Official "A Different Kind of Truth" Album Review Thread

[Momshell]

was thinking of checking youTube out of curiosity, but I'm scared!

[Terry]

If you don't love every track on ADKOT, you're WRONG. I only skip Tattoo sometimes because I played it all day every day for a month before the fill album came out, but after a month of listening to ADKOT, I actually thought to myself that some of the songs are too short, seems like the album runs through faster and faster now, just keeps getting better and better.

I can dig where you're coming from.

[Halen High]

I m noticing 2 really huge omissions from this Van Halen album when compared to the 6-pack.

1 - No signature Alex drum riff. IE Jamies Cryin', Hot For Teacher, Dance The Night Away intro, Everybody Wants Some intro. Alex is laying down some of the best drumming I have ever heard, especially in As Is. But the album is lacking that one memorable drum riff that really stands out.


2 - No signature/memorable EVH guitar riff. IE Aint Talkin' 'Bout Love, Unchained, Mean Street, Little Dreamer, Dance The Night Away intro, Beautiful Girls intro, Panama intro (and slow break in middle). There just aren't any on this album. Fucking top notch guitar playing throughout.....but again, lacking that 1 beginning song riff that makes the hairs on your neck stand at attention.


Nitpicking I know. I fucking LOVE this album. Just pointing out a couple of things that really were signature stuff from the earlier albums and their lack of inclusion on this album.

I think the album is packed with memorable Eddie riffs. But some of them are familiar from the old bootlegs. Imagine if this was the first time you had ever heard the riff in She's The Woman? Or Big River? It would probably have a greater impact.

[Halen High]

Please forgive me in advance. But the music for Aftercock is not bad. One of the VERY few that would have been killer with a Roth touch IMO. But as it is it still remains a turd and always will.

I agree. For a Van Hagar era tune it's not bad on an instrumental level. And I like the solo although it probably needed something more venomous. But yeah...Hagar ruined any chance it had with his banal lyrics and annoying screaching vocals. Not bad when compared with the rest of the Hagar era, but vastly inferior to anything on ADKOT and obviously the six-pack.

[78/84 guy]

This is a great album !! I call it the double album because its so long for Dave VH. The six pack is classic. Even the stuff I dont love. One Foot Out The Door bores me at the end of maybe their greatest album. The way to many covers on Diver Down. Dancing In The Streets is stupid. But I still listen to it because the music is cool. The only thing I don't love about the new CD is the mix on some songs and I wish Bullithead was just a little more intense like the original demo !! I'm still happy it's on there though. 6 or 7 of the new songs are instant classics to me even if they never hit the radio like the old stuff. As Is is fucking amazing to me & HoneyBaby is right behind it.

[DLR'sCock]

The album is now down to number 50 on the billboard top 200. No promo and barely any radio....oh well....

[IceCreamBlondie]

The album is now down to number 50 on the billboard top 200. No promo and barely any radio....oh well....

Wonder why the hardly any promo and radio? Too bad its at number 50 now....its should have gone gold instantly and knocked Adele off her perch!

[Sweet Irony]

To have ADKOT as an actual CD, that we are looking at and listening to, is nothing short of a miracle here. When Jay was little, and I mean LITTLE, I never thought this would happen! I even have video of him listening to/ playing along with that VH/Cherone video (all that ice..I dont even remember the name of it!) because thats what VH was at that point! HA! To me, the sign of a great album/ CD is that, when listening to it, you keep saying, 'THIS is my favorite tune', with most of the tunes on the CD...and Ive done that with ADKOT.

Ugh...sorry to bring up that Cherone/ Ice thing....

[NIN1211]

I think the album is packed with memorable Eddie riffs. But some of them are familiar from the old bootlegs. Imagine if this was the first time you had ever heard the riff in She's The Woman? Or Big River? It would probably have a greater impact.

Outta Fuckin' Space......riff magic

[golitely]

Not a review, but I don't know where else to put it. I flew back to Italy after the Rosemont show with Lufthansa. ADKOT was one of the featured albums on their "in-flight entertainment system" with a foto of the album cover in the Lufthansa magazine and a 1984-era foto of the band was the featured foto for the classic rock music channel on the plane. Nice to know they are not forgotten in Europe, Germany at least.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

A discussion on ADKOT vs. Death Magnetic from That Metal Show.... Starts at about 41:00

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[chi-town324]

Don Jamison said theres only 5 good songs...couldnt disagree more

[DLR'sCock]

Don is wrong.

[chefcraig]

Don is wrong.

More often than not. This is why he is only allowed one bullet at a time.

[jero]

fuck don