Van Halen

Live: Right Here, Right Now

Slick but not be ignored.

Review Score:

(8/10)
Aside from being suspiciously slick for any "live" album, this CD is a fantastic look at Van Halen's best bits, focusing mainly on the 5150, OU812, and For Unlawful... albums. I was hoping it might be an opportunity to hear a great singer (Sammy Hagar) power through some of the band's classic stuff, but only "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love", "You Really Got Me" and "Jump" grace us with their presence from those groundbreaking first albums (ground breaking, but impossible to listen to due to utterly dire production and not exactly sparkling vocal performances from Roth).

I love double live albums, because you get a combination of some of the raw energy of a live show with (in this case anyway) excellent sound quality of a studio release. Also, a single CD greatest htis never really covers all the good tracks, but with careful thought, a double album can give a good overview of all a band's best bits.

And they're all here. If you're a fan of Van Halen's stuff with Hagar, your ship has come in. All the best stuff is here, sounding, in many cases, better than the album versions. Great stuff.

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