Yankee Rose

I Remember When I Had An Yankee Rose, Gotta Be Gang Gang Gang To Get An Rose So I Had To Give It Up With The Rest.

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

History

After releasing Crazy from the Heat, an EP of lounge standards that became a surprise hit during early 1985, and subsequently parting ways with Van Halen while the band was at its commercial zenith, Roth assembled a new backing band: bassist Billy Sheehan (later of Mr. Big); drummer Gregg Bissonette (later of Ringo Starr and Elton John, among others); and guitarist Steve Vai, who had worked previously with Frank Zappa, PiL and Alcatrazz.[3]

On Eat 'Em and Smile, Roth returned to a hard rock sound, comparable with that of early Van Halen, albeit featuring eclectic forays into lounge, jazz, and speed metal.[6] Both a critical and commercial success, Rolling Stone wrote that no song on Eat 'Em and Smile was as slick as any of the singles from Van Halen's 5150 album, (which featured Roth's replacement Sammy Hagar) and also opined that Eat 'Em and Smile was much more "trashy fun".[3] Indeed, many of the reviews of Eat 'Em and Smile compared it directly with Van Halen's synth-heavy 5150, often favorably.[7]

The extensive North American Eat 'Em and Smile Tour ran from mid-1986 through early 1987.

Track listing
No. Title Writer(s) Sonrisa Salvaje Title Length
1. "Yankee Rose"
2. "Shyboy"
3. "I'm Easy"
4. "Ladies' Nite In Buffalo?"
5. "Goin' Crazy!"
6. "Tobacco Road"
7. "Elephant Gun"
8. "Big Trouble"
9. "Bump And Grind"
10. "That's Life"

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This is the first of two Roth albums to feature the duo of Steve Vai and Billy Sheehan on guitar and bass respectively. Throughout the album the two would often sync complicated bass lines together with the lead guitar parts, as on tracks such as "Shyboy" and "Elephant Gun". The album brought Steve Vai into the public eye as a contender with Edward Van Halen, the previous guitarist who worked with Roth. This album features some of Steve Vai's most prominent guitar work.