Author: Van Halen
Brand: Rhino
Format: Original recording remastered
PartNumber: 4 3 00047741
Release Date: 19-09-2000
Details: Amazon.ca 1984 was a successful record not only because it contained solid, catchy hard rock, but also because it incorporated synthesisers into the mix, the first metal album to do so to any serious extent. Although the advances in electronic music make this material sound dated now, it's still a highlight of Van Halen's career. Songs such as "Jump" contain a pop element that gave 1984 mainstream appeal, and David Lee Roth turned the frontman role into an art form on songs such as "Panama", "Hot for Teacher", "Drop Dead Legs" and "I'll Wait". To a large extent, it was 1984 that set the standard for 1980s pop metal, and David Lee Roth who set the standard (or takes the blame, depending on your point of view) for the aggressively good-time attitude most pop-metal bands took for their own.--Genevieve Williams
UPC: 093624774129
EAN: 0093624774129
Model: 4 3 00047741
Languages: English
Binding: audioCD
Item Condition: UsedVeryGood