Van Halen - Van Halen [Full Album] (HQ)

This album was released 46 years ago. 46 years. Think about it. Sounds better than most of today's stuff, absolutely incredible composition, riffs, and mixing

I'm 54 years old. I remember hearing this when it first came out on a classroom turntable during "indoor recess". It blew the whole class away and continues to blow me away today.

I came home with this album and my older brother finally accepted me into his musical society.

Who else still jamming this album in 2024? Eddie’s guitar is spectacular.

My older brother came home with this album brand new he was born in 66 and me in 70 he said hey come listen to this band called Van Halen and my brother was just learning guitar we sat in his room and put it on and we both looked at each other and who are these gods of sound it was incredible i felt so proud that my brother let me listen to them in his room I remember we listened to it over and over until my dad come home and he walked in and said what’s that noise I hear sounds like animals we laughed and said dad this is the greatest band of all time he said yeah who are they and my brother said Van Halen my dad paused and said ha never heard of them and closed the door we lost my brother in 2022 my dad came over the other day and I was playing this album my dad walked in and said hey I heard of them that’s Van Halen and I looked at my dad and said do you remember when you said you never heard of them he said I lost one of you I remember what y’all were wearing and he started crying I said I know dad I miss him to he said it’s not just that son I should have sat with you guys and said so this is what you guys listen to ha I said dad you never told us to turn it down and he said no but if I would have know I would loose one of you before me dying I would have come in there and sat down and said turn it up we sat there listening to this album and he said your brother could play a lot of this I said yeah dad he could he looked at me and said play it again your brother really liked these guys and I said yeah dad he loved him and I hope he is up there playing with Eddie right now he said me to

This album is THE standard and continues to set the bar for American rock! VH music lives on and will never die!

One of the best debut album ever by a band

As a 56 year old, i look and stare at the album cover while listening with the same amazement and wonder I did when I purchased this album when I was 12. Their music still blows me away today! They are perhaps the epitome of the perfect American rock band. I got to believe this is one of the top 5 greatest albums of all time ! It is full throttle rock !🤘

Alex--- All day!! not enough props to brother on the drums. These vocals! One bad ass album concept. Thank you for all of it Eddie. we miss you.

I was in 8th grade when this album was released and U remember hearing it at a friend's house. Used my paper route money to buy it April of 78 and still have it to thus day. My favorite record that year.

If you went to high school in the late 70’s, this was your “Beatles” moment!

I was a senior in high school when I got my first copy on vinyl . My tennis coach introduced me to it. It was in 1978. Since then I have had it on 8 track tape,cassette,and now on CD. This album has had such an enormous impact on my life,and it still does to this day. It made me want to pick up the guitar and practice. This album changed the face of the guitar,and the face of all music for that matter. I will forever miss Eddie Van Halen. He is my guitar idol ,and always will be. God Bless him.

I remember a friend called me up and said come over and listen to this new band that just came out. I was totally blown away and stopped at K-mart on the way home to pick up the album, and have been a Van Halen fan ever since. Lots of great times and even better memories!

OH YEAH!!Still running HOT 44 years later!! !!Crank this s*** up!!!

"You know you're semi good lookin!" Best line ever......

I will never forget the first time I heard Van Halen on the radio it was Jamie's Crying and it was like a new sound that no one had ever heard before, when the song was over the DJ said that's a new band out of LA and they will be coming to town on tour this summer. I picked up the phone and called my friend and said did you just hear that? And he was like yeah I sure did and we were like we are so going to that concert, and we did...it was badass! I've said it before and I will say it again "If you got to grow up with the 50's through the 80's music YOU were blessed!" Rock on!

That solo on Ice cream man was so far ahead of it's time. Such a fantastic album.

It's Monday morning in a 10th grade classroom and I am playing this for my entering students. Whether or not they like it...they do need it.

That album changed music forever. When you heard that album it made you sit up and take notice. I used to come home for lunch and blast that album cause nobody was home in my Apt. Building. Little Dreamer is my favorite.