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| Van Halen Albums ranked
VH is the band that introduced me to seriously listen music. This is my ranking of all their studio albums. Please comment, fight, agree or not. I do this because a) i love making lists of any kind and 2) i really enjoy talking about VH | | 12 |  | Van Halen
Van Halen III
Easy pick, and easy explanation: Cherone. He tried to emulate Hagar, and both Van Hagar and Diamond Dave fans hated this album. Gary is not a bad vocalist, but he really did awful here. Though, it was not just his fault. Eddie was uninspired and years after we found out that Michael Anthony was barely involved in this record.
Highlight: A Year To The Day, amazing blues track. | | 11 |  | Van Halen
OU812
I never liked this one. It sums everything i hate about Hagar era (and i do like Hagar era a lot). Too bland, too cheesy. There are some hard rockers here, but you forget them right away you listened to them. Fair example of it: Cabo Wabo. It has a killer riff, but is way too long. A nice edition work would be just what this record needed.
Highlights: When It´s Love is great tune, but too cheesy lyrics, Black and Blue is not bad, and Finish What Ya Started is fun (though is great on Live Right Here Right Now) | | 10 |  | Van Halen
A Different Kind of Truth
The comeback was good, not great though. Perhaps it´s just us. ADKOT is an anjoyable album, but i little too long and again, hard to remember after listening to it.
Highlights: Tatoo (come on, is pretty catchy), You And Your Blues, As Is, Big River. | | 9 |  | Van Halen
Balance
An unfinished journey. They were heading to some serious stuff. Balance shows the path they were heading to, with some flat "old style" songs. Too bad they splited back then. Just listen to Humans Being and its sound. That was their destination.
Highlights: Aftershock, Aftershock, Aftershock, one of my overall favorites. Also Don´t Tell Me (nice riff), Doin´ Time (Alex´s time indeed), Feeling and the "love" songs. | | 8 |  | Van Halen
Diver Down
Often an underrated work. They recorded just in order to milk more cash from Pretty Woman´s cover. So they were unpressured, and had just fun. That´s when you hear the musical sense. Great Covers work an some pretty well played original songs.
Highlights: The covers Pretty Woman (with Intruder intro), Dancing In The Street (amazing Alex Groove) and the other Kinks cover. On the originals: Secrets and The Full Bug. | | 7 |  | Van Halen
5150
You can hate Hagar if you want, but you have to give this guy a lot of credit. He was replacing THE frontman and decided to stick with his thing and be himself. And he just clicked with the band. 5150 is one hell of a record. It has speed rockers, some party tunes, a couple of keyboard driven love songs over there and a nice vibe overall.
Highlights: 5150 (great guitar work, it could be on Fair Warning), Dreams (amazing), Summer Nights, Get Up (so much fun). | | 6 |  | Van Halen
Women and Children First
Their most experimental work ever. It is hard to digest, but once you break it, you start to love this one. Intense, musical, animal, all in one.
Highlights: Everybody Wants Some, Fools, Loss of Control, Take your Whiskey Home, the unique Could This Be Magic and of course, And The Cradle Will Rock. | | 5 |  | Van Halen
For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
The best Van Hagar record. They wanted to go back to basics: guitar, bass, drums, voice and hard rock. The result: an exciting album. It is fun, heavy, fast and showcases all members in their prime.
Highlights: Right Now, arguably the most important Van Hagar tune, Poundcake, Runaround, Judgement Day, In N Out, Pleasure Dome (the drums here mindblowing and one of the best Eddie´s solos if you ask me). | | 4 |  | Van Halen
Van Halen II
The best sequel Van Halen I could ever had. It shows a confident band, displaying some smart writing and serious skills. It is pretty technical record, with some monster riffs in the mix, Dave stronger and a tight rhythm section.
Highlights: Somebody Get Me A Doctor, Outta Love Again (crazy guitar here), Light Up The Sky (true heavy metal), the radio friendly Dance The Night Away. | | 3 |  | Van Halen
Fair Warning
The guitarist´s pick. Eddie wanted darker and more guitar driving sound and he get exactly that. This record has to be studied by every guitarist applicant.
Higlights: Mean Street, a showcase for Guitar Hero batch, Unchained, Hear About It Later, Push Come To Shove. | | 2 |  | Van Halen
1984
The peak of their capabilities. This record is perfect. The well known tunes are amazing and the "lesser" songs were crafted by gifted musicians in their true prime.
Highlights: All of it. I rate the guitar work of Hot For Teacher (riffs and solo) as one of Eddie´s finest. | | 1 |  | Van Halen
Van Halen
The breakout album, the brown sound birth. It just have it all: Hard rock, Heavy Metal, Fun Blues, Slow Groove, Punk, everything. One of the best (if not "the" best) debut album ever.
Highlights: Every minute of it, It is just amazing. | |
hedunadan
03.24.15 | Yeah, i hate your list. Is not good. Great, i´d rank them just like that. Anything? | Sabrutin
03.24.15 | I'd put ADKOT higher and Diver Down lower, and I'd also put VHII lower than WACF (I won't say that I prefer 5150 over VHII because I'm afraid someone would kill me! Oh, wait...). Agreed on FUCK being the best Van Hagar album, even though the beginning of Top Of The World is almost a Toto rip-off. Nice to see that you don't hate Balance! | hedunadan
03.24.15 | I like Balance, it has some serious stuff, but there are stupid songs in the mix (big fat money exhibit a). Diver Down really deserves more credit. FUCK is awesome. Perhaps WACF should be in top 5, but i just like II more. | Sabrutin
03.24.15 | I've never been into Diver Down. I've never really been into WACF too to be honest but I can safely say that I like it, favorite tracks being the opener and Romeo Delight (I'm a bit skeptical about my own rating, I should spin it again soon). Props for putting FW so high, I love some tracks there. |
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