Van Halen
1984 (1984)
FLAC LOSSLESS 24bit-96kHz
PBTHAL Vinyl Rip
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At the time of its release, much of the fuss surrounding 1984 involved Van Halen's adoption of synthesizers on this, their sixth album -- a hoopla that was a bit of a red herring since the band had been layering in synths since their third album, Women and Children First. Those synths were either buried beneath guitars or used as texture, even on instrumentals where they were the main instrument, but here they were pushed to the forefront on "Jump," the album's first single and one of the chief reasons this became a blockbuster, crossing over to pop audiences Van Halen had flirted with before but had never quite won over. Of course, the mere addition of a synth wasn't enough to rope in fair-weather fans -- they needed pop hooks and pop songs, which 1984 had, most gloriously on the exuberant, timeless "Jump." There, the synths played a circular riff that wouldn't have sounded as overpowering on guitar, but the band didn't dispense with their signature monolithic, pulsating rock. Alex Van Halen and Michael Anthony grounded the song, keeping it from floating to pop, and David Lee Roth simply exploded with boundless energy, making this seem rock & roll no matter how close it got to pop.
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Analyzed: Van Halen / 1984
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -5.72 dB -21.48 dB 1:08 01-1984
DR13 -3.01 dB -18.47 dB 4:04 02-Jump
DR14 -1.87 dB -18.14 dB 3:34 03-Panama
DR14 -1.24 dB -18.85 dB 3:01 04-Top Jimmy
DR13 -1.31 dB -17.91 dB 4:15 05-Drop Dead Legs
DR13 -3.24 dB -18.75 dB 4:44 06-Hot For Teacher
DR13 -3.21 dB -18.80 dB 4:44 07-I'll Wait
DR13 -2.44 dB -18.47 dB 4:36 08-Girl Gone Bad
DR13 -0.70 dB -16.94 dB 3:23 09-House Of Pain
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