1984
by Van Halen
It's ok... It was probably mind-blowing in 1984. It has 3 of their 4 biggest songs on it which is a plus but overall the songwriting on the other tracks is somewhat lacking (IMO). I feel like Aerosmith was doing something similar at the time but better or more intricately (but I also tend to lean toward more bluesy rock so it's probaly just a preference thing). Wasn't bad but outside of Jump, Panama and Hot For Teacher there's not much to blow your hair back.