Van Halen

Whatever. Brian Eno was already doing great stuff, and this stuff is like musical potboilers

Very much not my thing. I don’t like that style of singing, and guitar solo stuff does nothing for me.

Van Halen was a super fun listen. I've only been familiar with one song of this album and that is You Really Got Me Now as that does play on the classic rock radio station i used to listen to but i still thought i wasn't gonna recognize any of these songs since i never recognized the album art. That being said this album was a really fun ride. The songs all had this super energetic, funky, almost swing like feel to them. Eddie Van Halen himself also provides some great guitar riffs and David Roth's vocals combined with those melodies make this an extremely great listen. I would have had an issue with the recording quality since i listened to it on YouTube and listened to some of the music video versions, but that's not how its supposed to sound on the regular album so i won't fault it for that. All and all, It's an amazing album.
Best Song: Little Dreamer
Worst Song: Eruption

This is much, much better than 1984. Before even listening to this, I could tell that from the first half of the tracklist being nothing but hits. Jamie's Cryin' isn't quite as good as the other hits, but still.

Was thinking this could be a situation of the second half just completely falling off, but with the exception of Ice Cream Man, it's just as good as the first half. On Fire is fantastic.

So yeah. Great hard rock album.

While I’m not a fan of 99% of the bands/music that came because of this album’s influence (hair metal), Van Halen and this album are undeniable. Just an awesome rock album. Eddie Van Halen is one of the greatest to ever do it. A creative and virtuosic player. The songs are there too, it’s fun to listen to and it rocks, what’s not to love.

at least they kept it short

Maybe you just had to be there but I just can't stand hair metal. So lame and cheesy.