{"id":517,"date":"2016-03-23T18:06:17","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T18:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.loudsoundepicenter.com\/?p=517"},"modified":"2016-06-11T06:49:12","modified_gmt":"2016-06-11T06:49:12","slug":"how-van-halen-showed-consistency-with-their-second-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudsoundepicenter.com\/?p=517","title":{"rendered":"HOW VAN HALEN SHOWED CONSISTENCY IN THEIR SECOND ALBUM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After an astronomical first step in their career with the heavy hitting debut, <strong>Van Halen<\/strong>\u00a0proved to be more than\u00a0ready for a follow-up album.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning the list by showing off their cover song chops, <em>You&#8217;re No Good<\/em> is an incredible reincarnation of a track that no one thought could have screeching licks and high (er) notes. Next comes <em>Dance The Night Away<\/em> which is a tune that cultivates\u00a0their pop influence and creates another fan favorite.<\/p>\n<p><em>Somebody Get Me A Doctor<\/em> comes at you full speed with EVH&#8217;s groundbreaking riff and Roth&#8217;s distant vocals. <em>Bottoms Up!<\/em> is a party jam that puts Roth&#8217;s voice in command and Alex&#8217;s expeditious drumming in the spotlight, not to forget EVH&#8217;s extravagant two guitar solos.<\/p>\n<p><em>Outta Love Again<\/em>, in my mind, is one of Van Halen&#8217;s best constructed bridges\u00a0towards the hook. Kicking off with Michael&#8217;s baseline and springing into Alex&#8217;s agile drumming, enabling EVH&#8217;s smooth riff. Following, Roth&#8217;s rapid fire singing and more of EVH&#8217;s solo intensity. <em>Light Up The Sky<\/em> is a fast paced rhythm of adrenaline with an astonishing closing full of echoing backing vocals, shredding by EVH.<\/p>\n<p><em>Spanish Fly<\/em> exposes more of EVH&#8217;s brilliance by practically recreating <em>Eruption<\/em> on acoustic. <em>DOA<\/em> is packed with clean licks and eccentric solos that lead to the quivering closing. <em>Women In Love<\/em> showcases the band&#8217;s skill with slow and steady grooves, using a beautiful intro and blissful backing vocals. <em>Beautiful Girls<\/em> is a soothing closer to the album with a melodious riff and a catchy hook.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Van Halen II<\/strong> is a well-bred second chapter of its predecessor and thrives on the qualities of the band members with fresh material.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>After an astronomical first step in their career with the heavy hitting debut, Van Halen\u00a0proved to be more than\u00a0ready for a follow-up album. Beginning the <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/loudsoundepicenter.com\/?p=517\" title=\"HOW VAN HALEN SHOWED CONSISTENCY IN THEIR SECOND ALBUM\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":521,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[7,10,28,37,75,135,138],"class_list":["post-517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-on-this-date","category-soundwave","tag-70s-hard-rock","tag-alex-van-halen","tag-david-lee-roth","tag-eddie-van-halen","tag-michael-anthony","tag-van-halen","tag-van-halen-ii"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/loudsoundepicenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/VH2_recording-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudsoundepicenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudsoundepicenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudsoundepicenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudsoundepicenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudsoundepicenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=517"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/loudsoundepicenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":520,"href":"https:\/\/loudsoundepicenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517\/revisions\/520"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudsoundepicenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudsoundepicenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudsoundepicenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudsoundepicenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}