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Well this is impossible, but hey, worth a try:

 

1. Van Halen

2. Women And Children First

3. Fair Warning

4. 1984

5. Van Halen II

6. 5150

7. Diver Down

8. Balance

 

Those are the ones I've heard.

 

Change incoming

 

1. Women And Children First

2. Fair Warning

3. Van Halen

4. 1984

5. 5150

6. Van Halen II

7. Diver Down

8. Balance

 

Giving the other two Sammy albums a listen tomorrow, and maybe a relisten for Balance. The other ones (and also OU812 actually) I’ve never heard, those will get listens as well (yes even VH III).

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Well this is impossible, but hey, worth a try:

 

1. Van Halen

2. Women And Children First

3. Fair Warning

4. 1984

5. Van Halen II

6. 5150

7. Diver Down

8. Balance

 

Those are the ones I've heard.

 

Change incoming

 

1. Women And Children First

2. Fair Warning

3. Van Halen

4. 1984

5. 5150

6. Van Halen II

7. Diver Down

8. Balance

 

Giving the other two Sammy albums a listen tomorrow, and maybe a relisten for Balance. The other ones (and also OU812 actually) I’ve never heard, those will get listens as well (yes even VH III).

not sure about 5150 over VHII. Your top 3 is my top 3, but not in the same order lol
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12. Van Halen III

11. Balance

10. OU812

9. For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

8. A Different Kind Of Truth

7. Diver Down (tie)

6. 5150 (tie)

5. 1984

4. Van Halen II

3. Women And Children First

2. Fair Warning

1. Van Halen

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1: Fair Warning

 

2: Van Halen

3: Women and Children First

4: Van Halen II

 

5: 1984

 

6: Diver Down

 

7: 5150

 

8: OU812

 

 

 

9: For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

 

Stopped paying attention after that.

 

Van Hagar started...ok...but each subsequent album was worse than the one before.

 

But the first 6 albums with Roth were all good. For me, Fair Warning is by far the peak.

 

I played a lot of Van Halen recently, and I still love it. I'm sure the later work features great playing, just wasn't for me.

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1: Fair Warning

 

2: Van Halen

3: Women and Children First

4: Van Halen II

 

5: 1984

 

6: Diver Down

 

7: 5150

 

8: OU812

 

 

 

9: For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

 

Stopped paying attention after that.

 

Van Hagar started...ok...but each subsequent album was worse than the one before.

 

But the first 6 albums with Roth were all good. For me, Fair Warning is by far the peak.

 

I played a lot of Van Halen recently, and I still love it. I'm sure the later work features great playing, just wasn't for me.

Listen to A Different Kind Of Truth for me. It has David Lee Roth back in the saddle again, and Eddie still kicks ass.
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Well this is impossible, but hey, worth a try:

 

1. Van Halen

2. Women And Children First

3. Fair Warning

4. 1984

5. Van Halen II

6. 5150

7. Diver Down

8. Balance

 

Those are the ones I've heard.

 

Change incoming

 

1. Women And Children First

2. Fair Warning

3. Van Halen

4. 1984

5. 5150

6. Van Halen II

7. Diver Down

8. Balance

 

Giving the other two Sammy albums a listen tomorrow, and maybe a relisten for Balance. The other ones (and also OU812 actually) I’ve never heard, those will get listens as well (yes even VH III).

 

More changes

 

1. Women And Children First

2. Fair Warning

3. Van Halen

4. 1984

5. 5150

6. Van Halen II

7. OU812

8. Balance

9. Diver Down

10. For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

 

If they'd made 20 more albums I'm gonna bet this would still be my top ten. Every one of them is excellent. I really love the epic romantic atmosphere of the later Sammy albums.

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Only studio:

 

1. Fair Warning

2. Women and Children First

3. Van Halen II

4. Van Halen

5. 1984

6. Diver Down

7. 5150

8. OU812

9. A Different Kind of Truth

10. For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

11. Balance

12. Van Halen III

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Only studio:

 

1. Fair Warning

2. Women and Children First

3. Van Halen II

4. Van Halen

5. 1984

6. Diver Down

7. 5150

8. OU812

9. A Different Kind of Truth

10. For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

11. Balance

12. Van Halen III

OK, I just swapped Diver Down and 1984. The original songs on Diver Down are simply superb:

 

 

1. Fair Warning

2. Women and Children First

3. Van Halen II

4. Van Halen

5. Diver Down

6. 1984

7. 5150

8. OU812

9. A Different Kind of Truth

10. For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

11. Balance

12. Van Halen III

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Only studio:

 

1. Fair Warning

2. Women and Children First

3. Van Halen II

4. Van Halen

5. 1984

6. Diver Down

7. 5150

8. OU812

9. A Different Kind of Truth

10. For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

11. Balance

12. Van Halen III

OK, I just swapped Diver Down and 1984. The original songs on Diver Down are simply superb:

 

 

1. Fair Warning

2. Women and Children First

3. Van Halen II

4. Van Halen

5. Diver Down

6. 1984

7. 5150

8. OU812

9. A Different Kind of Truth

10. For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

11. Balance

12. Van Halen III

Diver Down is underrated, there's some great songs on there like Hang 'em High, the Full Bug, Little Guitars, Secrets, and then there's the amazing instrumentals Cathedral, Intruder, Little Guitars intro. People point out about there being too many covers but they're great covers totally Van Halenized!

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Here's my (current) list:

 

1. Fair Warning

2. 1984

3. Van Halen

4. Van Halen II

5. Women and Children First

6. Diver Down

7. 5150

8. A Different Kind of Truth

9. For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

10. OU812

11. Balance

12. Van Halen III

I've changed this list now:

 

1. Fair Warning

2. Van Halen

3. Van Halen II

4. Diver Down

5. 1984

6. Women and Children First

7. 5150

8. A Different Kind of Truth

9. For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

10. OU812

11. Balance

12. Van Halen III

 

I'm changing mine too. I'm listening to the first six albums now!!

 

So I'm only doing the first six......

 

 

1. FAIR WARNING

2. VAN HALEN II

3. VAN HALEN

4. WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST

5. 1984

6. DIVER DOWN

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Only studio:

 

1. Fair Warning

2. Women and Children First

3. Van Halen II

4. Van Halen

5. 1984

6. Diver Down

7. 5150

8. OU812

9. A Different Kind of Truth

10. For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

11. Balance

12. Van Halen III

OK, I just swapped Diver Down and 1984. The original songs on Diver Down are simply superb:

 

 

1. Fair Warning

2. Women and Children First

3. Van Halen II

4. Van Halen

5. Diver Down

6. 1984

7. 5150

8. OU812

9. A Different Kind of Truth

10. For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

11. Balance

12. Van Halen III

Diver Down is underrated, there's some great songs on there like Hang 'em High, the Full Bug, Little Guitars, Secrets, and then there's the amazing instrumentals Cathedral, Intruder, Little Guitars intro. People point out about there being too many covers but they're great covers totally Van Halenized!

 

DIVER DOWN RULES! I even love that their father plays on "Big Bad Bill!"

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Van Halen

Fair Warning

1984

Van Halen II

Diver Down

Women and Children First

 

A Different Kind of Truth is OK. The original six albums are untouchable. The Hagar stuff doesn't do anything for me outside of a few songs. I've never even listened to the Cherone album.

 

That's my top 3 for sure, for now. Fair Warning and VH1 are close together. With 1984 on the tail. My 3 favs The next 3 could rotate.

 

5150

ADKOT....

The rest? Not so familiar with Hagar era etc. So no vote.

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My Current List:

 

Diver Down

1984

ADKOT

Women and Children First

Fair Warning

Van Halen 2

5150

Van Halen 1

OU812

For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

Balance

III

that's uh... an odd list there

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My Current List:

 

Diver Down

1984

ADKOT

Women and Children First

Fair Warning

Van Halen 2

5150

Van Halen 1

OU812

For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

Balance

III

that's uh... an odd list there

 

I am loving Little Guitars and Girl Gone Bad at the moment.

 

VH albums are like Rush albums - the priority list keeps changing.

 

 

Also - If you listen to ADKOT after 1984, it sounds like a proper sequel.

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My Current List:

 

Diver Down

1984

ADKOT

Women and Children First

Fair Warning

Van Halen 2

5150

Van Halen 1

OU812

For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

Balance

III

Agree that ADKOT is deserving of more kudos. I couldn`t have been more excited when it came out and loved it straightaway after a 28-year VH drought. There`s the really typical DLR swagger going on, and Eddie sounds like young Eddie - partly rejuvenated by Wolfie and partly because a lot of the material was from the 70s. The solo in Big River for example, sounded just the same when it was called Big Trouble and it really is magical, whereas Chinatown is new and hearing Wolf and Ed duelling for the tapping intro is a beautiful thing. I wonder if Wolfie will spend some time with Uncle Alex accessing the mysterious 5150 studio vaults...

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Fair Warning

Van Halen I

1984

Van Halen II

5150

Diver Down

For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

Women and Children First

OU812

A Different Kind Of Truth

Balance

Van Halen III

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