Van Halen - 5150

It's hard not to smile/laugh when you listen to Van Halen. they are so ridiculously cheesy that's it's impossible not to get caught up in that head nodding feeling. I mean just listening to Sammy Hagar's opening "wooooaaaaaaah" on the album's opener Good Enough is enough to shake your head in amazement that this music was once 'cool'. Of course this was Hagar's first album with Van Halen after taking over from the irrepressible David Lee Roth. And he takes on the role well managing to start 7 of the 10 songs with a "wooaahh", "yeaaaaahh" or an "aaaaarhhhhh". Of course band founder, the modest Eddie Van Halen is still there making his guitar sing, or vomit, it's hard to tell some times. His Guitar skills are unquestionable, his use of distortion and delay and pedals, matched with his signature airy synth sounds of the keyboards. Amazing. There are some chestnut tracks, the Wide World of Sports friendly Dreams, The AC/DC meets Rolling stones Best of Both Worlds, and the power ballard love walks in and my persobal favourite and karaoke special Why can't this be love? Why can't everything just be as fun as a Van Halen album.