Van Halen II (2015 Remaster) Van Halen

• 1 You're No Good 03:17
• 2 Dance The Night Away 03:09
• 3 Somebody Get Me A Doctor 02:53
• 4 Bottoms Up! 03:06
• 5 Outta Love Again 02:52
• 6 Light Up The Sky 03:11
• 7 Spanish Fly 01:02
• 8 D.O.A. 04:10
• 9 Women In Love..... 04:09
• 10 Beautiful Girls 03:57
• Total Runtime 31:46

Info for Van Halen II (2015 Remaster)

While it's tough to follow up a classic, „Van Halen II“ comes close to matching the brilliance of the band's debut. Once again, the record begins with a fat bass line from Michael Anthony, and his piercing background vocals are featured on "You're No Good," an explosive cover of the Linda Ronstadt tune.

While the group's early material was slightly too heavy for Top 40 airplay, here they take a commercial stab with the brilliant "Dance the Night Away" and "Beautiful Girls." "Somebody Get Me a Doctor" features the trademark wails of David Lee Roth, and Eddie Van Halen's magical soloing. Alex Van Halen's playing takes a slightly complex turn on "Outta Love Again" with some funky drum fills. Eddie shows his versatility with the gorgeous, flamenco-styled solo "Spanish Fly." The band kicks it full throttle once again on "D.O.A.," which accelerates to a mighty finish. "Women in Love" features lessons from Mr. Roth on dealing with female fickleness. „Van Halen II“ would go on to be a huge success, reaching the U.S. Top 10. This High-Res Audio remastered album leaves the band sounding better than ever.

„It's called Van Halen II not just because it's the band's second album but because it's virtually a carbon copy of their 1978 debut, right down to how the band showcases their prowess via covers and how Eddie Van Halen gets a brief, shining moment to showcase his guitar genius. This time, he does his thing on acoustic guitars on the remarkable "Spanish Fly," but that temporary shift from electrics to acoustics is the only true notable difference in attack here; in every other way, Van Halen II feels like its predecessor, even if there are subtle differences. First, there's only one cover this time around -- Betty Everett's "You're No Good," surely learned from Linda Ronstadt -- and this feels both heavier and lighter than the debut. Heavier in that this sounds big and powerful, driven by mastodon riffs that aim straight of the gut. Lighter in that there's a nimbleness to the attack, in that there are pop hooks to the best songs, in that the group sounds emboldened by their success so they're swaggering with a confidence that's alluring. If the classic ratio is slightly lighter than on the debut, there are no bad songs and the best moments here -- two bona fide party anthems in "Dance the Night Away" and "Beautiful Girls," songs that embody everything the band was about -- are lighter, funnier than anything on the debut, showcases for both Diamond Dave's knowing shuck and jive and Eddie's phenomenal gift, so natural it seems to just flow out of him. At this point, it's hard not to marvel at these two frontmen, and hard not to be sucked into the vortex of some of the grandest hard rock ever made.“ (Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AMG)

Eddie Van Halen, guitar, backing vocals
David Lee Roth, vocals
Alex Van Halen, drums
Michael Anthony, bass, backing vocals

Recorded December 11, 1978 to January 1979 at Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CA
Engineered by Corey Bailey, Jim Fitzpatrick, Donn Landee
Produced by Ted Templeman

Digitally remastered by Bernie Grundmann

Please Note: we do not offer the 192 kHz version of this album, because there is no audible difference to the 96 kHz version!

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