Rank all six Van Halen albums: Best to Least

[ForeverDLR/VH]

1. Van Halen

2. Diver Down

3. WACF

4. Fair Warning

5. Van Halen 2

6. 1984

[redsock]

More my faves than "best to least"

1. Fair Warning
2. VH 2
3. Women and Children First
4. VH 1
5. Diver Down
6. 1984

[Bandit02tn]

Here we go:

VH 1
1984
Women and Children First
Diver Down
VH ll
Fair Warning

[Bowanna]

Fair Warning
Van Halen
1984
Van Halen II
Women And Children First
Diver Down

[Bowanna]

Well, at least I'm honest. And while were on the subject of truth....

Dave era Van Halen has been my fave band for 23 years now, and Eddie Van Halen is my fave guitarist. The only 2 times I've felt truly sick was when Dave left the band in '85 and when they hired Gary in '96.

If things were ineveitalby not going to work with Dave, it's true I wanted them to get Sammy back rather than another GRAVE mistake like Gary. But, keep in mind, Dave is and will always be the quintessential front man.

23 years ago was 1986... you were sick a year after the fact?

Admit it... you missed the boat and you've been rowing to catch up ever since.

[speedtruckermf]

Fair Warning
Diver Down
VH 1
1984
VH 2
WACF

[flappo]

fw
vh1
1984
wacf
vh2
dd

[vh rides again]

wacf = great sounding songs

diver down= again sounds great loud, crank that mother fucker

van halen = (atbl), (on fire), (atomic punk), are all kick ass songs

vh2 = only because of the song (women in love)

fair warning = (hear about it later) was freekin awsome

1984 = im sorry but this is my least favorite album by far, they definately went a different direction with it, (hear about it later) on fair warning trumped this whole album by itself if you ask me, still wouldnt trade it for any other bands album. maybe AC/DC's whole bon scott collection.

[ELVIS]

VHII

Fair Warning

WACF

Van Halen

Diver Down

1984

[gorndog]

1. Van Halen
2. Diver Down
3. Van Halen II
4. Fair Warning
5. Women And Children First
6. 1984

[ALMOSTsaved]

23 years ago was 1986... you were sick a year after the fact?

Admit it... you missed the boat and you've been rowing to catch up ever since.

Check the date of my original post that you quoted.

[vaijuju]

1) Fair Warning
2) Van Halen
3) 1984
.....WACF/DD/WACF

1) Fair warning
2) Van Halen
3) 1984
4) WACF
5) DD
6) Van halen II

Hard very hard

[Dr. Love]

Van Halen
Women and Children First
Fair Warning
Van Halen II
1984
Diver Down

[SNIPER]

Other then FW being #1 it always changes for me but this is my current list.

FW
WACF
VHII
VH
DD
1984

[JohnnyGuitar69]

Fair Warning
WACF
VH2
VH1
Diver Down
1984

[vaijuju]

I'm surprised but fans always hate commercial album."panama"," Hot for Teacher", "girl Gone bad", "Drop dead legs", 'Jump", "House of Pain" "Top jimmy" and I'll wait (for ed'solo) are great songs! WHY put 1984 on down the list

[SNIPER]

I'm surprised but fans always hate commercial album."panama"," Hot for Teacher", "girl Gone bad", "Drop dead legs", 'Jump", "House of Pain" "Top jimmy" and I'll wait (for ed'solo) are great songs! WHY put 1984 on down the list

DD used to be last but I have really started loving it more as time went on. 1984 is a great album but it was a little more polished in production for my taste but I still love it all just the same.

[SNIPER]

Fair Warning
WACF
VH2
VH1
Diver Down
1984

That is the perfect order my friend!!

[VanHalenFan5150]

Van Halen 1
Fair Warning
1984
Women and Children First
Van Halen 2
Diver Down

[hankster]

Fair Warning
WACF
VH2
VH1
Diver Down
1984

Same for me Johnny G and Sniper. as you get older the line up changes, but not much lol!

[vaijuju]

Sincerely how many of you who want put a Van Halen's album, put "Van halen" and never put "1984".Everydody loves the six pacs! but when i want to listen some Van Halen, I put "little guitars",or the album "1984" or "fair warning" ,MSM ,CGTSNM ... "Van Halen" is for history but I've more emotion with "fair warning" or "1984"

[Hellraiser!!]

1 - fw
2- 1984
3 - vh II
4 - vh I
5 - wacf
6 - dd

[if6was9]

Sincerely how many of you who want put a Van Halen's album, put "Van halen" and never put "1984".Everydody loves the six pacs! but when i want to listen some Van Halen, I put "little guitars",or the album "1984" or "fair warning" ,MSM ,CGTSNM ... "Van Halen" is for history but I've more emotion with "fair warning" or "1984"

You were too young for "VH" and "VH II" when they came out. That's the reason, I think.

[vaijuju]

You were too young for "VH" and "VH II" when they came out. That's the reason, I think.

It's just i listened a lot theses 2 albums and now i'm less pleasure to listen "runnin' with the devil" or "atomic punk" or "on fire" or "bottomps up!" or "women in love" or "outta love again".I loved these songs when i was young .

[if6was9]

Indeed:
"runnin' with the devil"
"atomic punk"
"outta love again"

But:
"on fire"
"bottomps up!"
"women in love"

How about "Ain't Talkin", "Jamie's Cryin", "SGMA Doctor", "Light Up" and "DOA". These tracks still rock!

[vaijuju]

Ok! "Jimi" I just want to say that all of us can put a list with total honesty.

[Hardrock69]

I rank them in order of appearance.

I prefer the earliest albums over the later ones.

But that is splitting very fine red cunt hairs with a razor blade.

[Jackson Kelly]

1.Fair Warning-Best album from start to finish. Eddie at his peak. This was the worst selling album of the Roth era. Go figure. Just shows you that album sales mean nothing when making evaluations.
2.VH1-Still incredible after all these years. Can't argue with anyone that puts it in the number one spot.
3.1984-Some people don't like it because it hints at the commercialism that is
to follow but it is still a great album. I skip the song "Jump" but "Drop Dead Legs" and "Girl Gone Bad" are two of my all time favs.
We can all argue over the order of my top three but there is a significant drop off after these three albums in my opinion. I can't see why anyone would rank any of the others above these.

4.Women and Children First-Not up to par with my top 3 but at least it's
all original. Nothing really grabs you on this album but it's solid.
5.Diver Down.-Has some great moments but not a great album as a whole, especially when you consider that it's almost all cover songs. It has its place though.

6.Van Halen 2-Has a couple of decent songs but the album as a whole is garbage. It was written in a week and it really shows. It blows my mind that some people are putting it so high on their list. I'd put most of the Sammy albums above it.

[Loons The Great]

1 Wimmin' An' Chillun' Firs'
2 Diver Down
3 VHI
4 Fair Warnin'
5 VHII
6 84

[evhpunk]

Ok heres mine

1984- Love his guitar tone on this Album

Van Halen I - probably got the hardest song to play that they ever did = Im The One

Fair Warning - The Players album, And Unchained, that Video on Youtube from the Oakland Fair Warning tour, EVERYBODY UP!!!, love the way Eddie plays it, im building a replica of that guitar at the minute, already done a Frankie and a 5150

Van Halen II - Beautiful Girls Is fucking awesome, Eddies got some rhythm playing that track

Diver Down - Secrets love that track, bit of a hidden gem

Women and Children First - Romeo Delight, Love it

[OytunZky]

1 - Van Halen I

2 - 1984

3 - Fair Warning

4 - Van Halen II

5 - Women and Children First

6 - Diver Down

[delta5150]

1. Fair Warning
2. 1984
3. Van Halen
4. Diver Down
5. WACF
6. Van Halen II

[tojoro]

Fair Warning: Cannot be fucked with, from start to finish...rock solid!
WACF: Romeo Delight, Fools, Loss of Control...smokin' shit!
1984: Aside from keyboard pap, there are some heavyweights there!
VH II: No sophmore jinx here! dropped a spot for the cover.
VH I: Strong debut, revolutionized hard rock guitar dropped for two covers.
DD: A great, albeit short, album...stuff like Hang 'em High was weapons-grade plutonium, but dead last for 5 covers.

I realize The Mighty started out as a cover band, and most new bands back then did a cover to help get noticed...I'm just ranking the albums for their wealth of VH-penned material. Don't get me wrong, they blow the lids off those covers they cut, and it was uber-cool that they got Jan on an album, too!

[kwame k]

Van Halen I....because it was the one that started it all. The first note of Eruption set the music world On Fire.

Fair Warning.......the Eddie album, dark and the boys were in top form.

Women and Children First.....crazy mix of tunes.

Van Halen II.....awesome follow up and some great pop/rock. One of the best summertime albums of all time.

Diver Down....everyone says this was a rushed album and Pretty Women was only released to keep their name in the spot light. Once it charted the record company demanded an album. Little Guitars, Hang 'Em High, Cathedral, Secrets and The Full Bug are my favs...I like the covers, too.

1984......Great Album start to finish.....very few bands can I listen to an album start to finish.....guess that's why I'm here.

[Ralphy Lee Fox]

1984
Van Halen
WOmen And Children First
Van Halen II
Diver Down
Fari Warning

[WinstonMarshall]

Fair Warning
Van Halen
Women and Children First
Van Halen II
1984
Diver Down