Best Van Halen album

[FIREBALL]

Fair Warning ....whats yours............

 

[ShaneV]

Either 1, 2, WACF, Fair Warning or 1984. Definitely one of those.

 

[FIREBALL]

Either 1, 2, WACF, Fair Warning or 1984. Definitely one of those.

its tough i know. but all roth albums are good except diver down

 

[ACShreds]

Best of Both Worlds discs 1 and 2

 

[ShaneV]

Either 1, 2, WACF, Fair Warning or 1984. Definitely one of those.

its tough i know. but all roth albums are good except diver down

Diver down does have its moments, they just needed to wait until they had more original material written instead of doing all the damn covers.

 

[FIREBALL]

Either 1, 2, WACF, Fair Warning or 1984. Definitely one of those.

its tough i know. but all roth albums are good except diver down

Diver down does have its moments, they just needed to wait until they had more original material written instead of doing all the damn covers.

i agree istill listen to it but there is some cheese on that one.....balance was coolest van hagar

 

[ShaneV]

Either 1, 2, WACF, Fair Warning or 1984. Definitely one of those.

its tough i know. but all roth albums are good except diver down

Diver down does have its moments, they just needed to wait until they had more original material written instead of doing all the damn covers.

i agree istill listen to it but there is some cheese on that one.....balance was coolest van hagar

I'm partial to 5150 from that era, but I'm in the minority.

 

[FIREBALL]

Either 1, 2, WACF, Fair Warning or 1984. Definitely one of those.

its tough i know. but all roth albums are good except diver down

Diver down does have its moments, they just needed to wait until they had more original material written instead of doing all the damn covers.

i agree istill listen to it but there is some cheese on that one.....balance was coolest van hagar

I'm partial to 5150 from that era, but I'm in the minority.

its cool i mean i listen to each one constantly....i even really loe van halen 3...its pretty deep for them...so was balance

 

[Marshall Law]

this is a question with an obvious answer, alot of great albums , but, hands down Van Halen 1, a game changer, no brainer,
nothing even remotely to it, before it

 

[zee1usa]

1984

 

[PeteLaramee]

"...and somebody said 'Fair Warning'..."

 

[RoidRage]

That's easy...

THE FIRST ONE!

Roid RAGE

 

[Sheik_Yerbouti]

Definitely Fair Warning overall, but Ed's best tone is still on VHI, IMO.

 

[chunktone]

Ya, I gotta go with VH1.

 

[tehuk]

VH1 > Fair Warning > VH2 > 1984

 

[mattTHERIPPERsanchez]

VH1 for sure. One of my favorite albums.

 

[MisterBulbous]

I'm partial to Diver Down...just wish they could have included at least one more song. That album's gotta be 35 minutes long or something. But, yeah I remember buying the VH1 album in 1978 and setting a rock on top of my turntable in an effort to slow it down during eruption. I think I went through 3 or 4 copies of that album.

and on diver down, not sure why it's my favorite. Overall, i think the solos on each song are just killer. Typical VH...hop into the solo section with perfect rhythmic sense and no overkill, then right back into the song. I think the guitar playing on that one is under-appreciated also. Hang em High is damn near impossible to cover perfectly, Where have all the Good Times gone has that perfect guitar sound (on the edge of exploding), and Dancing in the Streets is one of those songs that the terrible radio stations would play as your riding on the school bus

 

[Jeff Hilligan]

Fair Warning is the only one that never leaves my player!

 

[thiswaythatway]

1. VH1

2. Fair Warning

3. Women And Children First

4. 1984

5. VH2

 

[rupe]

Fair Warning for me as well, although my favorite guitar tones are on VHII. Diver Down is the only weak Roth era album IMO.