1984 |  | Artist: Van Halen
Label: Warner
Category: Music
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 6684
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 47741
UPC: 093624774129
EAN: 0093624774129
ASIN: B00004Y6O3
Release Date: January 22, 2001
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | 1984 | | • | Jump | | • | Panama | | • | Top Jimmy | | • | Drop Dead Legs | | • | Hot For Teacher | | • | I'll Wait | | • | Girl Gone Bad | | • | House Of Pain |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
I1984/I 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 I1984/I 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 I1984/I 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.--IGenevieve Williams/I
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Forget the hits, the best tracks are the unknown ones August 17, 2005
Alexander Rodriguez (Dallas, TX)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
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. pGirl 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. pTop 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.p1984 is a Top 5 of all time album. Buy it.
LYRICAL LAMPOONERY AND GUTSY GUITARS September 7, 2001
ian@idinham.freeserve.co.uk (South Wales)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you take a moment to think deeply about it, the year 1984 was a shining jewel in the very drab crown that was the 80's music era. This album is fittingly titled in retrospect, seeing Dave Lee Roth's departure from the band ending on a high note. Although the band were experiencing considerable personal difficulties throughout the writing and recording of this album, none of that manifests. On the contrary, this album is ultimately a feel-good recording, hailing back to a time when everyone wanted to play guitar like Eddie, and get the girls with one-liners spawned from Roth's verbal catalogue with a cheeky grin. The album incorpotated more widespread use of synthesizers, and saw the band more mainstream as a consequence. Despite this, Eddie still continues to amaze us with his matured use of finger-tapping, and guitarists amongst us will undoubtedly remember trying to copy his 6 fret stretch that is the incredible opening riff to Hot For Teacher. As if Alex's double kick-drum technique wasn't enough! This track starts with drum patterns that sound like a Harley Davidson idling ready to be revved up to produce a staggering sonic boom.......enter Eddie! Other stand-out tracks include the legendary Jump featuring more keyboards and another famous guitar solo - just to prove again that Eddie hasn't taken leave of his senses and gone soft on you. Top Jimmy sounds like more Roth's work than anyone elses, and no doubt used a formlua that was to ensure his initial solo success. Tracks from his debut solo LP Eat 'Em And Smile sound similar. Panama is another feel-good song, with it's open road imagery and fast car references. I don't know about you, but I definately drive better when this track is on! If you want to be taken out of your little world for a while, if you want the sun to shine, if you want to imagine pretty ladies, if you want to hang out with the coolest bunch of lads in the universe.........check this out.
How can you NOT have this album??! January 2, 2002
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
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!
Don't Wait, Buy Now! January 14, 2004
Justin Sydew (Middleton, Lancashire United Kingdom)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This was the second Van Halen album I bought, and I have to admit it took me a week or so to get into it. I thought, from listening to the first track, 1984, that Eddie was going too heavy on the synth, and then, with Jump following it, I thought I'd made a mistake.pBut now, this is one of my all-time favourite albums, which definitely shows that you should give new albums a chance. Let's not beat around the bush here: 1984 is utter quality, and I know people would probably brand me a heretic for what I'm about to say, but...the original lineup with David Lee Roth was as talented a band as Led Zeppelin.pDespite my initial reaction, 1984 isn't too heavy on the synth at all: most tracks are guitar-heavy, such as the excellent Panama (with which I welcomed in 2004) and the awesome boogie Hot For Teacher (which is also a great example of Eddie's brother Alex's superb drumming). Roth is again a perfect vocal choice to put forward these testosterone-laden tracks, able to sound like an obsessive teenager in I'll Wait, to the frustrated roar in House of Pain, the superb closer.pAfter this, you'll probably agree: it's a shame that Roth had to leave.
Rock as it should be. April 1, 2007
Musicman (Truro, Cornwall, U.K.)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
A tight, taught, frantic, sharp album, which has a relatively short running time but is crammed with more ideas, riffs, screams, grooves, hooks, yelps, innuendos, fun and of course brilliant guitar solos, than most records you'll hear.
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br /The amount of ideas falling out of Eddie's guitar on the eight (proper) songs on the disc are worth the admission price alone. Add to that DLR, (who can almost be heard strutting about the studio when you're listening to it) in the peak of his pomp, and one of the best engine rooms in the business,(ever) grinding away behind them, and you have the complete rock record.
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br /If you only ever buy one Van Halen album, make it this one.
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