01) Van Halen
02) Van Halen II
03) Women And Children First
04) Fair Warning
05) 1984
06) 5150
07) OU812
08) Diver Down
09) For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
10) A Different Kind Of Truth
11) Balance
12) Van Halen III
Live Albums:
01) Live: Right Here Right Now
02) Live: Tokyo Dome
I can’t do Van Halen. My introduction to them was the song Jump in the 80s and I hated it with such a passion that I actively avoided exploring any of their other albums or songs. That song was just so lame, seriously even Bananarama’s music had more edge than that shit.
I felt the same way about David Lee Roth’s solo work. Those horribly cheesy videos he used to make… 🤮
Oh David Lee Ruth’s solo career was so bad. I bought a greatest hits and I could barely finish the thing.You should check out their earlier stuff, it’s far more harder edged that Jump. Hell even the rest of the 1984 album (aside from I’ll Wait) is harder edged than Jump.
shareEat 'Em and Smile is a solid record. Yankee Rose, Goin Crazy, Ladies Night in Buffalo, and Big Trouble (my fav track) all pretty good. Steve Vai and Billy Sheehan are insanely talented players.
shareYeah, I know basing my dislike on one song is totally irrational. Cheers, I might get around to checking out the earlier stuff soon 👍
shareJump is pretty boring and it was also my intro to them at the time.
I like some of their songs but I find particularly during the Lee Roth era Eddie is just riffing rather than playing anything musical.
I
1984
Fair Warning
II
Women And Children First
Diver Down
Not a fan of Van Hagar? At least, not as much as the Roth years, I guess.
I'd move 1984 up to number two, but my list would be pretty similar.
I actually really do like Van Hagar, in fact the only albums I legitimately don't like are Van Halen III and Live:Tokyo Dome. In fact I'd say Sammy is a better singer than Roth, but they wrote better music with Roth.
sharei don't think i could listen to a vh album all the way through now, but i grew up with this stuff and all the songs are pretty much permanently etched into my neurons.
vh
women & children first
ll
1984
eat 'em & smile
fair warning
diver down
Don't like Fair Warning except for Unchained or Van Halen 3.
All the others have at least 2 or 3 good songs. My favorites are Van Halen and 5150.
it's hard to complain about a listing combined from many different charts
https://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?b=1223#appearances
of course, preference is always subjective