Never Said Goodbye (1987)
“This is another great solo album from Sammy Hagar. Great vocals to go along with his guitar work. Eddie Van Halen on bass guitar is killing it throughout the album and they came up with some great material. I love how I can count on certain artists and bands to always deliver quality music. Sammy Hagar is one of these artists. I recommend this cd to add to your collection. He has so much rocking music from the 70’s to today with Chickenfoot. Awesome”
5. Sammy Hagar (1977)
“Although this album is miles away from the comerz albums with Van Halen together, it makes a great mood! First class 70th hard rock is offered partly with violin or piano. Comparisons with Kansas or the old Ted Nugent are the first thing I think of with a Briese Foghat.Successful album and absolutely recommended.”
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4. VOA (1984)
“Best Hagar solo album ever, but that’s just my opinion. Glad they reissued it finally as I’ve been looking for it for a year. If you haven’t heard it, then I’d guess you’re not a big Hagar fan or are just younger than I am. It has a slick 80’s sounding production, but still has great guitar riffs and a good rock foundation. It’s not Van Halen if that’s your favorite Hagar era, but I still think you may like it. It’s much more polished than his Montrose days, and for me at least, all but maybe one or two songs are repeatedly listenable.”
3. Lite Roast (2014)
“Sammy Hagar is a extremely talented performer. I still would love to see him and Eddie Van Halen work together again. Lite Roast is very good. It’s very organic. It’s very well played. Vic Johnson is an amazing guitar player. Sammy takes several songs he has recorded and does them acoustic, just him and Vic. The results are cool. Sammy songs, VH songs, all work. Trite. You might just like it.”
2. Standing Hampton (1981)
“There’s a very live feel to the album and a sense of urgency at the start – no lengthy intro; quick drum, just 2 chords and it’s straight in with the lead vocal on the optimistic “I’ll Fall In Love Again”. The opener is followed by a dramatically long pause, as if the Red Rocker was making sure he had enough breath, before launching into the heavyweight “There’s Only One Way To Rock”. “
1. Three Lock Box (1982)
“When ever I mention Sammy Hagar to most people the say “I Can’t Drive 55″. Now that’s a great song but Sammy is so much more then that and party songs. This album is a great example of that. One very under rated songs on this LP is Remember the Heroes. It’s a duet with Mike Reno from Lover Boy. A tribute to our nations men & women in uniform. Others songs you never here on classic rock stations is In The Room and Rise of the Animal. These are great song.”