Various Artists

Essential Rock: 54 Electrifying Guitar Greats

Release date January 30, 2006

Tracklist

1
Smoke on the Water
3:47
3:47
2
Doctor Doctor (edit)
2:45
2:45
3
Here I Go Again (USA remix)
3:54
3:54
4
Wheels of Steel
4:27
4:27
5
Out in the Fields
4:17
4:17
6
Your Mama Don't Dance
3:01
3:01
7
Armed and Ready
4:05
4:05
8
Love Walked In
6:23
6:23
9
Silver Machine
4:38
4:38
10
This Planet's On Fire (Burn In Hell)
4:34
4:34
11
Eyes of a Stranger
5:31
5:31
12
Simply Irresistible
4:13
4:13
13
Rush Hour
4:00
4:00
14
Road to Nowhere
4:03
4:03
15
Sanctify Yourself
3:56
3:56
16
Get It On (Bang a Gong) (7″ mix)
3:45
3:45
17
Centerfold
3:37
3:37
18
A Hard Rain’s A‐Gonna Fall (1999 Digital Remaster)
5:19
5:19
19
Something Better Change
3:37
3:37
20
What Do I Get
2:55
2:55
21
Call Me
3:31
3:31
22
King Rocker
2:18
2:18
23
Love Like Blood
4:24
4:24
24
Shot by Both Sides
3:59
3:59
25
Sheena Is a Punk Rocker (live)
1:48
1:48
26
51st State
2:33
2:33
27
Senses Working Overtime
4:35
4:35
28
Milk and Alcohol
2:46
2:46
29
I Hear You Knocking
2:47
2:47
30
Dirty Love
4:19
4:19
31
Strong Arm of the Law (live)
4:37
4:37
32
Only You Can Rock Me
4:09
4:09
33
Comin' on Strong
3:47
3:47
34
Some Like It Hot
5:06
5:06
35
Black Night
3:26
3:26
36
Fool for Your Loving (1980 recording)
4:12
4:12
37
Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through
5:10
5:10
38
Nutbush City Limits
2:52
2:52
39
Love Is a Battlefield
4:05
4:05
40
The Power of Love
3:53
3:53
41
Missing You
3:32
3:32
42
When You Walk in the Room
3:30
3:30
43
Water on Glass (7″ version)
3:32
3:32
44
Rebel Yell
4:47
4:47
45
Let’s Work Together
2:47
2:47
46
Bad to the Bone
4:56
4:56
47
Hey You
3:19
3:19
48
Motor Bikin’
2:37
2:37
49
2-4-6-8 Motorway
3:17
3:17
50
Virginia Plain
2:58
2:58
51
Roxette
2:55
2:55
52
My Sharona
4:01
4:01
53
Can the Can
3:34
3:34
54
Showdown
4:10
4:10

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Various Artists will be next performing at Huntington Bank Pavilion on Saturday 06 June 2026, and is scheduled to play 4 concerts across 2 countries in 2026.

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