![]() Gave the album four stars out of a possible five, calling it was a 'frequently thrilling return' with songs that 'crackle, fizz, and bulge with priapic exuberance'. It also holds an aggregate score of 6.9 out of 10 at, based on 16 reviews. By the end of March 2011, the band returned to finish the record at 5150 with engineer Ross Hogarth. Along with creating new bits, such as a new on 'She's the Woman' – as the original ended up being used on 's (1981) 'Mean Street' – and an arrangement for 'Stay Frosty', Wolfgang improvised some bass sections, such as the intro to 'Chinatown'. Eddie said that he was relieved to relinquish some of the production work to his son, who was considered by the band to be acting in a co-production role: frequently talking to Shanks, being consulted by his father on the musical direction, and developing the songs. The instrumental tracks were completed within three weeks. The band would record music for 12 hours a day, five days a week, with Roth coming in to track his vocals at night. I thought that recording those old songs would make it easier for dad, Dave and Al to put their minds where they were back then and get back to writing how they would have then.' -Wolfgang Van Halen on recording older songs By mid-January 2011, the band had moved into Henson Studios with Shanks, staff engineer Martin Cooke, and engineer Paul David Hager.
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