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Van Halen
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0093624773726
Format: Original recording reissued
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Warner Bros / Wea
Release Date: 2000-09-19
Studio: Warner Bros / Wea
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Summary: Unique, never-seen-before-or-since musicianship
Comment: Well, this first album is of course an all-time classic, as it should be. As has been said before, the Van Halen brothers are the real deal. True classical musicians who also know how to rock! "Bill and Ted"s Beethoven would be proud! Both of them are classical pianists, which is ironic, since Eddie's known as a guitarist, and Alex as a drummer. Yet I've read where Ed actually claims to be primarily a pianist, not so much a guitarist!
Yet this is not their best album. It's more of a warm-up for what's to come. Musically, that title may belong to either 5150 or OU812. Or the two together could be considered their high-point musically, even vocally.
The editorial reviewer above claims that after 1984 they went into their lean years. We are entitled to state our opinions, but of course nobody's entitled to have everyone agree with them. My opinion is that Van Halen really took off after they dumped David Lee Roth! After DLR they were able to spread their wings musically, and they acquired a real vocalist, one who stands with the greats of rock singers, in Sammy Hagar. To my ears, nothing before 5150 compares musically to the "Van Hagar" era. I seem to be in the minority there, but take a listen to "5150", "Dreams", "Mine All Mine", "Pleasure Dome", and "Human's Being". Van Halen's natural melodic genius is very much in evidence here, which is probably why they've been (erroneously) called pop-rock (by the stubborn or melodically-challenged). If they are indeed pop-rock then it's a slam to much of the rest of rock, particularly heavy metal (which label is erroneously applied to Eddie as a heavy metal guitarist), since it says that these genres are lacking in melody. In some cases, particularly modern metal, that's very true. There's not much today that I've heard in the way of real music, real melodic music.
But Van Halen is nothing if not melodic and musical. Ed is a musician, a guitar player, a melody maker; not a "heavy-metal" guitarist. I've never seen him that way, though I know many do, and that he has influence many many heavy metal guitarists. He plays it his way, and if people like it, so be it. If they don't, no worries because many others like myself will hear the music in his playing, and they will appreciate it as being music, not just rhythmic noise. This last part is really what separates Van Halen from much of the heavy metal genre. Sure, Alex expertly drives a mean drum kit, emphasis on "expertly" and "mean". Sure, Mike drives a mean and relentless bass guitar. Sure, Sammy screams out those vocal cords with the best of them. And sure Ed slings an axe like no one else, faster and louder than most. But it's their technique and musicality, their melodic sense and timing, that makes them stand out; and it's their skill, in particular Ed's ability to sling out the melody fast and smooth, with unique subtle "personality" touches throughout, which makes them great, rather than just good or noteworthy.
And those qualities shine most in the post-DLR era. They're only just beginning with this first knock-out punch to the face of music!
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Great Debut
Comment: This album was released in 1978 and is their best album with David Lee Roth. The opening song is Runnin with the devil, which is in my opinion has the best backup vocals from eddie and michael, the 2nd song is Eruption, there are no vocals, just an amazing guitar solo from Eddie, the 3rd song is originally sung by roy orbison, which is called oh pretty woman. The song Jamies cryin is a great song to, but alex van halen said that is his least favorite song in the entire song catalog
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Summary: The crown jewel in Van Halen's catalog
Comment: I am a big Van Halen fan, and I will say this: After listening to all of their records, I have come to the conclusion that their debut is their finest. In many artists' cases, the debut album is usually one of the weakest in the catalog. But not in Van Halen's case.
1978 was a year of change in rock and roll. The punk rock movement was well underway, and heavy metal was at it's finest. Van Halen emerged; led by Eddie Van Halen, probably one of the best guitarists of our time, and "Diamond" David Lee Roth as the vocalist.
The debut album has got to be one of the best albums of the '70s. 'Atomic Punk,' 'Running With The Devil,' 'Eruption,' 'You Really Got Me' and one of my personal favorites, 'Ice Cream Man' are all here. Heck, it's practically a greatest-hits album!
And, the sound quality is superb! Warner Bros. has chosen this album to be included in their ongoing Warner Remasters series, giving this the (long needed) remaster it deserves.
Overall, if you were stranded on a desert island, and you had to choose one, just one Van Halen disc to take with you, this would absolutely be my pick. To me, there is no other album quite like this one from Van Halen. All of them are great, but this is the best.
Highly recommended for any Van Halen. I don't care if you are one who only buys the best-ofs and greatest-hits albums, you still need to have this album in your collection.
Highly recommended. A must own!
ENJOY!!!
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Summary: Things were great in '78
Comment: One of the two albums that made 1978 *the* watershed year in rock music (see also, The Cars). Sure, The Ramones turned things upside down in '76 with their first album (and thank god for that), but they were (a) almost completely ignored at the time, and (b) treading the path that the Dolls and Dics had blazed. Somehow, though, 1978 saw the birth of both new wave (Cars) and new (neu?) metal, and people paid attention, buying these albums in droves. (When was the last time that two new, different genres emerged at the same time?) Not only were Van Halen way cooler than any other "metal" band at the time (sorry Buck -- the mustache was totally Members Only, no matter how much one loved the drum solo in "Godzilla"), but they were heavier when they wanted to be ("Eruption"), more melodic (everything else), and funnier ("Ice Cream Man"). Plus, they covered a Kinks classic at a time when no one could remember the Kinks, and in so doing, made the song their own. In a single album they established (1) a new sub-genre of rock, (2) a new guitar god, and (3) a new front-man personality/celebrity. Heady stuff for four goobs from LA. One of the 25 best rock albums of all time. Five stars.
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Summary: eruption
Comment: this lp was released in 1978 and changed the rock landscape forever !! , an absolute classic and indispensable if you are a
rock fan !
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2008 reissue of Van Halen's self-titled debut album released in 1978. It is considered to be one of the most famous debut albums. The album has sold over ten million copies in the United States alone and it is considered to be one of the most successful debuts by a hard rock band. Along with 1984, it gives Van Halen two original (not a greatest hits) albums with Diamond status in sales -- a feat achieved by only four other rock bands: The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Def Leppard. 11 tracks.
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