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About Van Halen III
Product Description Perhaps a little confusingly, Van Halen III is the eleventh studio album by the legendary hard rock band. Less confusing than the name are the songs: the sort of hard-hitting, powerful, straight-forward rock and roll that Van Halen is known for and that the amazing album cover-a man being shot point-blank by a cannon-implies. Featuring vocalist Gary Cherone, the band's third official singer and the reason for the III, this is another stalwart entry in the band's incredible legacy. Amazon.com Having jettisoned yet another lead singer, casting off meat-and-potatoes rocker Sammy Hagar for leaner, cleaner former Extreme vocalist Gary Cherone, Van Halen ushers in its third incarnation with the appropriately titled 3. Trouble is, as a lyricist, Cherone too often speaks from the head, not the heart, filling the album with political cant that is dry and ill-suited to the band's party-hearty image. Worse, Cherone sounds disconcertingly like Hagar, giving 3 the uncomfortable feel of a tribute album. And while Eddie Van Halen's guitar still mows down anything in sight on tracks like "Neworld" and "From Afar," it's difficult to excuse his new-agey keyboard epic "How Many Say I," or his tentative lead vocal on the track. In a rare instance for a great band, it's one step forward, two steps back. --Daniel Durchholz Review [T]his is a very strange--and boring--album.... The band who recorded "Jump" ... have been eaten by twiddle and twaddle. -- What the Critics Say
