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Ultimate Classic Rock
Ultimate Classic Rock
Following his kitschy Crazy From the Heatcovers EP, David Lee Roth made a triumphant return to blustering hard rock on his debut full-length Eat ‘Em and Smile— and foreshadowed his next stylistic departure with the poppy single “Goin’ Crazy!” Eat ‘Em and Smile gets off to a roaring start with the ludicrously sexual lead single “Yankee Rose” and the blisteringly technical “Shyboy,” with guitarist Steve Vai, bassist Billy Sheehan and drummer Gregg Bissonette giving Roth’s ex-Van Halen bandmates a run for their money. From there, the album ventures into smoky jazz-rock (“Ladies’ Nite in Buffalo?”…