Van Halen - II
(Warner WB 56 616) (GER 1979) (Vinyl 24-96 & 16-44.1)
1979 | FLAC | NO LOG & CUE | Artwork | 24Bit/96kHz: 625 MB | 16Bit/44.1kHz: 207 MB
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Part II/III of my Van Halen LPs
Part I can be found here: Van Halen - Van Halen
Part III can be found here: Van Halen - Women And Children First
Info:
Van Halen - Van Halen II
Label: Warner Bros. Records, WEA Musik GmbH
Catalog#: WB 56 616, WB 56 616
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Germany
Released: 23 Mar 1979
Genre: Rock
Style: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Tracklist:
A1 You're No Good
A2 Dance The Night Away
A3 Somebody Get Me A Doctor
A4 Bottoms Up!
A5 Outta Love Again
B1 Light Up The Sky
B2 Spanish Fly
B3 D.O.A.
B4 Women In Love …
B5 Beautiful Girls
Discogs Url: http://www.discogs.com/Van-Halen-Van-Halen-II/release/522212
Wikipedia Url: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Halen_II
Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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. 4/5 allmusicguide
Technical Information:
=Hardware=
Washed LP>
AT120E>
Dual CS 505-3>
Kenwood C1>
Black & White NF11 cable>
Edirol R09HR @ 24/96>
Sandisc Extreme III SDHC Card>
HDD
=Software=
Wavelab 6.11 (tracksplit, manual click/pop removal)
ClickRepair 3/0 (manual mode)
Traders Little Helper (FLAC encoding, MD5)
+16Bit Version:
Izotope Rx Advanced 1.21
Dithered:
-MBIT+ Medium
-Noise shaping light
-Dither amount normal
Resampled:
-Ultra Steep, linear phase
Download as:
Flac (Compression Level 8)
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