Eat 'Em and Smile

All the Air In My Lungs: David Lee Roth - Eat Em & Smile - 1986

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Eat 'Em and Smile is the debut of a full-length solo album by original Van Halen vocalist David Lee Roth, released on July 7, 1986.

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After the release of Crazy from the Heat, a standard space EP hit a staggering start in early 1985, and then parted with Van Halen when the band was at its commercial peak, Roth assembled a new support band: bassist Billy Sheehan ( then Mr. Big); drummer Gregg Bissonette (later of Ringo Starr and Elton John, among others); and guitarist Steve Vai, who once worked with Frank Zappa, PiL and Alcatrazz.

At Eat 'Em and Smile , Roth returns to a hard rock sound, comparable to the original Van Halen, despite displaying eclectic forays into the lounge, jazz, and speed metal. Both critical and commercial success, Rolling Stone writes that no song on Eat 'Em and Smile is as slick as one of Van Halen's singles <5150 album, (which features Roth Sammy Hagar's successor) and also argues that Eat 'Em and Smile is much more "fun". Indeed, many reviews about Eating 'Em and Smile compare them directly with Van Halen's synth-heavy <5150 , are often profitable.

The Am Am â€‹â€‹Eating and the extensive North American Smile Tour took place from mid 1986 to early 1987.

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In nodding to his solo hit EP, Roth incorporated two lounge songs at Eat 'Em and Smile, "That's Life" and "I'm Easy". Roth also included a cover of the classic 1960's garage band, "Tobacco Road". Two of the album's original songs, however, became his biggest hit. "Yankee Rose", a tongue-in-cheek salute to the Statue of Liberty, became MTV and hit radio, up to Billboard Top 20. The desired theme for Roth's planned movie "Go Crazy!" also became the subject of MTV while hovering near the center of Hot Billboard ' during the early autumn of 1986.

The "Kids in Action" version, originally by Kim Mitchell (from Max Webster), was also recorded for the album. However, due to time constraints, the song was not included in the release. Billy Sheehan briefly became a member of Max Webster, according to Kim Mitchell: "He was in the band for about three weeks... [but] unsuccessful No difficult feelings and he went on and actually did it I got a call from him one day and he went 'Hey man I'm in the studio with David Lee Roth, Ted Templeman and Steve Vai and we cover your song "Kids in Action" and we need words for the second paragraph. "I tremble on the phone; Roth abandoned Van Halen, then at the last minute hit a record for "Tobacco Road" they thought they needed a cover, look at that damn blanket again. " No known studio version of the Roth cover is available to the public.

It was the first of two Roth albums to feature the duo Steve Vai and Billy Sheehan on guitar and bass respectively. Throughout the album both of them often sync a complex bass line along with the main guitar parts, such as on songs like "Shyboy" and "Elephant Gun". The album brought Steve Vai to the public eye as a competitor with Edward Van Halen, a previous guitarist who worked with Roth. This album features some of Steve Vai's most outstanding guitar works.

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Sonrisa Salvaje

Sonrisa Salvaje (literally "Wild Smile") is the Spanish version of Eat 'Em and Smile . According to Van Halen Encyclopedia, the idea of â€‹â€‹re-recording an album in Spanish was the idea of â€‹â€‹bassist Billy Sheehan, who had read an article in a magazine that reported that more than half of the Mexican population was aged between 18-27, the main record buying market. Roth cut back all his vocals with the help of a Spanish tutor in the studio. He changed some racial lyrics, so as not to offend a more conservative Spanish-speaking population. With the exception of vocals, the basic music track is the same as the "Eat 'Em and Smile" version, with the only exception being the "Big Trouble", which ends abruptly as opposed to fading in the English version.

According to Sheehan, the album is not well received, with many people thinking of it as "Spanish gringo". Future Spanish language ideas were dropped. Sonrisa Salvaje was originally released on vinyl and cassette, but removed almost instantly; the CD version did not appear until 2007. All liner notes on original releases are written in Spanish except for copyright notices and Dolby noise reduction information on cassette versions.