Van Halen - Van Halen II
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Free Music Review: A Good Follow Up to One of the Best Rock Albums of All Time
Hit: 5 Stars
Now while this doesn't match up too their first album by any means. But I did think that this was a fairly good album. If I had to put my Van Halen (with David Lee Roth) CD's in order of my liking they would be:
Van Halen
1984
Fair Warning
II
Women & Children First
Diver Down
So, this one is fairly high up there. Here are the tracks:
You're No Good: Really good song. Haven't heard the original version, but this one is good.
Dance the Night Away: One of my favorite Van Halen songs.
Somebody Get Me a Doctor: Good song. Eddie's guitar playing is terrific.
Bottoms Up: Good song, guitar is really good.
Outta Love Again: Didn't really like this song. Some stupid lyrics.
Light Up the Sky: Not the best song on the album, it's OK.
Spanish Fly: 58 second guitar solo. It's pretty good.
DOA: Guitar in the beginning is really good. The song is pretty cool as well.
Women in Love: Pretty good song, not the best on the album.
Beautiful Girls: Really good song. One of my favorites.
A-.
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Free Music Review: Rockin' sophomore effort by my favourite band!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hit: 5 Stars
Van Halen 1 is a monster on it's own.A record which can completely stand it's ground as one of the greatest hard rock albums of all time.Van Halen II may not be as beastly as VHI,but boy,this baby is without a doubt a kick arse hard rock album everyone's gotta have.The tunes on this one have more of a "party" vibe,nothing wrong with that since VH was known for their backstage antics.Their love to party is captured by tracks like "Bottoms Up" and "Beautiful Girls".The band dabbles into some nice pop/rock tunes like "Dance..." and "You're No Good".Then there's Halen's metal side which sounds awesomely heavy in tunes like "Light Up The Sky","Somebody Get...","Outta Love",and "DOA"."Spanish Fly" in an insane acoustic solo by Eddie.Almost like "Eruption",just not as flashy and loud but still a great tune which is one of my fav Halen solos on record.Then there's "Women In Love" which is one of the most criminally-underrated Halen songs of all time.The intro is pure genius and just tugs at your insides.The background vocals on this one simply soar and make you just want to sing along.I think it's Dave,Eddie,and Mike all singing.Like I said in a previous review,this was the only band that could combine heavy metal riffs with beautiful background harmonies without losing their edge.
VHII rocks big time and this is a must have for any hard rocker or Dave era Halen fan.A classic!
Free Music Review: No sophomore slump here!
Hit: 5 Stars
Van Halen followed up to their debut album with "Van Halen II" in spring 1979. After the flawless debut album, there's only one way to go, down, right? Not quite.
The album leads off with a cover of "You're No Good". I know a lot of VH fans hate this song because it's a Linda Ronstadt cover, but... I am a Linda Ronstadt fan too (at least her 70's and early 80's stuff), so I didn't have problems. I think VH's version of the song rivals Linda's classic interpretation, and "You're No Good" is one of my fave Ronstadt songs.
Other classic hits on the album include "Dance The Night Away" and "Beautiful Girls"
Much like the short "Eruption" was a centerpiece of the debut. "Spanish Fly" is the equivilent for Van Halen II. One minute of Eddie proving he can rock as hard on the acoustic guitar.
This album is another essential rock and roll record and proof that "Van Halen" was no fluke.
Free Music Review: A Perfect Sequel.
Hit: 5 Stars
After the release of Van Halen's self- titled debut album, I guess a lot of people thought it was a fluke and that it could never happen again, but a year later it happened again. Maybe this time it was just as big and made just as an impact as the first album and landed Van Halen superstars and launching a world tour in '79. Usually with a sequel to anything whether its a movie, or in music, the sequel tends to be weaker than the first, but the sequel to Van Halen 2 was not ready to follow that trend. A perfect sequel and a masterpiece for everyone to own and listen to at least once.
1. You're No Good- (9/10)
2. Dance the Night Away- (9.5/10)
3. Somebody Get Me a Doctor- (10/10)
4. Bottoms Up!- (10/10)
5. Outta Love Again- (7.5/10)
6. Light Up the Sky- (10/10)
7. Spanish Fly- (8/10)
8. D.O.A- (9.5/10)
9. Women in Love- (8/10)
10. Beautiful Girls- (10/10)
Free Music Review: Love It!!!!!! but not as good as first album
Hit: 5 Stars
I love this Van Halen Album. Every song is great and it keeps you going.
Your No Good(10/10)-great opener-only cover on album
Dance the Night Away(10/10)-the love song of 79-one of the best on the album
Somebody Get me a doctor(10/10)-another hyped up song that keeps you going
Bottoms Up(9/10)-this song is very good
Outta Love Again(8/10)-in my opinion the least best song on the album, but still good
Light Up the Sky(10/10)-The Best song on the album in my opinion, you can listen to it time and time again. Awsome ending!!
Spanish Fly(9/10)-WOW!! eruption on an acustic guitar!
DOA(10/10)-a medly with spanish fly-kind of like Somebody get me a doctor-very hyped!!
Women in Love(9/10)-another great love song from the album-nice guitar riffs from eddie
Beautiful Girl(10/10)-At last the ultimate closer for VHII-second best songon it.
I love Van Halen, love all their albums, and love all their songs. This album was great but didn't compare to the First.