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    6 albums that Eddie Van Halen listed as some of his favorites of all time

    6 albums that Eddie Van Halen listed as some of his favorites of all time
    ByRafael PolcaroPublished on 04/11/2022SHARETWEET
    One of the most influential guitarists in the history of Rock and Roll, Eddie Van Halen helped to create some of the best-selling albums of all time like: “Van Halen II” (1979), “1984” (1984) and “5150” (1986), that became the favorite ones from millions of fans worldwide. In an interview with Guitar Tricks Insider magazine back in 2016, Van Halen listed 6 albums that were some of his favorites and were essential in his opinion. Rock and Roll Garage gathered what the late musician said over the decades about those records and the artists who made them.

    6 albums that Eddie Van Halen listed as some of his favorites of all time:

    6 – Jeff Beck “Blow By Blow”



    One of the Jeff Beck‘s most successful albums, “Blow By Blow” was released back in 1975 and peaked at No. 4 on the American Billboard 200. In addition it was certified platinum by the RIAA. The most famous song on the record is “Cause We’ve Ended as Lovers”.

    In an interview with Rolling Stone in 2011 Eddie Van Halen talked about the album and Jeff Beck’s approach to the guitar: “I didn’t get into him until ‘Blow By Blow’ (1975). Just the instrumentalness of it. And Wired (1976), interesting stuff in there. So I guess it was just the experimentation in there that I liked. Jeff Beck is definitely a standalone.”

    “You never know what the hell he’s gonna do. My brother and I were in France 20 years ago, and Jeff Beck was playing. He was doing a rockabilly thing. And we were like, “What the hell is this?” So you never know what to expect with him.”

    5 – Van Halen “Van Halen”


    Released in 1978, Van Halen’s debut album sold more than 10 millions copies in the United States and peaked at number 19 on the Billboard 200. Some of the most famous songs on the record are “Runnin’ with the Devil”, “Eruption”, “Ain’t Talkin’ ’bout Love” and “Jamie’s Cryin'”.

    In a conversation with Guitar World in 1978 right after the release of the record, Eddie talked about his hopes for Van Halen’s debut, saying: “All we’re tryin’ to do is put some excitement back into rock’n’roll. Because it seems like a lot of people are old enough to be our daddies. They sound like it or they act like it. They seem energy-less. Also it seems like they forget what rock’n’roll is all about. We’re very energetic and we get up there and blaze on the people.”

    4 – Peter Gabriel “So”


    Peter Gabriel‘s fifth studio album after he left Genesis, “So” was released in 1986 and is one of the most important records of his solo career. Besides the famous songs like “Red Rain”, “Sledgehammer” and “In Your Eyes”, it also had the duet “Don’t Give Up” featuring Kate Bush.

    Eddie Van Halen’s son Wolfgang revealed in an interview with Classic Rock in 2022 that Peter Gabriel’s “So” was one of his father’s favorite albums. “This is one of my favourite albums, because it was one of my father’s favourite albums of all time. So I’ll never forget him coming up to me one night with these huge headphones and going, “Wolf, put these one.” Then he put the headphones on my head and cranked the first song Red Rain. It’s very hard to listen to now my father is gone. But that album front to back is Peter Gabriel at his finest.”

    3 – Cream “Cream Goodbye”


    Clapton was one of Van Halen’s main influences as he told Rolling Stone in 2011, also stating that he wasn’t a big fan of his music after Cream. “Actually after Cream I dug back a little bit to the Bluesbreakers stuff. But my favorite stuff was when he was in Cream. Which was only a couple, three years. It wasn’t a very long run. But what I really liked was their live stuff, like Wheels of Fire and Goodbye. Cream and stuff like that, because then you could really hear the three guys playing in their live element.”

    The final studio album of the British supergroup Cream that had guitarist Eric Clapton, bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker, “Goodbye” was released in 1969. Besides three tracks recorded live it also had three recorded in the studio. Some of the most famous tracks on the record are: “I’m So Glad”, “Politician” and “Badge”.

    2 – Cream “Wheels Of Fire”


    In an conversation with Guitar World in 1981, the musician revealed that he knew in the beggining of his career, every note Clapton had ever played: “Clapton was it. I knew every note he played. That’s what I was known for around home. Me, Alex and another bass player called ourselves Mammoth and we were the junior Cream.” The interviewer then pointed that Eddie Van Halen played Clapton’s solo in ‘Crossroads’ for him and said that it was one of the best live recorded songs of all time.

    The third album made by Cream and one of their most successful ones, “Wheels Of Fire” was released in 1968 as a two-disc vinyl LP. One disc was recorded in the studio and the other recorded live. Some of the most famous tracks are “Toad”, “Crossroads”, “Spoonful”, “White Room” and “Born Under A Bad Sign”.

    1 – The Who “Live At Leeds”


    One of the most successful The Who live albums, “Live At Leeds” was recorded at the University Of Leeds Refectory in 1970 and released in the same year. But the original LP had only 6 tracks taken from the setlist of the show that had 33 songs. The album had the hits “Substitute”, “My Generation” and “Magic Bus”.

    The legendary guitarist said in the interview with Rolling Stone in 2011 that The Who guitarist and main lyricist Pete Townshend was an influence. “Pete Townshend was an influence as a rhythm guitarist. So it was just the power and intensity, and again, simplicity. You know, nothing was very complicated. Like, listen to ‘My Generation’ (Sings the main riff). Even the later stuff on Who’s Next, it’s all very power-chord based.”

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    I love Jeff Beck. The more you learn about guitar the more you appreciate what he can do.
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    Peter Gabriel's "So" is an interesting choice for a guitar player's Top 6. It's a great record as far as songwriting and all that, but definitely not any memorable guitar riffs on that album. Supposedly, Eddie was trying to write a "Peter Gabriel song" with the song "Once" on VDIII

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    Quote Originally Posted by FORD View Post
    Peter Gabriel's "So" is an interesting choice for a guitar player's Top 6. It's a great record as far as songwriting and all that, but definitely not any memorable guitar riffs on that album. Supposedly, Eddie was trying to write a "Peter Gabriel song" with the song "Once" on VDIII

    Eddie saw piano being his main instrument and not guitar. Also Eddie considered himself a musician and not just a guitar player. So I don’t find it wierd at all. Ed appreciated what Peter Gabriel could do as a musician.

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    When I worked in a guitar instrument store there was not a guitar instructor there who did not play or turn their student on to Blow by Blow and Wired. Thought if I heard Freeway Jam or Blue Wind one more time I was seriously going to kill somebody.
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    Quote Originally Posted by FORD View Post
    Peter Gabriel's "So" is an interesting choice for a guitar player's Top 6. It's a great record as far as songwriting and all that, but definitely not any memorable guitar riffs on that album. Supposedly, Eddie was trying to write a "Peter Gabriel song" with the song "Once" on VDIII
    Always wondered what it would be like if Eddie worked with Daniel Lanois instead of Dead Templeturd.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kristy View Post
    When I worked in a guitar instrument store there was not a guitar instructor there who did not play or turn their student on to Blow by Blow and Wired. Thought if I heard Freeway Jam or Blue Wind one more time I was seriously going to kill somebody.
    That's interesting, because back in the day when I spent an appreciable amount time in music stores nobody was playing Beck. It was all either Van Halen or Stairway To Heaven...which I suppose makes sense, because it was like 1983 to 1986 when I was working/hanging in music stores.
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    There were several

    Let me see if I can remember them

    There was Eric Johnson Ah Via Musicom and Venus Isle

    Danny Gatton 88 Elmira Street

    Robben Ford Talk to Your Daughter

    Some Yngwie shit but I found that way too comical for anyone to listen to

    Some obscure guitar player named Scott something-a-rather

    The obligatory Vai and Satriani and their sterile fret board wanketry

    Pete Anderson solo material for some reason who was Dwight Yokam's gee-tur player

    Some jazz heavy hitters like Wes, Joe Pass, Howard Roberts, and Tal Farlow

    You know, shit like that

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kristy View Post
    There were several

    Let me see if I can remember them

    There was Eric Johnson Ah Via Musicom and Venus Isle

    Danny Gatton 88 Elmira Street

    Robben Ford Talk to Your Daughter

    Some Yngwie shit but I found that way too comical for anyone to listen to

    Some obscure guitar player named Scott something-a-rather

    The obligatory Vai and Satriani and their sterile fret board wanketry

    Pete Anderson solo material for some reason who was Dwight Yokam's gee-tur player

    Some jazz heavy hitters like Wes, Joe Pass, Howard Roberts, and Tal Farlow

    You know, shit like that
    I think I would have enjoyed hanging around your music store more than the main/primary/principal one I did, because mine was (as I said) Eddie Van Halen licks galore and the Stairway To Heaven intro...not even the whole song, mind you, but just the intro.

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    Not really. More of the guitar students in there wanted to learn

    Green Day

    Nirvana

    Metallica


    There was others not as profound like White Stripes, Ozzy solo stuff, a Tom Petty tune or two but Green Day was played to death.

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    ..oh and The Beatles

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    Quote Originally Posted by Terry View Post
    That's interesting, because back in the day when I spent an appreciable amount time in music stores nobody was playing Beck. It was all either Van Halen or Stairway To Heaven...which I suppose makes sense, because it was like 1983 to 1986 when I was working/hanging in music stores.
    When I took music store lessons it was classical guitar. Then there was the summer recital at Lake Tahoe. It was always great to get the recital over with and then go have some fun. But I learned the neck and I could play Police songs like Bring on the Night because I could finger pick.

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    Working Class was the name of that Pete Anderson album. Never heard music so warped. Sounds like Frank Zappa if Frank actually did drugs.


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