|
〕 |rev2 = Robert Christgau |rev2score = B |rev3 = ''Rolling Stone'' |rev3score = (favorable) |rev4 = ''The Rolling Stone Album Guide'' |rev4score = 〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Van Halen: Album Guide )〕 }} ''Women and Children First'' is the third studio album by American hard rock band Van Halen, released on March 26, 1980 on Warner Bros. Records. Produced by Ted Templeman, it was the first to feature compositions written solely by the band, and is described by critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine as "() record where the group started to get heavier, both sonically and, to a lesser extent, thematically."〔 ==Background and recording== The opening track, "And the Cradle Will Rock...", begins with what sounds like a guitar, but is, in fact, a phase shifter-effected Wurlitzer electric piano played through Van Halen's 1960s model 100-watt Marshall Plexi amplifier. The album is somewhat different from their first two albums in the way that it features more studio overdubs, and less emphasis on backing vocals. "Could This Be Magic?", conversely, contains the only female backing vocal ever recorded for a Van Halen song; Nicolette Larson sings during some of the choruses. The rain sound in the background is not an effect. It was raining outside, and they decided to record the sound in stereo using two Neuman KM84 microphones, and added it to the track. The first single from the album is the keyboard driven "And the Cradle Will Rock..." Although the single was not a success like previous singles "Dance the Night Away" or the cover of "You Really Got Me", the album itself was well received and further entrenched the band as a popular concert draw. The song "Everybody Wants Some!!" was also a concert staple through the 1984 tour, and continued to be played by David Lee Roth after he left Van Halen. The album contains a track at the end of "In a Simple Rhyme", a brief instrumental piece entitled "Growth", which begins at 4:19. While "Growth" faded out on the original vinyl LP and cassette, it was finally given a cold ending at full volume on the compact disc. At the time the band was toying with the idea of starting what would become their next album ''Fair Warning'' with a continuation of "Growth", but this did not occur. "Growth" was a staple of the band's live shows with Roth and often used as the start of their encores. Several outtakes from these sessions exist, including an unreleased instrumental titled often referred to as "Act Like It Hurts", which was the title Eddie Van Halen originally wanted for "Tora! Tora!" "Act Like It Hurts" also provided a riff for "House of Pain", released on ''1984''. "Everybody Wants Some!!" was featured in the 1985 comedy ''Better Off Dead'', during a sequence featuring a singing, guitar-playing claymation hamburger. A nod is given to Eddie in the animation, as the hamburger's guitar sports the Frankenstrat design made famous by him. "Everybody Wants Some!!" is also featured in the 2009 comedy/horror film ''Zombieland''. The album version included a poster of a photograph by Helmut Newton featuring Roth chained to a fence. ''Kerrang!'' magazine listed the album at #30 among the "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time". In the band's licensed game, ''Guitar Hero: Van Halen'', four of the nine tracks of this album are available for play: "And the Cradle Will Rock...," "Everybody Wants Some!!," "Romeo Delight," and "Loss of Control." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Women and Children First」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|