What is the best Van Halen album?

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My favorite is 1984. . .
5150 is my next favorite.
I liked Sammy Hagar but David Lee Roth was better.
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Anything with DLR on it.
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one and II, strictly for nostalga
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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.
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hang em high was the only good song on diver down

most of the songs were weak ass covers
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mothster wrote:hang em high was the only good song on diver down

most of the songs were weak ass covers
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its ok

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

5150 is solid van hagar
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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.
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1. Everything with Dave
2. Everything with Sam

I think that covers everything...at least everything that matters.
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This album rocks...

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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.

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mothster wrote:one and II, strictly for nostalga
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VHI, is by far their best work.
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Their debut is my favourite, but 1984 is a close second.
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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.
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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.
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I liked that one where Fonzie got on the waterskis.
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Dinsdale wrote:I liked that one where Fonzie got on the waterskis.
That would be 5150.
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VHII
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