Rank all the songs on ADKOT from favorite to least favorite

[SilvioDante]

1. Big River
2. Outta Space
3. She's the Woman
4. As Is
5. Beats Workin'
6. Honeybabysweetiedoll
7. Stay Frosty
8. You and Your Blues
9. Blood and Fire
10. Bullethead
11. The Trouble With Never
12. Tattoo
13. Chinatown

[78/84 guy]

I cannot believe you would skip over "As Is" THE most Van Halen song on the cd.

No shit. It's one of the songs that really made the album worth making for me. I mean I love the whole album. I still listen to it 3 or 4 times a week. As Is and Honeybaby just rip my head off. You and Your Blues is very strong also. Daves lyrics are so great on this with all the nods to other songs. But to each his own I guess. I don't see how it's not one of VH's best songs ever. Its that good for me.

[Terry]

I cannot believe you would skip over "As Is" THE most Van Halen song on the cd.

I like the experimental vibe in the intro...and I like the fade out music...the verse riffs sound just a bit too derivative of the verse riffs for Loss Of Control to my ears...I know a lot of people 'round here rank this as one of the best tracks on the album, but I'm just not digging it 100% from start to finish.

Maybe it'll grow on me.

[Terry]

My issue with "The Trouble With Never" is that it doesn't even sound like VH to my ears. First time I heard it I thought it was in the style of Guns N' Roses, Appetite era. Not that there's anything wrong with that but it didn't sound original. It's also a pretty messy, schizophrenic song that sounds like a bunch of ideas slapped together but not unified.

The recorded performances are solid, but the music itself does seem a bit slapped together without a particular sense of purpose beyond that.

[TwoFoolsAMinute]

My issue with "The Trouble With Never" is that it doesn't even sound like VH to my ears. First time I heard it I thought it was in the style of Guns N' Roses, Appetite era. Not that there's anything wrong with that but it didn't sound original. It's also a pretty messy, schizophrenic song that sounds like a bunch of ideas slapped together but not unified.

I can agree with this. Pretty much my first impression of it. I think the live videos of it made it grow on me. I really like it now.

[Yount]

The 3rd verse in Big River leading to the solo, look both ways now little guitar screech, but they all pick it back up with Ed's unraveling followed by Dave's whooo just before the chorus.
You And Your Blues & The Trouble With Never are the deep tracks. The one's you really love at the end of the "big night." But I'm a Van Halen fan. Anything over 3 minutes 27 is too long! Just kidding!

Theories on the low placing of these cuts.

[Angel]

I just can't rank them. I've tried, but there's too many that I like equally, and how much I like them is constantly changing too.

Without a doubt, honeybaby... and As Is are my standout favourites. You and Your Blues does nothing for me.

I love the lyrics in Trouble With Never, but musically it's...meh. I think it was thrown together to address the inevitable..."Al said DLR would never....yada yada yada". No reporter will ask that question now, they already have the answer: "that's the trouble with never..."

Bullethead? Love it, but again I think it's the lyrics doing it for me. It just slams Spam!!!

[private parts]

No shit. It's one of the songs that really made the album worth making for me. I mean I love the whole album. I still listen to it 3 or 4 times a week. As Is and Honeybaby just rip my head off. You and Your Blues is very strong also. Daves lyrics are so great on this with all the nods to other songs. But to each his own I guess. I don't see how it's not one of VH's best songs ever. Its that good for me.

One of their best EVER. It's THAT good! I've let several friends of mine listen to bits of ADKOT and I always start with As Is then HBSD Their immediate reaction is always, Holy shit! Fucking VAN HALEN!!
It's almost as if CVH never went away.

[private parts]

1. Honeybabysweetiedoll
2. As Is
3. China Town
4. Outta Space
5. Blood And Fire
6. She's The Woman
7. Stay Frosty
8. Big River
9. Beats Workin'
10. Bullethead
11. You and Your Blues
12. The Trouble With Never
13. Tattoo

[vaijuju]

and the froggy says :

1) You and Your Blues
2) Blood and fire
3) Stay Frosty
4) She's the Woman
5) The trouble with never
6) Tattoo
7) Chinatown
8) As if
9) Big river
10) Honeybabysweetiedoll
11) Beats Workin'
12) Outta Space
13) Bullethead

[vaijuju]

1) blood & fire
2) she's the woman
3) china town
4) you and your blues
5) stay frosty
6) as is
7) tattoo
8) the trouble with never
9) outta space
10) hbsd
11) big river
12) beats workin"
13) bullethead

We're the same 8 first songs

[Zing!]

This is all but impossible, but here goes...

1. Blood And Fire
2. Stay Frosty
3. Big River
4. You And Your Blues
5. As Is
6. Honeybabysweetiedoll
7. Beats Workin'
8. China Town
9. Outta Space
10. Bullethead
11. She's The Woman
12. The Trouble With Never
13. Tattoo

[BumBahDeeDah]

You rank 'em. Ranking these songs is like doing an 8 sided Rubik's Cube for me. Cant even decide what my least favorite is.

[BumBahDeeDah]

Honeybabysweetiedoll
as is
big river
bullethead
chinatown
stay frosty
she's the woman
you and your blues
outta space
blood and fire
the trouble with never
tattoo
beats workin
hear about it later

[VimFuego]

Rank them?

Better than Van Hagar but not as good as the 6 pack.