What is the best Van Halen album?

Katy · Post by **Katy** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 10:12 am

My favorite is 1984. . .
5150 is my next favorite.
I liked Sammy Hagar but David Lee Roth was better.

Wolfman · Post by **Wolfman** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 12:24 pm

MuchoBulls · Post by **MuchoBulls** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 12:26 pm

Anything with DLR on it.

mothster · Post by **mothster** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 1:18 pm

one and II, strictly for nostalga

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 1:51 pm

Women and Children First, VH I, Fair Warning and VH II. And in that order as well. Diver Down and 1984 were OK. Anything after that is absolute fucking rubbish.

mothster · Post by **mothster** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 2:04 pm

hang em high was the only good song on diver down

most of the songs were weak ass covers

MuchoBulls · Post by **MuchoBulls** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 2:05 pm

mothster wrote:hang em high was the only good song on diver down

most of the songs were weak ass covers

The Full Bug?

mothster · Post by **mothster** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 2:30 pm

its ok

'pretty woman' sinks this album to the bottom by itself

5150 is solid van hagar

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 2:57 pm

Diver Down

1. "Where Have All the Good Times Gone?" (Ray Davies) - 3:04
2. "Hang 'Em High" - 3:28
3. "Cathedral" - 1:22
4. "Secrets" - 3:25
5. "Intruder" - 1:39
6. "Oh, Pretty Woman" (William Dees, Roy Orbison) - 2:55
7. "Dancing in the Street" (Marvin Gaye, Ivy Hunter, William Stevenson) - 3:45
8. "Little Guitars (Intro)" - 0:42
9. "Little Guitars" - 3:48
10. "Big Bad Bill" (Milton Ager, Jack Yellen) - 2:45
11. "The Full Bug" - 3:21
12. "Happy Trails" (Dale Evans) - 1:05

Of these songs, I'd say the only one that makes me cringe is Big Bad Bill. It is by no means prime VH material, but it is a damn sight better than any of the bubblegum crap Van Hagar put out.

And anyone who can listen to Intruder/Pretty Woman and rate anything Van Hagar did over it needs to check their ears for wax buildup.

Rich Fader · Post by **Rich Fader** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 3:10 pm

1. Everything with Dave
2. Everything with Sam

I think that covers everything...at least everything that matters.

At Large · Post by **At Large** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 5:19 pm

This album rocks...

:wink:

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 6:52 pm

the better cover of "where have all the good times gone" is on Bowie's Pinups record.

VH self-titled is the only one worth listening to. unchained, cradle will rock are good singles.

i like that part of panama, kind of break: "i can see the heat coming off the road, push down the seat..." that pretty cool.

i'm not a VH guy.

Funkywhiteboy · Post by **Funkywhiteboy** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 4:47 am

mothster wrote:one and II, strictly for nostalga

^^^
What he said.

smackaholic · Post by **smackaholic** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:47 pm

VHI, is by far their best work.

Donovan · Post by **Donovan** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 12:39 am

Their debut is my favourite, but 1984 is a close second.

Shoalzie · Post by **Shoalzie** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 1:54 am

Donovan wrote:Their debut is my favourite, but 1984 is a close second.

I'm with you. From start to finish, I love Van Halen I, but 1984 has some of my favorite songs but isn't quite as good of an album.

Shoalzie · Post by **Shoalzie** » Sun May 01, 2005 10:50 am

Toddowen wrote:Not to sound optimstic, but I don't think that they've made their best album yet.

I hope that didn't come across as being optimistic, because it wasn't meant to be at all optimistic in any way, shape, or form.

Who is their lead singer right now? Is there really any talk of them doing anything new?

Frankly, I don't think they could do any better than their first few albums with DLR.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Sun May 01, 2005 2:34 pm

I liked that one where Fonzie got on the waterskis.

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Sun May 01, 2005 3:56 pm

Dinsdale wrote:I liked that one where Fonzie got on the waterskis.

That would be 5150.

tomas8 · Post by **tomas8** » Mon May 09, 2005 11:07 pm