ive had it a few weeks now ...its definitely a grower, i actually think its a throw back to the
women and children first era wich isnt a bad thing.
BUT i dont know what it is about it , there is something missing ,surely michael anthonys vocals cant be it although its obvious they are missing .
Dave Lee Roth was never a great vocalist anyway so didnt expect all to much from him lol .

the Song tattoo seemed to be a (poor) track to grab a new fanbase ..the rest of the album is more like old school Van Halen than new .
Me i like it ...........................................................i think .

Only heard the song Tattoo but it didn't made me run to the store and buy it. If I'm up for it, I'll listen to the whole album one of these days.

I've been listening to it the last few days and, have to say, it's really growing on me. It's heavier than I thought it would be. Tattoo was picked out of the hat as a single, so I've heard anyway, so I wouldn't worry that the band think it's the lead song on the album.

Apparently the brothers are so lacking in care about what people think or how they review the album that they put Tattoo, which they know to be the weakest of all the songs, as the opener. They simply don't care what people think. I like that. It shows major balls. Shuts tossers like Sammy Hagar up anyway.

I just hope that do another album in a couple of years.

Sammy slagged the band off for using old tracks/demos for the new album instead of coming up with completely new material. He also slagged off Eddie and Alex, and said he was a much better singer than Dave. He continues to lack any dignity, put it that way.

I probably have jinxed it, sorry about that. They'll probably cancel the tour now.

Students? Are you a teacher? A teacher with a sword??? Ha ha!

Updated:

This is what Sammy told Guitar World last week:

"If you take Joe versus Eddie, you take Dave versus me, Wolfie versus Mikey, Chad or Kenny versus Al… I mean, come on! You know what I mean? Man for man, who can sing the best? Dave or I, today? Who can play the best? Joe or Eddie, today? Who could play or sing the best? Wolfie or Mikey? I think it’s a joke."

Nothing like being bitter in public.

I do think people get a bit carried away when they talk about Michael's influence on VH. Exactly how many songs did he write? I doubt very much at all.

Still loving the album, though, especially She's the Woman. It's a groovy wee number.....makes me shake my tail.

Whether MA wrote songs or not he was a big part of the overall VH sound IMO. I frankly don't care how much he contributed to the writing process, he was there throughtout all the highs and lows of VH's first 20 years, he's still alive and still a capable musician and IMO it's a damn shame that this so-called reunion doesn't include him....whatever the reason maybe...I mean, if Eddie and Dave can work together, why can't MA and the rest of VH???
That being said, I bought the new album and I think it's very good, I was even impressed by Wolfgang.