Wam Bam Amsterdam!

Review Score: (10/10)
Some of their best songs are on this cd. Great improvement in song writing compared to previous VH albums. I wish they had never gotten rid of Sammy. I really dig this one. I'm not going to get into the Sammy vs DLR debate. As far as I'm concerned they are both great for Van Halen. The songs on Balance are certainly darker than typical VH. There seems to be more layered guitars than before and it actually works out to sound great. I don't understand why people are complaining about "Amsterdam". Sure the lyrics are silly and somewhat of a departure from the rest of the album (except "Big Fat Money") but isn't that more the typical VH partying rockin' music people love? Amsterdam rocks as far as I'm concerned. The ONLY song on Balance that I don't like is "Big Fat Money". Van Halen is back with Sammy now in '04, and I can't wait to see them in Atlanta. Hopefully they've got a few more cd's worth of tunes to put out.

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