OU812 (studio album)
by Van Halen
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OU812 is ranked 8th best out of 16 albums by Van Halen on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Van Halen is Van Halen which is ranked number 375 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,480.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 12/08/2023 05:05 | rafaelcalazans | 2,200 | 54/100 |
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jeremy9 10/11/2020 11:07 | #259185
Very Good Album
llibnanoon 06/24/2020 17:25 | #254441
Feels So Good!
I guess it's O.K. It's kind of bland compared to the stunning previous release 5150.
Nightprowler 01/07/2016 20:42 | #156080
In 1988 I was 18. This album was a bomb for me. No. Not a bomb but a B O M B ! ! ! I wil never forget it. It's make me happy today too. It's a graet album!
poppmusic 01/08/2015 06:37 | #131057
Guilty pleasure for me, especially "Cabo Wabo". Great by the poolside.
It's darker than 5150. Mine All Mine and When It's Love have some emotions that run deeper than anything Van Halen had done before. Good album.
Graeme2 06/27/2014 21:30 | #115490
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Among bands that revolutionized rock and roll, (e.g. The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Ramones, Nirvana,) Van Halen often gets short shrift. That said, "OU812" (1988, US #1) - although released under the name "Van Halen" - is not the same band that revolutionized rock in 1978.
With original vocalist David Lee Roth as guitarist Eddie Van Halen's primary co-songwriter (1974-1985) Van Halen combined genres as diverse as Motown and metal, blues and barbershop quartet, for a sound as homegrown and unique as the sound on "OU812" is pre-fab.
"5150" (1986, US #1) demonstrated the songwriting capabilities of Van Halen's new songwriting pair: guitarist Eddie Van Halen and AOR veteran, vocalist Sammy Hagar. Although the synth-laden "5150" has not aged well - Van Halen's increased use of synths was reportedly a major reason for David Lee Roth's exit - it features many moments of songwriting inspiration which, doubtlessly, Roth would've never allowed on a Van Halen record, (e.g. "Dreams.")
"OU812" establishes the Van Hagar formula, which would define (and limit) later non-Roth albums like "F.U.C.K." (1991, US #1;) "Balance" (1995, US #1;) and "Van Halen III" (1998, US #4.) This formula included power ballads (e.g. the lush, saccharine "When It's Love," and the late period Hall & Oates-esque "Feels So Good;") unfocused imitations of Van Halen's earlier rockers, (e.g. the half-baked "A.F.U. (Naturally Wired," and hollow "Source of Infection,") and several successful experiments (e.g. the hard new wave of "Mine All Mine" and countrified "Finish What Ya Started.")
"OU812" is not an album without merits - however, it suffers by comparison with Van Halen's previous (all essential) albums.
junodog4 05/19/2012 21:01 | #42720
Finish What You Started is a nice twist in the usual from these guys. The rest of the album is Van Halen formula.
paladisiac 02/22/2012 16:10 | #37298
Long gone are the days of their debut. Long gone is Roth's bravado which gave a flare to "1984". In its place is a mold set by 5150 (sammy hagar's entry point) of a few solid radio hits with a remainder of guitar-rock/pop pap wankery. It might be fun to visit and necessary for hagar's rock'n'roll lifestyle, but why should i care about "cabo wabo" anyway?
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