THERE MUST BE
SOME KIND OF WAY
THAT WE CAN MAKE IT RIGHT
Van Halen III
is the eleventh
studio album
by American
rock band
released on
March 17, 1998,
by Warner Bros. Records.
Produced by
Mike Post
and
Eddie Van Halen,
it was the band's
first studio album
in three years
after
Balance
(1995),
the band's only
studio album
to feature vocalist
and the last
to feature
bassist and backing
vocalist
Michael Anthony,
who played bass
on three
of the album's songs;
the rest of the
bass parts
are played by
Eddie Van Halen,
whose son
Wolfgang
replaced Anthony
on subsequent recordings
Eddie Van Halen's
extensive involvement
in the album's production,
instrumentation
and writing have
led some,
including Anthony,
to consider
Van Halen III
more of a
solo project
than a collective
band effort.
Clocking in at
over 65 minutes,
Van Halen III
is their
longest album.
The album reached No. 4
in the
United States
and achieved
Gold status,
but was a
relative
commercial disappointment
for the band,
whose previous
four albums
had all been
hart-topping,
multi-platinum sellers,
though the lead single
"Without You"
performed well
on radio.
Critical and
fan reaction
was also
largely negative,
with criticism
directed at
its songwriting,
production,
band performances
and length.
The lukewarm reception
prematurely halted work
on a
follow-up album
with Cherone,
who departed soon
after.
Van Halen III
was the band's
last studio album
for fourteen years
until their
2012 comeback
A Different Kind of Truth.
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