Eat 'Em and Smile

Eat 'Em and Smile
Studio album by
David Lee Roth
ReleasedJuly 7, 1986
Studio
Genre
Length31:04
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerTed Templeman
David Lee Roth chronology
Crazy from the Heat
(1985) 		Eat 'Em and Smile
(1986) 		Skyscraper
(1988)
Singles from Eat 'Em and Smile
  1. "Yankee Rose"
    Released: June 18, 1986
  2. "Goin' Crazy!"
    Released: September 3, 1986[3]
  3. "That's Life"
    Released: November 1986[4]
  4. "I'm Easy"
    Released: March 10, 1987 (Japan)[5]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
Robert ChristgauB+[7]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal7/10[8]
Kerrang![9]
Rolling Stone(favorable)[10]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[11]

Eat 'Em and Smile is the debut studio album by former Van Halen singer David Lee Roth, released on July 7, 1986, after his unpredicted successful debut EP Crazy from the Heat (1985).

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  4. ^ Hung, Steffen. "David Lee Roth - That's Life". hitparade.ch.
  5. ^ Hung, Steffen. "David Lee Roth - I'm Easy". hitparade.ch.
  6. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Eat 'Em and Smile – David Lee Roth review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
  7. ^ Christgau, Robert. "CG: David Lee Roth". Robert Christgau. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
  8. ^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 295. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
  9. ^ Dickson, Dave (July 10, 1986). "It's the Meal Thing". Kerrang!. No. 124. London, UK: United Magazines ltd. pp. 10–11.
  10. ^ Farber, Jim (September 11, 1986). "David Lee Roth: Eat 'Em and Smile : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
  11. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 704. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. rolling stone david lee roth album guide.