Released January 26, 1988 Length 41:17 Release date 26 January 1988 Producers David Lee Roth, Steve Vai | Recorded Spring – Autumn 1987 Artist David Lee Roth Label Warner Bros. Records | |
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Skyscraper
(1988) A Little Ain't Enough
(1991) Genres Hard rock, Heavy metal, Glam metal Similar David Lee Roth albums, Heavy metal albums |
David lee roth skyscraper full album remastered
Skyscraper is the second full-length album by David Lee Roth, the original and current lead vocalist of Van Halen. It was released in 1988 on Warner Bros. Records.
Contents
- David lee roth skyscraper full album remastered
- David lee roth just like paradise skyscraper 88
- Background
- Track listing
- CD reissue
- Personnel
- Chart positions
- Songs
- References
David lee roth just like paradise skyscraper 88
Background
Skyscraper was issued shortly after the commercially and critically successful Eat 'em and Smile World Tour of 1986–1987. Skyscraper hit #6 on the Billboard Top 200 U.S. album chart during February 1988, en route to selling two million copies in the U.S. alone. The album features one of Roth's most popular international hit singles, "Just Like Paradise", which reached #6 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Additionally, it features the acoustic ballad "Damn Good", which reached #1 on the U.S. Billboard Rock chart.
At the time of its release, the eclectic, quasi-psychedelic Skyscraper divided public and critical opinion. Retrospective reviews tend to evaluate the album more favorably.
Although Roth's 1988 Skyscraper Tour was successful, many fans and critics who had felt disappointed by Van Halen's post-Roth, keyboard-heavy sound expressed similar dissatisfaction with Skyscraper. Guitarist Steve Vai (who co-produced Skyscraper, and wrote a majority of its songs) and bassist Billy Sheehan, who formed the core of David Lee Roth's solo band, left the group over various controversies regarding Skyscraper.
Track listing
All songs written by David Lee Roth and Steve Vai unless otherwise noted.
- "Knucklebones" (Gregg Bissonette, Matt Bissonette, Roth) – 3:18
- "Just Like Paradise" (Roth, Brett Tuggle) – 4:03
- "The Bottom Line" – 3:38
- "Skyscraper" – 3:40
- "Damn Good" – 5:49
- "Hot Dog and a Shake" – 3:19
- "Stand Up" (Roth, Brett Tuggle) – 4:39
- "Hina" – 4:41
- "Perfect Timing" (Roth, Brett Tuggle) – 3:41
- "Two Fools a Minute" – 4:29
CD reissue
All songs written by Roth/Vai unless otherwise noted.
- "California Girls" (Brian Wilson, Mike Love) – 2:50
- "Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody" (Leonello Casucci, Irving Caesar/Spencer Williams, Roger A. Graham) – 4:41
- "Knucklebones" (Bissonette, Roth) – 3:18
- "Just Like Paradise" (Roth, Tuggle) – 4:03
- "The Bottom Line" – 3:38
- "Skyscraper" – 3:40
- "Damn Good" – 5:49
- "Hot Dog and a Shake" – 3:19
- "Stand Up" (Roth, Tuggle) – 4:39
- "Hina" – 4:41
- "Perfect Timing" (Roth, Tuggle) – 3:41
- "Two Fools a Minute" – 4:29
Personnel
Chart positions
Album
Singles
Songs
1Knucklebones3:18
2Just Like Paradise4:05
3The Bottom Line3:39