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1984 [Original recording remastered]

Van Halen Audio CD
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
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  • Audio CD (22 Jan 2001)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording remastered
  • Label: Warner
  • ASIN: B00004Y6O3
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,495 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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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

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio Cassette
Every review on here mentions the hits on the Album: Jump, Panama, Hot for Teacher, I'll Wait. Undoubtedly, these are all very good songs. But the songs that make this album one of the all time greats are: Girl Gone Bad, House of Pain, Top Jimmy, and Drop Dead Legs.

Girl Gone Bad and House of Pain are perfect examples of why Van Halen arguably can be considered the best Rock band ever. Virtuoso performances from everyone with an angry edge...the type of songs that leave you with your mouth hanging open at a loss for words.

Top Jimmy and Drop Dead Legs are at the other end of the spectrum: Virtuoso performances from everyone with a fun "let's party" edge...you can spend countless hours trying to listen to every riff that comes off of Eddie's guitar.

1984 is a Top 5 of all time album. Buy it.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars How can you NOT have this album??! 2 Jan 2002
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This a great an album from the days when Van Halen seemed to go into the recording studios and just have a blast! The stand-out tracks are the anthemic "Jump" - nonsensical lyrics but a brilliant track with an awesome guitar solo - a real must for the air guitarist! "Panama" is the kind of track that has to be played at ear-splitting volume while driving a convertible at top speed in the summer sun - guaranteed to get you tapping your foot and roaring along with the chorus. As for "Hot For Teacher" no matter how often I hear it, it always makes me laugh and smile at Dave Lee Roth's spoken lines before the rip-roaring verse and chorus kicks in. The other songs featured are great too, but the above three alone are worth the price of the album. Edward Van Halen's amazing skill with the guitar, Michael Anthony's superb bass lines, Alex Van Halen's imaginative drumming and those crazy David Lee Roth vocals... AWESOME! Buy it now!
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5.0 out of 5 stars The last great VH album? 12 Mar 2007
By Little Cat Voom TOP 500 REVIEWER
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As everyone knows, their great frontman left after this amidst much recrimination and blaming-each-other on the parts of EVH and Roth. It`s pretty scary that it all happened 23 years ago (I missed it being too traumatising back then, due to my age)...but if only Eddie wasn`t in and out of rehab in 2007 and they could just get along I`d still love to see the classic VH line-up live, and even better, record some new stuff.

I still think 6 amazing albums is a pretty decent output, and can`t think of many other bands who`ve managed that. 1984 isn`t my favourite, but it`s still a stunning, 5-star effort. The band weren`t all that happy with Eddie starting to throw a few keyboard numbers in and I think I agree with them, but "Jump" and "I`ll Wait" are great songs, just not the hard rock we`d learned to adore from the previous albums. "Jump" has one of Eddie`s greatest guitar solos on for sure. It`s not really that song though that makes the album so special. There a three or four others that are a sign of a band at it`s absolute peak. Firstly, "Panama", classic Roth, with the sort of tongue-in-cheek sleaze that VH never showcased again with Sammy Hagar. Classic Eddie too, he just blows me away every song. Alex and Mike are great as ever too. "Hot For Teacher" is wonderful too, funny and loud and a real party song! "Top Jimmy", "Drop Dead Legs" and "Girl Gone Bad" would be career-best songs by any other rock `n` roll band. My favourite song though is one of the less heralded VH tracks and the album closer, "House of Pain". It`s almost as though Eddie had distilled all his anger with Roth`s antics and released it in the form of this huge, monster of an attacking solo. It was one of the earliest written VH songs that missed the cut on all their other albums but Alex insisted it was on this time and thank God. If I could play the solo I would die a satisfied man...it`s amazing and I`m always stunned by it...I know guitar playing isn`t all about speed, and that`s why I love EVH because the feel is incredible too and it`s perfect.

So, buy it. And revel in the greatest four-piece rock band there ever was (and who knows...perhaps they will be again one day)!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Quality/classic
This to me is one of those LP's that's always never far away on Rock radio stations. A timeless classic, another LP replacement for my CD collection, awesome.
Published 19 days ago by Alan Bottomley
1.0 out of 5 stars One song, an album of noise
I know that it's not the 80's anymore but this album was probably always rubbish. Apart from Jump the rest is dreadful. And I'd forgotten what a poor singer DLR is. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Andyrew
5.0 out of 5 stars Cd Purchase
Received in perfect condition wthin a few days. I love Van Halen for his sound and technique. Most so called modern day rock groups simply do not have his talent.
Published 3 months ago by bx/by
5.0 out of 5 stars at the top of their game here.
this was their strongest release since their first classic. Not that the ones that came between were bad! Read more
Published 10 months ago by Michael Dobey
5.0 out of 5 stars Jump Back to 1984!
Great album!

I stupidly sold this years ago thinking I had the best tracks on the 1996 Best Of. Read more
Published 15 months ago by MT
5.0 out of 5 stars 1984
Fantastic album,no bad tracks but jump,panama,hot for teacher,drop dead legs and top jimmy.This has got too be
in the top ten rock albums of the eighties.Buy,play,smile
Published 22 months ago by syd
5.0 out of 5 stars A "must have" album!
1984... the album that's as good as the year...
This was the final album with David Lee Roth on lead vocals, came out here in the uk in 1984, the singles "jump" and "panama"... Read more
Published on 1 May 2011 by G 1975
5.0 out of 5 stars Immense!
I don't really have to go in detail here do I? No, thought not, so briefly what you have captured on this mass produced, shiny little disc (Apart from the opening instrumental... Read more
Published on 15 April 2011 by Markie
3.0 out of 5 stars Buyer Beware!
Let me make it clear from the beginning to help you avoid wasting your time, this is NOT a review of the musical content, I am not objective enough when it concerns Van Halen, I'm... Read more
Published on 24 Oct 2010 by caz231
5.0 out of 5 stars van halen
A very good cd, a must have for any van halen fan or rack classics lover
Published on 19 Sep 2009 by Gill Vandenbroeck
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