RUSHHEAD666 Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 The answer is simple for me and it isn't the first VAN HALEN record. Signed, "MEAN STREET" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Fair Warning is their best album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted December 17, 2009 Author Share Posted December 17, 2009 QUOTE (ReRushed @ Dec 16 2009, 11:37 PM) Fair Warning is their best album. "And someone said, Fair Warning, Lord strike that poor boy down!" You have excellent taste! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 1. Fair Warning 2. Women and Children First 3. Van Halen 4. Van Halen II 5. 1984 6. Diver Down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanadoood Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Fair Warning was VH at their best. Firing on all cylinders. And to think that they pretty much hated each other by that point. Eddie was at his peak. Fair Warning Van Halen I Woman and Children First 1984 Van Halen II Diver Down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonatine Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Another FW fan here. Totally rocks: never been bettered in my opinion. Although their debut album VH rocked big time also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanadoood Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 QUOTE (Sonatine @ Dec 17 2009, 02:53 AM) Another FW fan here. Totally rocks: never been bettered in my opinion. Although their debut album VH rocked big time also Yeah, VH1 was the good time party album. FW had a real edge to it that their other albums didnt. I love em both. Just great hard rock at its finest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 I'm tempted to follow suit and pick Fair Warning or maybe even Women and Children First, two great albums, but.... That first album was just too revolutionary and influential in the history of hard rock. It made other guitarists take notice and run to the woodshed to figure out where those sounds were coming from. Hard rock guitarists from the 80s to today will tell you Eddie Van Halen and the first VH album were huge influences on their playing. I can't ignore that important history just because a later VH album was "harder" or "rocked more." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shifty Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 W&CF. C'mon "Everybody wants some" of this album. "Fools" if you don't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metaldad Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Fair Warning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchetaxe&saw Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 I'm voting for the first, on the same lines as Geddyrulz' explanation. An album I've never bought is Diver Down, how bad is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonatine Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 QUOTE (Hatchetaxe&saw @ Dec 17 2009, 01:06 PM) I'm voting for the first, on the same lines as Geddyrulz' explanation. An album I've never bought is Diver Down, how bad is it? The more I think about VH1, the more I realise how totally awesome it really was. Especially "Eruption" - my God I don't think I'd heard such an astounding guitar instrumental up until that point. EVH really went to town getting the meat out of his guitar on that particular track. No wonder it set the mark for other axemen to follow, as well as being the 2nd best guitar solo of all time, according to Guitar World Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metaldad Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 QUOTE (ReRushed @ Dec 17 2009, 01:59 AM) 1. Fair Warning 2. Women and Children First 3. Van Halen 4. Van Halen II 5. 1984 6. Diver Down Yep, in that order for me also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmotionDetector Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 'VAN HALEN' I've said this so many times that I've lost count, but to me, this is the greatest debut album of all-time. Not a single weak track on the album. Oh, and when you think about it, these guys took a ton of chances on an album that really needed to be 100% killer. The obvious one I see is 'Ice Cream Man'. I'm not sure too many bands could pull that off as well as they did, nevermind trying to do it on a DEBUT album. Also, Eddie's 'Eruption' to me, while absolutely classic, was a bit of a chance too at the time. I don't think at that time, and maybe even today, that instrumentals were looked at in a good light. I don't know how many people predicted that 'Eruption' would still be rocking the radio in 2009 as a segway into 'You Really Got Me'. Mainly all of their material kicks ass, but this album is just too perfect for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metaldad Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 QUOTE (EmotionDetector @ Dec 17 2009, 09:08 AM) this is the greatest debut album of all-time. I really don't think anything comes close Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Definitely the first one, though 1984 is pretty awesome too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metaldad Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 (edited) QUOTE (Hatchetaxe&saw @ Dec 17 2009, 08:06 AM) An album I've never bought is Diver Down, how bad is it? The problem is...... it's only 29 min long half the album is covers The good part is the songs they did write kick ass and it's better than anything they did with Sammy................... Edited December 17, 2009 by metaldad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-0-0-1-0-0-1 Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 QUOTE (metaldad @ Dec 17 2009, 09:13 AM) QUOTE (EmotionDetector @ Dec 17 2009, 09:08 AM) this is the greatest debut album of all-time. I really don't think anything comes close The debut from Boston might come close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobodys hero Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 The first album Van Halen does it for me. I watched them as they were up and coming and playing on the Sunset Strip. This album is so powerful and raw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VarianStar Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Dec 17 2009, 05:12 AM) I'm tempted to follow suit and pick Fair Warning or maybe even Women and Children First, two great albums, but.... That first album was just too revolutionary and influential in the history of hard rock. It made other guitarists take notice and run to the woodshed to figure out where those sounds were coming from. Hard rock guitarists from the 80s to today will tell you Eddie Van Halen and the first VH album were huge influences on their playing. I can't ignore that important history just because a later VH album was "harder" or "rocked more." +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush Cocky Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Hmmmmm......tough to decide. I love Fair Warning.....I used to listen to it over and over again. But I'm going with 1984 mainly because of the flood of youthful memories that I have associated with that music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MULTIPLIED REACTION Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Fair Warning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyLeeRoth Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 They're all classic albums and put most bands' 'greatest album' to shame. The only easy one to rank is Diver Down. 1. Van Halen I 2. Van Halen II 3. 1984 4. Fair Warning 5. Women And Children First 6. Diver Down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silas Lang Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 QUOTE (metaldad @ Dec 17 2009, 09:13 AM) QUOTE (EmotionDetector @ Dec 17 2009, 09:08 AM) this is the greatest debut album of all-time. I really don't think anything comes close I can think of 10 off the top of my head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush Cocky Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 QUOTE (Silas Lang @ Dec 17 2009, 11:36 AM) QUOTE (metaldad @ Dec 17 2009, 09:13 AM) QUOTE (EmotionDetector @ Dec 17 2009, 09:08 AM) this is the greatest debut album of all-time. I really don't think anything comes close I can think of 10 off the top of my head OK......go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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