David Lee Roth - Skyscraper (1988)
David Lee Roth - Skyscraper (1988)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 338 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 132 Mb | Scans included
Rock, Hard Rock | Label: Warner Bros. | # 7599-25824-2 | Time: 00:48:56
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 338 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 132 Mb | Scans included
Rock, Hard Rock | Label: Warner Bros. | # 7599-25824-2 | Time: 00:48:56
Skyscraper is the second full-length studio album by David Lee Roth, the original and current lead vocalist of Van Halen. It was released in 1988 on Warner Bros. Records. Skyscraper was issued shortly after the commercially and critically successful Eat 'em and Smile World Tour of 1986–1987. Skyscraper hit No. 6 on the Billboard Top 200 U.S. album chart during February 1988, en route to selling two million copies in the United States. The album features one of Roth's most popular singles, "Just Like Paradise", which reached No. 6 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Additionally, it features the acoustic ballad "Damn Good," which reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Rock chart.
Even as Skyscraper shot up the charts behind the momentum of its ultra-saccharine lead-off single "Just Like Paradise," it was abundantly clear to anyone paying attention that the wheels were already falling off the David Lee Roth bandwagon. Simply put, the collaborative spirit that had given their manic debut Eat 'Em and Smile such legitimacy as a band project was collapsing under the unbearable strain of its leader's unstoppable ego. With bass wizard Billy Sheehan already gone to form Mr. Big and guitar hero Steve Vai mostly flying on auto-pilot (if spectacularly so), keyboard player Brett Tuggle seems like the most unwelcome presence on an album that squanders much of its free-wheeling potential by trying too hard to achieve an exaggerated pop sheen. The aforementioned "Just Like Paradise" is the obvious main offender, but promising examples of arena rock like "Stand Up" and "Perfect Timing" also lose much of their bite through excessive studio tampering. Likewise, the largely acoustic "Damn Good" and the overlong "Two Fools a Minute" (an unconvincing ode to Roth's lounge lizard persona) go nowhere fast, and what the band was trying to achieve with the bizarre title track is still anyone's guess. And while rockers like "Knucklebones" and "The Bottom Line" don't really impress or offend, "Hina" and "Hot Dog and a Shake" are the album's only two clear standouts. The first's soothing, interweaving guitar harmonies presaged Vai's Joe Satriani-inspired solo work while the latter finally explodes in the over-the-top fashion of the first album, largely thanks to a Vai solo so fast, so hot not even he could keep up, momentarily losing his fingering in the album's only spontaneous moment.Review by Eduardo Rivadavia, Allmusic.com
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Tracklist:
01. California Girls (2:51)
02. Just A Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody (4:42)
03. Knucklebones (3:18)
04. Just Like Paradise (4:04)
05. The Bottom Line (3:39)
06. Skyscraper (3:41)
07. Damn Good (5:50)
08. Hot Dog And A Shake (3:20)
09. Stand Up (4:39)
10. Hina (4:42)
11. Perfect Timing (3:42)
12. Two Fools A Minute (4:29)
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David Lee Roth - Skyscraper (1988)
David Lee Roth - Skyscraper (1988)
