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Free Music Review: Sonic Perfection
Hit: 5 Stars
While many could argue that this isn't Van Halen's best album, it's definitely in the top three. "Van Halen" was a landmark album for its time and still is today. It introduced the world to the guitar wizardry of Eddie Van Halen and unleashed David Lee Roth onto the music scene. One need look no further than "Eruption" to understand what makes this album so amazing. Eddie Van Halen becomes one with the guitar as he pulls off this wonderful sampling of sonic salvos, firing up the listener as the get ready to hear Van Halen's cover of "You Really Got Me." Don't worry, I haven't forgotten about the first cut on this album, the wonderful "Runnin' With The Devil." It, along with "You Really Got Me," "Ain't Talkin' Bout Love" and "Jamie's Cryin'" are all staples of any true Classic Rock radio staion today. "Ice Cream Man" serves as a harbinger to David Lee Roth's experimentation with dirty Blues tunes later on. The entire album is amazing. Is it their best? Maybe, maybe not. I'll let you decide.
Highly recommended to fans of electric guitar work, hard rock, and anybody interested in knowing why the guitar solo flourished throughout the 80's.
Free Music Review: A solid debut that has aged about as gracefully as...well, the band
Hit: 3 Stars
No sane person can look you in the eye and say that they truly admire and respect Van Halen. But the talent is certainly there, no more so than "guitar god" Eddie Van Halen, who while not as legendary as the Hendrixes and Becks and Pages, certainly deserves credit (and a bit of scorn) for his influential guitar prowess that inevitably led to a swamp of garbage in the next decade (though to be fair, the music on 1984 is probably even more guilty of that crime).
The hits here are all at least listenable (and "Runnin' With the Devil" is still their best song), and even the energetic cover of "You Really Got Me" is pretty good even while the candle falls far short of the Kinks' original.
Time has not been kind to this record, though (at the time of its release, I bet it was actually fresh and often amazing), but there's enough stuff that holds up well enough on here to give it a solid recommendation. Roth's goofy effect was already evident: the "shooby-doo-wah" break in "I'm the One" and the cover of "Ice Cream Man" proves two things: they have a sense of humor and they can find themselves on the wrong side of the thin line between clever and stupid. And shouldn't Eddie have revealed his finger-tapping method on a song that's not such a throwaway as "Eruption?"
Best cuts: "Runnin' With the Devil," "Jamie's Cryin'," "On Fire," "You Really Got Me," "Atomic Punk," "Ain't Talkin' `Bout Love," "Feel Your Love Tonight"
Free Music Review: a Very Good Debut Album
Hit: 4 Stars
Van Halen back in the day was the truth. now I see alot of Bands being Proclaimed as the Best Rock and Roll Band in the world,etc... but there was a time when saying that title and Van halen in the same sentence truly was the truth. tracks like Running with the Devil, Eruption, you really got me going was the Jam. Eddie Van Halen changed the game on Guitar. he was something else back in the day,Michael Anthony on Bass was something else as well, Alex Van Halen on Drums was bringing it and One of the coolest Lead singers Ever Diamond David Lee Roth nailed down the vocals and was on point. this is a Debut album that still holds up some almost 30 years later. strong solos, Grooves and Arrangements. you felt a Band that was on a Mission and from start to finish it's a very Good Collection. Van Halen brought in there own Bag of Rock and Roll.Free Music Review: The Quintessential Rock Masterpiece That Sounded The Death Knell To Disco And Ushered In 1980's Heavy Metal
Hit: 5 Stars
If you are a fan of heavy metal at all, you simply have to have this record. This is the album that kissed disco goodbye and ushered in a new era of heavy metal that brought us Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, Cinderella, Motley Crue, and others. Eddie Van Halen's outstanding guitar work is best demonstrated here than on any other release by the band. In Eruption, he really lets it all hang out. You Really Got Me gives the original Kinks' single some extra punch. Free Music Review: Turn it up
Hit: 4 Stars
This is classic Van Halen. "Runnin with the Devil", "Ice Cream Man", and "Jamie's Cryin" are my favorites. I also like the hard rockin' version of the The Kinks' "You Really Got Me". Turn up the Volume and enjoy this one!