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Free Music Review: One of rocks best debut albums!!
Hit: 5 Stars
Back before the break up, and van hagar and Van Halen 3.
Van Halen Ruled the rock world, kinda like the circus
they were greatest show in rock.
Back when they were still playin for the music.
In 1984 the egos went the extra mile.
This album is a must have for any Van Halen fan!!
ATOMIC PUNK ROCKS!!
I rate this album a 10 from 1to10!!
Free Music Review: Best American rock record...ever
Hit: 5 Stars
Ok, buckle down. You think I gush on this band otherwise, it's nothing like this. Quite honestly, I have a personal favorite Van Halen record and this isn't the one. BUT it's difficult for me to argue against this being their best album. (There is a distinct difference between best and favorite ya know).
There's not a weak track on this sizzling debut album from 1978. You'll hear people extol the relative mediocrity of "lesser" tracks like Feel Your Love Tonight or Little Dreamer.....but they'd be wrong. Well, wrong to me at least.
By now this record has been spun in every possible way on rock radio and not unlike Zep IV, you don't even need to own this CD to be intimately familiar with it from first groove til the last. However, as far as hits go, it's generally known for the following staples: Running With The Devil, a heavy tune with one of the most memorable opening drone of car horns ever...! (Of all the famous car horn openings, of course). Eruption is the solo that set the music world on its ear and nearly single-handedly redefined the approach to guitar for 10 years. That's no small feat and furthermore, it's no exaggeration either. The solo encompasses many of Edward's various and - at the time - revolutionary guitar techniques in a cacophony of melodic virtuosity and almost fx-level "noise." It's a wonderful marriage! Beyond that, it's sheer discovery, not unlike Thomas Edison. Ain't Talkin' `Bout Love is another regular and one of the few that managed to be a semi standard even in the Roth-less eras of the band. The cover of the Kinks' You Really Got Me was the lead off single and the first of many tunes by other artists that VH made their own. Jamie's Cryin' was another that ultimately found its way, via sampling, into a hip-hop hit by Tone Loc called Wild Thing.
And had those been all, it's already an album's worth of great tunes. But like the old Ginzu Knife commercials used to say, "But wait!! There's more."
There definitely is.
All the great albums have them, those gems that don't get near the spotlight but you defend them for that reason...and sort of take a liking to them beyond their relative brilliance in a protective, self-defensive sort of way. Like you actually wrote them. Ha!
In that category fall the above mentioned Little Dreamer, which very well may be the most rudely ignored song of the entire DLR run. It's melodic and smooth....yet still sexy as heck, with a wonderful solo that never breaks the tempo or vibe of the song. Feel Your Love Tonight is the more rocking equivalent of Dreamer, a true pop-rock gem with an infectious guitar groove and tight choral harmonies...and a blistering rock and roll solo, the spirit of which resurfaces in a future tune like Hot For Teacher. The folksy-turned-rockin' Ice Cream Man is cover number two, and another complete reinvention by the band...showing off both Ed's complete mastery of the six-string and getting a good dose of David Lee Roth's spoken vocal style. Again, it's a marriage of old school roots and contemporary fire-slingin.'
I'm The One, Atomic Punk, and On Fire simply blister and belt. I can't really even rank them or lay much of a claim to which works better because they all do.
This album is a tsunami of energy and raw sound....perfectly blended with candy harmonies for color and texture. I think the most beautiful thing about Van Halen is that they're a package of everything you're feeling. They're street rage and humor. They're like a hornet's sting and a lover's touch. They'll both burn you alive and and lower you down into a cool, calm pool of tranquility. And brother, no other record illustrates that range like Van Halen I.
Usually when one gushes, "There are no weak tracks here" what one often ends up meaning is, yeah, there are a couple throwaways...but there's so much good, that's ok. But in my book, every song on here is very strong. They all have a sense of distinctness and personality...and yet they all blend nicely through common threads like the aforementioned harmonies and trademark DLR yelps and hollers. That and Eddie Van Halen, as screwed up as the guy may be, was unleashed on a public that outside the Whiskey, Gazzari's, and a few other places in and around southern California, didn't know he existed. Or what was in store for them.
That can never been expunged or reduced.
Van Halen I is a 5-star album of 5 and my top pick for the greatest Amercian hard rock album ever. Yeah, it's that good. And it's aged so well. It didn't sound 70s then and it doesn't sound 70s or 80s now really. In the years that would follow, VH would tie themselves more to trends and sonic road signs that indicated place and time. Not here.
Free Music Review: Absolutely The Best...
Hit: 5 Stars
I saw Van Halen in 1978 warm up Journey at the Palace Theater in Albany, NY. Nobody had heard of them. They were so electrifying that to this day I will never forget that show. It was historical. To me, the 1st Van Halen is the best rock album ever made. Hands down.Free Music Review: First is always the best
Hit: 5 Stars
Having been a Van Halen fan for numerous years (I have liked Roth, Hagar, and even the Cherone entry very interesting), I have always regarded their first album as the quintessential rock album. It shows the flare of Eddie's guitar style, the strength of Roth's voice (does not seem that strong now), and just the overall tight sound produced by Michael and Alex. This album has some great tunes, and is strong from start to finish, if you do not own a copy of this album I would strongly urge you buying a copy and enjoy the music!Free Music Review: 1st greatist hard rock!
Hit: 5 Stars
Absolutely the greatist of the first hard rock attack in our time.Song
after song of pure wizardry guitar playing.At least their's one thing rock
stations are doing right-their still playing this.