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Well(3.25 stars)........
Van Halen's one and only live album,"Live:Right Here,Right Now" is pretty good,but it is what some people will often refer to as "a mixed bag".
As mentioned above,this is one of the best sounding live albums out there,and even though the tracklisting could have been better,this is still decent. It was recorded when Van Halen were on their "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge" tour in 1992,and here,you hear Van Halen perfroming nine out of the eleven songs from Knowledge,as well as four songs from the Roth era of Van Halen("Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love","Panama",and half of both "You Really Got Me" and "Eruption"),two of Sammy Hagar's solo songs("There's Only One Way to Rock" and "Give to Live"),four songs from their "5150" album("Dreams","Love Walks In","Why Can't This Be Love?",and "Best of Both Worlds"),three songs from the Van Halen(Hagar era)album "OU812"("When It's Love","Finish What Ya Started",and half of "Cabo Wabo"),along with a pretty good cover version of The Who classic "Won't Get Fooled Again". Like another reviewer already mentioned,the sound and quality of this live album is so good that it is like a party on a CD,and Michael Anthony's bass solo,Alex Van Halen's drum solo,and Eddie Van Halen's guitar solo(which starts off as the instrumental "316" leading into "Eruption")are all really good and solid,but the problem is the tracklisting. It isn't incredibly bad,but it is missing songs like "I Can't Drive 55"(I know that that is one of Sammy Hagar's solo songs,but if Sammy and everyone else in VH were going to play some of Sammy's solo material live,what was wrong with the idea of including a live performance of Sammy's most popular and most famous solo song on here????!!!!),there should have been a couple of more songs from the Roth era here(probably both "Dance The Night Away" and "Unchained"),and I think including live performances of "Black and Blue" and "Mine All Mine" from "0U812" would have been really cool also and would have helped this live album be better than it turned out(I don't mind the large amount of songs from For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge being here,with the exception of "Man On A Mission"). But everything else here is really good,while this is a fun live album to listen to--Sammy,Eddie,Alex,and Mike all do a great job at contributing to that. The booklet accompanying this live album,which has pictures of Van Halen from their tour on which this live record was recorded,is really cool and is a good supplement to this CD.
Bottom Line:buy this live album ONLY if you are a die hard Van Halen fan,like both the Roth and Hagar eras of Van Halen,and don't mind the tracklisting here.
Great Collection, But Roth Songs Darg Down The Quality Of This CD
In 1991, Van Halen released the album "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge". This album got a surprsingly good reception from both critics and longtime fans of the group, who initally dismissed the Sammy Hagar-led VH as a formulaic ballad machine. To celebrate this newfound exceptance, the band launched a massive world tour. The result was the two disc live album "Live: Right Here, Right Now", containing 24 tracks from the tour. How is this live album? Here are the highlights and the low points.
Highlights:
The majority of the album is really great. Sammy's vocal are in top condition, Eddie plays like a madman, and the rest of the band delivers. The performances are energetic and full of life, from the opening "Poundcake" to the closing "Top Of The World". They stake a great stab at The Who's classic "Won't Get Fooled Again", and Alex shows his talents on the drums with the nine minute "Pleasure Dome/Drum Solo". Forced to pick a highlight, though I'd go for Eddie's 11 minute instrumental "316", which also manages to incorporate "Eruption" at the end.
Lowlights:
The reason I don't give this collection five stars is for the performances of the David Lee Roth songs. Sammy actually manages to pull of "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" and "Jump" pretty well, but it's "Panama" that doesn't work. It starts off well enough, but then Sammy launches into this whole foul mouthed dialouge about tomorrow and stuff. It's somewhat amusing and a little uplifting, but overall unneccessary. Also, I think they leaned a little too heavily on the "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge" tracks. They perform pretty much the whole album. I would've had them do just "Right Now", "Poundcake", "316", "Runaround" and "Top Of The World" and then do some more stuff "5150" and "OU812" and maybe some more Roth stuff.
Overall, this is a great live album. With some changes, it would have been perfect.
Eddie is the KING!!!
This album is mind-blowing, just like every other Van Halen album including the Cherone-era Van Halen 3. The sound is perfect. Sammy singing is awesome. Mike is incredible. Alex is the King of Drums. And Eddie reasserted Himself, like always, as my Hero on guitar!Heck, he's the ONLY guitarist I would consider a Super Hero on the guitar. GOD has really blessed this man with an insane amount of talent.
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