I Never Said Goodbye

I Never Said Goodbye
Studio album by Sammy Hagar
Released June 23, 1987
Recorded A&M Studios and One on One Recording Studios, Los Angeles,
The Record Plant, Sausalito, California, 1987
Genre Hard rock
Length 45:33
Label Geffen
Producer Sammy Hagar, Edward Van Halen, David Thoener
Sammy Hagar chronology
5150
(1986)
(Van Halen)
I Never Said Goodbye
(1987)
OU812
(1988)
(Van Halen)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Kerrang![2]

I Never Said Goodbye is a Sammy Hagar solo album, his only solo album released while he was a member of Van Halen. It is his ninth solo studio album. The album was recorded in ten days as a contractual obligation to Geffen Records as a condition of his leaving the label to join Van Halen and their record label, Warner Bros. Records (Geffen's distributor at the time, and also Hagar's home when he was part of Montrose).

The album was originally titled Sammy Hagar, and included an untitled cover. The album was renamed I Never Said Goodbye, the name being chosen as part of an MTV promotional contest. Some pressings retain the title Sammy Hagar, not to be confused with the 1977 album Sammy Hagar.

It features Eddie Van Halen on bass guitar, who said in an interview that he also played a very brief part on guitar uncredited.

The songs "Give to Live" and "Eagles Fly" were also performed live by Van Halen together with Hagar. "Give to Live" also topped the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in 1987, a first for Hagar as a solo artist. The former song was included on the album Live: Right Here, Right Now, the latter on the optional bonus disk as well as on the "Jump" single.

"Boys' Night Out" was performed live on the American TV show Late Night with David Letterman.

Song information

Track listing

All songs by Sammy Hagar, except "Back into You" by Hagar and Jesse Harms

Side one
  1. "When the Hammer Falls" - 4:09
  2. "Hands and Knees" - 4:52
  3. "Give to Live" - 4:23
  4. "Boys' Night Out" - 3:19
  5. "Returning Home" - 6:17
Side two
  1. "Standin' at the Same Old Crossroads" - 1:46
  2. "Privacy" - 5:23
  3. "Back into You" - 5:15
  4. "Eagles Fly" - 5:00
  5. "What They Gonna Say Now" - 5:09

Personnel

Additional musicians
Production

Singles

Versions

References

  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Sammy Hagar I Never Said Goodbye review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2013-04-11.
  2. Johnson, Howard (25 June 1987). "Sammy Hagar 'Sammy Hagar'". Kerrang! 149. London, UK: Spotlight Publications. p. 18.
  3. 1 2 3 Hagar, Sammy, Returns Home, 1987. (Geffen PRO CD-2832)

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