Talk:Van Halen (album)

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Factoids from the main article that may be useful

• This simple production set-up left the album with a raw and unprocessed (some would say unpolished) sound. "Feel Your Love Tonight" is a good example of this method on the first album, as Eddie bucks recording tradition and overdubs rhythm guitar over his live lead.

• It also introduced a protocol for Van Halen mixes — rhythm guitar panned hard to the left stereo speaker, and lead panned hard right. Any budding guitarist who wants to "replace" Eddie on early Van Halen records need only turn off the correct side.

• In the Legacy paragraph, it states "On April 15, 2013, David Lee Roth was interviewed by Jay Mohr for his podcast, where he selected the album as his favorite Van Halen album." OK, so who selected the album as his favorite...Mohr or Roth? Please reword to "On April 15, 2013, David Lee Roth was interviewed by Jay Mohr for his podcast, where Mohr (or Roth) selected the album as his favorite Van Halen album." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.68.216.127 (talk) 20:31, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

• The guitar that is in the U.S. National Museum of American History is a _replica_ of the original Van Halen Frankenstein guitar. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.151.83.143 (talk) 12:20, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

Merge Runnin' With the Devil

The first track on this album has its own wikipedia article, albeit not a very useful one. Worth merging that content here? Daniel Barlow 16:05, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Probably, but then it might be an idea to add more information on other tracks in this article to even it out. George C 14:56, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Wooah

Vaned Halen's first album in 1979 is no doubt one of the best debuts in rock history. Eddie Van Halen's guitar playing methods changed the face of rock and roll and it introduced David Lee Roth, one of the greatest frontmen in the history of rock. The first track, "Runnin' With The Devil," is textbook Van Halen. From the horns in the intro, to the guitar solos and Dave's screams, it is a VH classic and concert favorite. The next song, titled "Eruption" is just what the title says: a guitar solo from Eddie that blew away whoever listened to it. For the next song, Van Halen covered The Kinks' "You Really Got Me," which they made into a fast-paced rocker. It was the band's first single and it put them on the map. The next song is undoubtedly one of the best ever recorded with Dave. "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" is a classic that has been played throughout the years in concert even during the Sammy Hagar years. "I'm The One" is the next track, and it is considered underrated because it is on the same album as many of their classics. But Eddie is all over this song, from the opening riff to the amazing guitar solo. Next is "Jamie's Cryin," yet another hit off of this legendary album. Not as fast-paced but still a great song. "Atomic Punk" is pure guitar from beginning to end and features some great vocals and screams by Dave. While most of the album contains rocking songs, "Feel Your Love Tonight" is more of a pop tune, and it features some great backing vocals from bassist Michael Anthony. "Little Dreamer" is a slower song with some great lyrics. For the next track, Van Halen covered John Brim's "Ice Cream Man." The beginning starts off with Dave singing while playing an acoustic guitar, but it kicks into high gear and features one of the greatest solos Eddie's ever done. "On Fire" was a perfect way to finish off the album. While chanting "Fire!!" towards the end, Eddie is going crazy with his guitar and at the end of this song Van Halen fans can only expect more of this kind of rock on their albums to come. Not just a must-have for VH fans, it should be in the collection of all music fans.

Since when was WP a review database? 83.243.30.224 07:53, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

I totally agree. I've cut it down slightly, but it still need a lot of work. Maybe that whole paragraph should be deleted.

  Done Grymsqueaker 17:15, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

AC/DC had two albums going Diamond in the US?

Along with 1984, it gives Van Halen two original (not a greatest hits) albums with Diamond status in sales -- a feat achieved by only five other rock bands: The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, and Def Leppard.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it only Back in Black that sold more than 10,000,000 copies in the US? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.177.251.99 (talk) 15:36, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Track listing

On the Fair Warning discussion page, someone remarked that vinyl releases should have track listings split into side one / side two parts. So I dug out my vinyl and started here with doing that. I also noticed that the running times were off a few seconds, I corrected that. Note that I have one of those funny Spanish pressings that also translate the title, e.g. "RUNNIN' WITH THE DEVIL" - <<Corriendo con el diablo>>. If someone has a "normal" pressing could he/she please verify the running times ? 91.22.46.111 (talk) 22:04, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

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Background

What exactly does this mean, from the Background section "After being well received by Berle". This is talking about a show that Berle himself set up. Of course they'd be well received by him, duh. I'm thinking that it would be more important to be well received by the fans. Can someone with more knowledge than me do some research and either confirm that it's correct as written or clarify the sentence? Thanks! FiggazWithAttitude (talk) 17:03, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

OK, I reread the passage and it makes sense now. I don't know if anyone actually worked on it or if I was just reading into it previously. FiggazWithAttitude (talk) 17:04, 17 March 2020 (UTC)