Best Van Halen album

[Mailman1971]

I like em all.
But its like a Merry go round which one I am sick of at the moment and which one sounds "fresh" at the time.
So I guess I dont have a favorite. Love them all.

 

[jcj]

VH1 was a game changer, but I'm partial to the tunes on this one. Takes me back every time!

 

[jcj]

This one too

 

[MARK1970]

VH1
Fair Warning
VHII
1984
WCF
Diver Down
New VH coming 2027....... maybe

 

[Inca Roads]

They totally Gelled on this record!!!

 

[Jeff Hilligan]

The year Fair Warning came out I got the cassette for Christmas...it almost never left my walkman for 3 months. I took it everywhere....walking to school, after school, shoveling the driveway....lots of memories with that one.


VH1 is incredible though.

Funny I remember being in the car returning from some trip with my Dad and hearing the album on the radio. Some show that played beginning to end. The next day I had to go get the album...got it in vinyl and still have it! Thought about having a guitar done with the cover art but never followed thru with it! I killed my walkman with this cassette also Randy!

 

[gibson5413]

VH I & II go without saying. I would put Women and Children First right up there. Love that album (Romeo Delight, Fools, Loss of Control, Could This Be Magic?, In a Simple Rhyme are severely underrated songs)!

 

[bravedude2]

van halen 1

 

[thiswaythatway]

They totally Gelled on this record!!!

My problem with VHII is, for starters it kicks off with a cover song. Followed by a really softy, Dance the Night Away, and the whole album has got to be under 35 minutes. There's a couple of songs i like but it's amazing how little content was on their albums back then.

 

[Digital Jams]

Fair Warning then followed up by Eatem and Smile since Roth did it better than Van Halen could.

EVH's undoing..................

 

[Inca Roads]

They totally Gelled on this record!!!

My problem with VHII is, for starters it kicks off with a cover song. Followed by a really softy, Dance the Night Away, and the whole album has got to be under 35 minutes. There's a couple of songs i like but it's amazing how little content was on their albums back then.

Yeah Man, I can agree with that.
But Light up the sky, Outta Love Again, Women in Love,
Somebody Get Me a Doctor, Spanish Fly, Bottoms Up!
Those are the Highlights for me, those tunes Absolutely ROCK
I think they all hit their stride on Halen II, Fair Warning second.

 

[thiswaythatway]

but it's amazing how little content was on their albums back then.

they used to put out a new release almost every year followed by a tour back then compared to 4-7 years that most bands do now. In 7 years, they put out more releases than they did with Haggage, no?

Don't forget that a VH record of 35 minutes had a cover song or 2 taking up some of that space. All they needed for a VH record was 4 or 5 original songs mixed in with a cover, an Eddie solo spot, and a whole lotta AH HAH's and OH YEAH's from Roth.

 

[Ethn Hayabusa]

My favorites are 5150, Fair Warning, and 1984. The worst is Women and Children first, or Diver Down.

 

[gibson5413]

Fair Warning then followed up by Eatem and Smile since Roth did it better than Van Halen could.

EVH's undoing..................

I agree with Eat'em and Smile. I was a huge Van Halen fanboy back in the day. I was so psyched to get 5150. Then Eat'em and Smile was released and I thought to myself that this was the album Van Halen should have recorded. It was an evolution from 1984. The video for Yankee Rose was awesome too. I liked Van Hagar but love the old stuff.

 

[Bishop5150]

Fair Warning for me. Mean Streets and Unchained. Enough said. I loved DLR's Eat Em Smile as well. That tour was awesome. Steve Vai and Billy Sheehan were incredible.

 

[FIREBALL]

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

i agree dude

 

[Bob Savage]

Physical Graffiti

 

[FIREBALL]

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

i agree but the tone on o Dont tell me what lovecan do was super cool

 

[FIREBALL]

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

eddie invented steve vais soloig style on it

 

[Bob Savage]

Whoops, wrong artist.

Double Live Gonzo