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WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST reached #6 in April 1980 and shows a band progressing towards their eventual peak. "And The Cradle Will Rock" is one of the album's two radio staples, along with "Everybody Wants Some." These two anthems set the stage for one hell of a rock & roll party album.
"Fools," a relatively obscure VH tune, features thumping rhythm, the piercing background vocals of bassist Michael Anthony and some David Lee Roth scatting at the end. Roth declares "I'm takin' whiskey to the party tonight and I'm lookin' for somebody to squeeze" in "Romeo Delight." Preferring sneaky licks and heavy riffs, Eddie Van Halen does fit some excellent acoustic work into "Could This Be Magic" and "In A Simple Rhyme." WACF shows a hungry, talented rock band delivering the goods. Longtime producer Ted Templeman helps the band achieve their signature sound, producing a fantastic album.
Also available with "Fair Warning" on 1 cassette.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Van Halen: David Lee Roth (vocals); Eddie Van Halen (guitar); Michael Anthony (bass); Alex Van Halen (drums).
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Q (1/01, p.131) - 3 out of 5 stars - "...Tricky...the band had become a world power and were busy banning brown M&M from their backstage rider..." Women And Children First Music Van Halen Women And Children First Songs Women And Children First Music Review Average Rating: (4.4 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews Yo this is Bomb son
Hell yea Van Halen doing it again....first two tracks blow your mind and i havent heard the other tracks so thats why i just ordered it but yea like i said its bomb..........ITS A MOMENT!!!!!!
Submitted by spitfi6933 (Seoul, Korea) 
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A Musician's Dream
Ok. This album may not be their most commercially successful or recognizable effort. However, you can clearly hear the enormous talent of this band. Alex Van Halen takes center stage in "Tora,Tora, Tora" where a drum roll on a single octabon is perhaps the simplist and yet most difficult fill I've heard from him, yet!
Eddie experiments a bit, and of course, is arguably the best. Michael Anthony thunders through the album relative obscurity (only because Eddie is so great). The high pitched backing vocals you hear is Michael! David is David, and is terrific.
These guys were definetly having fun when they recorded this. One more thing, listen to "Could this be magic" and you will hear a woman's voice in the background singing "could this be magic" in the last chorus. She was someone who happened to be hanging around the studio that day, and they let her sing! Way cool. Great album.
Submitted by a reviewer (Chicago, IL)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No  A Major Disappointment
I had this album on 8-track (yes, I said 8-track) but never owned a player so I'd play it on my brother's. After years of not hearing it, I bought it again on CD... and couldn't help kicking myself in the head for wasting money. There were only two good songs on this cd, and those were the ones they came out with for singles. Talk about misleading. It made you think the album would be fantastic when it was the worst one the group ever did with DLR. I'm giving the 8-track to someone I know who said they wanted it. I just wish I'd never wasted my money. I should have just bought the 45's years ago instead.
Submitted by Chris (Massachusetts)
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Great, Great, And Great!!!
If you are looking for another VH album with some of the best guitar riffs, vocals, Drums, and base then you've come to the right place. This album rocks as just hard as the two before it, and any VH album to come after it. Yes, its one of the best VH albums of all time.
Submitted by AGillen777 (Martinez, CA, USA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No BEST VAN HALEN ALBUM EVER!!
Women And Children First (1980) has to be the best album Van Halen ever recorded. This album starts off with the killer single "And The Cradle Will Rock..." and the rock anthem "Everybody Wants Some!!". Then comes the killer/bluesy/underated track "Fools", I LOVE the course in this song. After that come a really cool fast track called "Romeo Delight", I like the part when Dave says "Feel My Heart Beat!, Feel My Heart Beat!...". "Tora! Tora!" is a really cool 56 second Instrumental that leads into "Loss Of Control". I really LOVE "Loss Of Control" It's a really fast and cool song, I Love the lyrics, I love the course, I love the guitar solo, I love EVERYTHING about this song!, The video for this song (Which was never released) has the band in surgical suits. The next track "Take Your Whiskey Home" Is kind of weird but it's still kind of funny. The next track is an acoustical ballad called "Could This Be Magic?" which is an AWSOME track. This album closes with a half ballad called "In A Simple Rhyme" which has three words to discribe it: "THIS TRACK ROCKS!". If your a fan of Van Halen & 80's Hard Rock/Metal you should BUY THIS ALBUM NOW!!!!!
Submitted by spiderkid418 (Ladner, BC, Canada)
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Mr. Ben D. Richardson IIIn The Past:BEN was born in St. Louis, Mo. At the age of 8 his mother enrolled him in CASA, a Conservatory School of Fine Arts in St. Louis. He attended Casa for eleven years where he studied different styles of music, theory and drumming such as classical, ragtime, folk, medieval, Latin jazz, big band and concert under the direction of Mr. Glenn (PAPA) Wright. While attending CASA he was exposed to several professional areas of gospel music and played with some of the best artists in gospel such as John P. Kee, Marvin Winans, BeBe & CeCe, Keith Staton, The Clark Sisters, Beau Williams, Helen Baylor, Yolanda Adams, the late James Moore, and the late Brenda Waters, among many others. Before moving to Houston in 1991, he worked at Shalamar Studios as a studio drummer and teacher for two years. He has played for many black gospel stage plays as well as for crusades, conventions and conferences which are host to such individuals such as T.D. Jakes, Rick Joiner, Dr. Handby, Creflo Dollar and Don Meares. While living in Houston, he has made guest appearances on several television stations such as BET, TBN, Daystar as well as Bobby Jones Gospel and Houston‘s own Debra Duncan Show. He was a judge for the National ...
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