Product Code: 081227954932
Artist: Van Halen
Origin: EU
Label: Warner Bros Records (2015)
Format: LP
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Condition:
Cover: M
Record: M
Genre: Hard Rock , Heavy Metal , Rock N

Van Halen II

Brand new sealed 180 gram remastered album made in the EU.

Van Halen II is the second studio album by American hard rock band Van Halen, released on March 23, 1979. It peaked at number 6 on the Billboard 200 and spawned the singles "Dance the Night Away" and "Beautiful Girls". To date, it has sold over five million copies in the United States. Critical reaction to the album has been positive as well, with the The Rolling Stone Album Guide praising the feel-good, party atmosphere of the songs.

Recording of the album took place less than a year after the release of the band's eponymous debut album; the process was completed in three weeks.[2] Many of the songs on Van Halen II are known to have existed prior to the release of the first album, and are present on the demos recorded in 1976 by Gene Simmons and in 1977 by Ted Templeman, including an early version of "Beautiful Girls" (then known as "Bring On the Girls") and "Somebody Get Me a Doctor".[3] In the band's licensed game, Guitar Hero: Van Halen, four of the ten tracks of this album are available for play: "Dance the Night Away", "Somebody Get Me a Doctor", "Spanish Fly" and "Beautiful Girls".