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Track Listings
1 | Tattoo |
2 | She's The Woman |
3 | You And Your Blues |
4 | China Town |
5 | Blood And Fire |
6 | Bullethead |
7 | As Is |
8 | Honeybabysweetiedoll |
9 | The Trouble With Never |
10 | Outta Space |
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Van Halen is an American hard rock band formed in Pasadena, California in 1972. The band has enjoyed success since the release of it's debut album, VAN HALEN. a DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH is the groups first album with David Lee Roth in 27 years and is the first full-length album to feature Eddie Van Halen's son, Wolfgang.
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- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Language : English
- Product Dimensions : 4.96 x 5.63 x 0.39 inches; 3.46 ounces
- Manufacturer : Interscope
- Item model number : 24181139
- Original Release Date : 2012
- SPARS Code : DDD
- Date First Available : January 7, 2012
- Label : Interscope
- ASIN : B006UG909U
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #15,128 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #6,396 in Pop (CDs & Vinyl)
- #7,123 in Rock (CDs & Vinyl)
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I'll tell you now right now, I suck at reviewing things because I'm not good at going into detailed descriptions like others do. All I can do is tell you my opinion on whether the album is worth buying or not. The answer: YES!
Now I must admit, I wanted to rate this album around 4 to 4.5, but figured I'd upgrade it to 5, because it exceeded my expectations. I must admit, I was quite nervous about this album. I just didn't expect too much from it. Not only had it been 14 years since VH did an actual album, but it's been 28 years since they've recorded one with David Lee Roth on vocals. I know the band has had their share of problems, and was afraid this might be one of those "we just cranked out an album for desperation's sake". Luckily, I was very pleasantly surprised! So for that reason, I found it worthy to give it a little "bonus boost" as far as my rating.
You can tell from the lyrics that they're primarily done by Roth. VERY DLR sounding, in that they're semi-silly, yet are sort of "smart" in a sense too. This album picks up around where "Women and Children First" and "Fair Warning" left off. In this album, we find the band (wisely) returning to their old-school hard rockin' sound. No keyboards this time around, just vocals, guitar, bass and drums. (And for the first album ever, we sadly have to say goodbye to original bassist, Michael Anthony. Taking over the helm is Eddie's son Wolfgang, who does a fine job. How cool would it be to be 20 years old and be in a hard rock band with your father and uncle? Then there's crazy Uncle Dave, but that's another story...)
Anyhow, favorite and least favorite tracks (no particular order)-
Favorites:
Blood and Fire - This one is most reminiscent of "Women and Children First" stuff. One of those "Guys Night Out" songs. (Though they ALL kinda are...) For reasons I can't quite explain, this is the song that gets stuck in my head the most.
You and Your Blues - NOT a blues song like you'd think. Another typical Dave-era type VH song that sounds like it belongs on any of the pre-Diver Down albums.
She's the Woman - This one is a re-working of an older, unused tune from VH's early days. About half of the songs on this album are that way, which helps with the "old-school sound". They're songs and/or music that were written for the early albums, but never used for various reasons. The band went through and re-wrote some of the lyrics/music, etc. and tweaked up the old demos to album worthy songs.
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Least Favorites:
China Town - Can't really explain why, but just nothing here that interested me. Lyrics weren't too memorable, and the music wasn't really much to talk about either.
Honeybabysweetiedoll - Music isn't all that bad on this one, but the lyrics are kinda "ehh". Again, not really a song that's going to stick in your mind.
Bullethead - This song is a bit annoying the first few times, but it does somewhat grow on you. It'll never be on my "top half of the album" list though. Lyrics aren't horrible, but the music is the one that kinda ruined this song. There's just really nothing worth bragging about with this one. Going along with the train theme of the album photos, this song is "The little engine that just quite couldn't". It had potential, but just quite didn't make it over that hill...
So that's it. There isn't a BAD track on this album (nothing that'd in intentionally hit the "skip" button on), but there are, as expected, ones that are better than others. I hope that VH has new-found success with this album/lineup. It's about freakin' time that VH put out something worthwhile! (Sadly, I didn't care for anything they've done since "F.U.*.K". I recall reading somewhere that Sammy Hagar claimed he heard this album and found nothing impressive about it. He must have listened to the wrong album. I'm a Sammy Hagar fan as well, (both VH stuff and his solo work) and I must admit I've liked this album a lot better than Sammy's last 3 solo studio albums. His last album I can say I was really pleased with was "Ten 13".
Anyhow, sorry my review is lame. Like I said, I'm no pro reviewer, about all I can do is tell you whether I, as a fan, liked it or not. And, yes, I DID.
So, once again, Dave: YES! WE MISSED YOU! WELCOME BACK, VAN HALEN!!!
**Addendum: After listening to the album again with a good pair of headphones, I would tone down my criticism in this regard a good deal. The production is growing on me. The initial was my first impression through car speakers.
And yes, I miss Michael Anthony too. His spirit, playing, vocals and untold other contributions to the making of a Van Halen album are sorely missed.
That having been said...
This is the FIRST honest-to-goodness Van Halen album I've heard since '1984'. I'm clearly Roth-biased, but the first Hagar album was inspired and I give him full props for that. Cherone could have been great, but tried too hard in all the wrong directions, performance-wise, and just didn't have the songwriting chops and schtick that Roth has. Nonetheless, his was the best and most versatile voice the group ever had, but in pop music, CHARACTER trounces quality every time and rightfully so. Roth has character in spades, which is why he was always both tremendously successful AND exceedingly hard to work with!
THAT having been said...
WELCOME BACK VAN HALEN! Wolfgang's chops on the bass sound truly inspired, and he's locking in with Alex's drumming much as well as his beloved predecessor, so cheers to him. Eddie has some new sonic surprises on his guitar, even if none of them are likely to cause the sort of curiosity rush as his first forays into volume swelling pinch harmonic dive-bombing tapdom.
As I said in the title, Roth's contributions here are very reminiscent of his Eat 'Em And Smile (which I love) album along with some of the darkness of Fair Warning. There are no back-seat make-out anthems here or ode's to working mothers or whatever else it was that they were going on about all through the 90's. Roth was as critical a part of the Van Halen sound as Lennon or McCartney was to that of the Beatles, and it is GREAT to have him back! He's older, though, and not quite as poignant and funny as he used to be, lyric wise, and I could *REALLY* do without any more of the monotone rumbly raps. SING for f***'s sake! Find a melody and run with it. Overall, the frequent torrents of words work in terms of musical alliteration, but could stand a serious paring down for impact and clarity. I say, if the lyric doesn't merit shouting or singing from the roof-tops, then chuck it, but that's me.
Alex's drumming is over the top in his usual enjoyable and inimitable style, and he seems to lock in with Wolfgang very nicely. I hope what I'm hearing there (in terms of their locking in together) is real, and not just something stitched together on the timeline with a mouse in Pro Tools! A live performance will tell the tale in that regard.
I have kids of my own, and while I really think Michael Anthony should be in there instead, I can perfectly respect Eddie's enthusiasm for getting his son involved. Wolfgang also locks in some very sophisticated bass lines with some of his father's noodling, much as Billy Sheehan did with Steve Vai on Eat 'em And Smile. It's done to great effect here and shows that these players are looking forward and not just sitting back to re-create a patented or tried-and-true 'sound'. They're exploring and having some fun, but doing it on their own terms. This is great and I urge them to keep going!
Whether this marks a new era or turns out to be your swan song album, it's a very well done and inspired piece of work indeed. I'll be the first to admit that a lot of my enthusiasm stems from some very low expectations, but this is a very listenable and entertaining effort. Welcome back, gentlemen!
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Non mi dilungherò su inutili polemiche se meglio con Sammy Hagar o David, non ha senso e chissenefrega.
Ricordiamoci che i Van Halen erano scomparsi alla fine degli anni 80 e solo grazie al genio creativo di Sammy si ripresero alla grande.
Comunque sia, questo disco è bello, punto; ti riporta ( finalmente ) al passato e ti viene rabbia pensando a cosa avrebbero potuto sfornare con D.L.R. negli ultimi 2 decenni, ma pace e amen.
David ormai ha i suoi anni e la voce non l'ha mai avuta, neanche ai tempi d'oro e nemmeno quando era solista, ma ha il grande pregio di una timbrica assolutamente coinvolgente ed unica.
Ma in studio grazie agli aiutini, riesce a sfornare una prova convincente e degna del passato ( passato in studio...)
I brani sono tutti belli e variopinti, mai monotoni; il ritorno alle influenze dei primi album è assolutamente evidente e questo è un'altro pregio.
Insomma, Fine delle tastiere, sparite ( era ora ).
Eddie non si discute, LUI è il Divino per eccellenza.
Alcuni passaggi sono stratosferici ed inarrivabili per molti ancora tutt'oggi: in certi momenti ( cioè sempre !!! ) sembra che siano in 2 a suonare...
Considerando che hanno iniziato nel 1978, direi che la prova è spettacolare.
Bello il DVD bonus nella confezione della loro jam session acustica, soprattutto la versione di Panama: guardate che cosa fa Eddie con l'acustica, da non credere.
Senza ombra di dubbio, il loro miglior cd dal 1991 ad adesso.
Da avere senza indugi