Cosmic Universal Fashion

Cosmic Universal Fashion
Studio album by Sammy Hagar
Released	November 18, 2008 (2008-11-18)
Genre	Hard rock
Length	43:39
Label	Loud & Proud, Roadrunner
Producer	Bob Daspit, Sammy Hagar
Sammy Hagar chronology
Livin' It Up! (2006) Cosmic Universal Fashion (2008)

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Cosmic Universal Fashion is a solo album by Sammy Hagar, released in 2008, and is his last solo effort to date. Shortly after its release, Hagar formed the supergroup Chickenfoot with former Van Halen bandmate Michael Anthony.

Cosmic Universal Fashion debuted at number 95 on the Billboard 200.

Song information

• The title track was previously released in a different version on an eponymous collection by a project called Baghdad Heavy Metal in 2007.
• "LOUD" features Michael Anthony, The Cult's Billy Duffy with Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver's Matt Sorum.
• Sammy's version of "Fight for Your Right to Party" includes a guest lead vocal of Sammy's tour manager, Paul Binder, who is introduced as the character "Bling". Sammy has performing the song live with Bling for years, often infusing "Summertime Blues". In the album's liner notes, Sammy explains that the Beastie Boys would not let him change the lyrics. That being the case, Sammy then says, "Then the teacher was right." (In reference to the Beastie Boys lyric "but your teacher preaches class like you're some kind of jerk").
• "Psycho Vertigo" and "Peephole" feature Journey guitarist Neal Schon and drummer Deen Castronovo with former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony. Sammy, Neal, Deen and Michael were originally planning to form a new side project called Planet Us after finishing these two tracks but dissolved when Sammy and Michael rejoined Van Halen in 2004.
• "Switch On The Light" features ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons.
• "24365" features Funkadelic bassist Bootsy Collins on backup vocals.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Cosmic Universal Fashion"	Sammy Hagar, Steven Lost, David Kahne	3:33
2.	"Psycho Vertigo"	Hagar, Neal Schon	5:03
3.	"Peephole"	Hagar, Schon	4:20
4.	"LOUD"	John Eddie	3:55
5.	"Fight for Your Right to Party"	Rick Rubin, Adam Yauch, Adam Horovitz	3:48
6.	"Switch on the Light"	Hagar	3:17
7.	"When the Sun Don't Shine"	Hagar	4:15
8.	"24365"	Hagar	3:58
9.	"I'm on a Roll"	Hagar, Niki Oosterbeen	2:40
10.	"Dreams/Cabo"	Michael Anthony/Hagar/Alex Van Halen/Eddie Van Halen	8:50

Personnel

• Sammy Hagar - lead vocals, guitar
• Michael Anthony - bass, vocals on tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10
• Billy Gibbons - vocals on track 6
• Billy Duffy - guitars on track 4
• Matt Sorum - drums, percussion on track 4
• Bootsy Collins - backing vocals on track 8
• Deen Castronovo - drums on tracks 2, 3
• Neal Schon - guitars on tracks 2, 3
• David Lauser - drums on tracks 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
• Vic Johnson - guitar, vocals on tracks 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
• Mona Gnader - bass, vocals on tracks 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

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