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''Van Halen III'' is the eleventh studio Album by American Hard Rock band Van Halen , released in 1998 . It is the only Van Halen album to feature Gary Cherone on lead vocals, and is commonly said to be Van Halen's most unpopular album as of 2007. No songs from it are featured on '' The Best Of Both Worlds '', the band's 2004 greatest hits compilation. The album's only significant radio hit was "Without You", which reached #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart in the March 7, 1998 issue of Billboard, and remained at #1 for six weeks. Other songs receiving airplay on rock radio were and "One I Want". The album's final song, "How Many Say I", was an unusual acoustic piano ballad featuring guitarist Eddie Van Halen (mostly) on lead vocals. Eddie had previously only sung on "Crossing Over" (found on the Japanese version of Balance ). Also, one particular song, "That's Why I Love You", from the VH3 sessions, was leaked to the public before the album went on sale, but the band's deeper appreciation for another song ("Josephina", named after Gary's mother) caused it to replace the former on the lineup and supposedly was the reason why the album release was postponed three more weeks. This album also contributed the song "Fire in the Hole" to the '' Lethal Weapon 4 '' movie soundtrack. __NOTOC__ TRACK LISTING All songs credited to Anthony, Cherone, Van Halen and Van Halen. See 'personnel' though for information on Anthony's questionable status within the band. #"Neworld" – 1:45 #"Without You" – 6:30 #"One I Want" – 5:30 #"From Afar" – 5:24 #"Dirty Water Dog" – 5:27 #"Once" – 7:42 #"Fire in the Hole" – 5:31 #"Josephina" – 5:42 #"Year to the Day" – 8:34 #"Primary" – 1:27 #"Ballot or the Bullet" – 5:42 #"How Many Say I" – 6:04 PERSONNEL Van Halen
Additional personnel It is now understood that Michael Anthony only played on three tracks on this album and that the rest of the bass work was played by Eddie Van Halen. This was revealed in a Michael Anthony interview, where he revealed many secrets about the band. Anthony is still part of the shared songwriting credits however (the band have always shared credits) and appeared on the video to "Without You". No one has confirmed or denied Anthony's claims about his participation on the album. PRODUCTION
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