Van Halen (Remastered)

This album has been added to 3 public lists:

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  1001Albums

  Neil Hopkins

  I only knew Van Halen from their 80s hair metal era, so this album was a pleasant surprise. There are interesting parallels between this and Iron Maiden’s first album, with both having a punk edge, but this album also includes blues and even some vocal scatting on one track. The highlight is probably the showboating guitar solo from Eddie Van Halen on Eruption that segues into a cheeky cover of The Kinks’ ‘You Really Got Me’. Good fun all round.

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  BestAlbum (international)

  cieffe27
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  Karen’s Top 50 Albums

  Karen Edgar