Women and Children First
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Women and Children First
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 "[the] record where the group started to get heavier, both sonically and, to a lesser extent, thematically."-Wikipedia
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Rolling Stone
Megalomania of this kind is an acquired taste, yet the haste with which Women and Children First bullied its way into the Top Ten suggests that there’s a little Van Halen in everybody.
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Mike Ladano
Women And Children First represents growth and…”maturity” is not the word. Perhaps the start of a new world-weary wisdom is evident here.
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Metal Reviews
Eddies guitar and the overall sounds of the album are again more meaty and punchy, with everything in perfect balance in the mix and production.
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My Rock Mix Tapes
2016 - the first album to feature music written solely by Van Halen themselves, but this album brought to the world a different and more striking feel of the band – their sound, theme and image became heavier and much “darker” than before
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Daily Vault
1997 - Women And Children First isn't a bad album - it's just a very different listen.
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The Ace Black Blog
2011 - a mixed but generally positive experience, and not without plenty of highlights
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Chris Gossett
The innovation that is first noticeable on Women And Children First is from the first notes of the opening tune of "And The Cradle Will Rock".
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Starling
Two dull albums in a row
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Mark's Record Reviews
All eight of these tracks (...) have individual personalities all their own!!!! They ebb, they flow, they rock and row!!!!
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Robert Christgau
But the message of the music isn't the exuberance of untrammeled skill, it's the arrogance of unchallenged mastery.
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OO Cities
Women And Children First rocks and is a prime Diamond Dave-era Van Halen album
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All Music
This is the first Van Halen album to consist entirely of original material and there's some significant growth here to the writing
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