Rank all six Van Halen albums: Best to Least

[Vinnie Velvet]

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

And that's not a rub on Diver Down. I love that album!!

[Mr. Vengeance]

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

There can be no debate on this.....okay, yeah there can.

[Mr. Vengeance]

Originally posted by David Van Via
What does everybody have against Diver down.

I have nothing against it, it's just #6 in comparison to the others. It relied heavily on covers and gimmick songs. They are all great, but they can't compare to the bombast of the other 5 albums!

[tjvhou812]

van halen l
fair warning
diver down
1984
WACF
van halen ll

[superdave]

Fair Warning

Van Halen II

Van Halen

1984

Women and Children First

Diver Down

[Cathedral]

I'll take them in the order they were presented.
There is an evolution of sound going on that has to be heard in order.

The evolution lasted for six albums, then it started to decay before our very ears....5150 is Satans Work.

[Loons The Great]

1VHI
2DD
3WACF
4FW
5VHII
61984

[BottomLine65]

WACF
Van Halen
Fair Warning
Van Halen II
Diver Down
1984

[Padre Atilio]

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

[binnie]

WACF
Fair Warning
Van Halen
Van Halen II
1984
Diver Down

[Sugar-Dave]

its a tough one and it changes every week but i'd say at this point:

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

[Jérôme Frenchise]

1. Van Halen
Women and Chidren First
3. VH II
4. 1984
Fair Warning
6. Diver Down

Oh, er... Fair Warning is stellar, OK; but not just as much as the other 3 I put ahead.

The whole album is VH at their best, but I wish they had dug into the earth of Mean Street a little more on a couple more songs - though "Dirty Movies", "Hear about it later", "Unchained" and "One foot out the door" kick bull elephants' asses.

I'll always prefer WaCF - my Windows opens with the closing riff and closes with the intro to "In a simple rhyme".

[fe_lung]

Fair Warning
VH II
Women & Children
Diver
VH I
1984

[The_KiD]

Here is how I see it..

1) Fair Warning (By far my Favorite, go to VH)
2) Van Halen I (Blew me away first listen)
3) 1984 (Ahh, the Memories in my first car)
4) Women & Children First (I wore this record out)
5) Diver Down (Really grew on me over the years)
6) Van Halen II (A few gems but how you gonna top Van Halen I as a follow up)

I will not rate the Spammy Albums as I never purchased a one of them..

Cheers,

KiD

[PutOutTheLights]

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