Best Van Halen album

[Towelie]

You can pick more than one, so go ahead.

[mrandyk]

The only correct answer is Van Halen 1. None of the other albums even come close imo (and none of the Van Hagar albums come close to any of the DLR albums).

[wasted]

I've only heard 1984 and a greatest hits. I'm more a Diamond fan if anything.

[ITW 2012]

I never bought any of the Hagar albums; I did download Best of Both Worlds compilation though. Van Halen I is their best album, but 1984 is pretty awesome too. All the Dave albums are worth buying.

[James Bond]

Wait, no option for Van Halen III? How you could leave out a masterpiece like that? "How Many Say I" is one of the finest moments on any Van Halen album.

Alright, enough with the unfunny sarcasm. I voted Van Halen I of course. Can't go wrong with any Diamond Dave album though!

My favorite Sammy album is probably F.U.C.K though the others have their moments.

[DirtyDeeds]

Pretty much a 5-way tie between the first 5 albums with me. 1984 is a hair lesser of an album than the first five I think. Maybe Diver Down is, too, because of the abundance of the over abundance of covers, but they really own those covers I think.

But I voted Women and Children First.

[Rovim]

Voted Van Halen l.

Everything was just right about that album. I don't think they ever topped the first one.

[Powerage5]

Van Halen I

[Turn_It_Up]

Can't chose between the first 4. All fuckin' masterpieces. Diver Down awesome, too, but just barely a cut below the other 4.

VH II was an impossibly great follow up to the debut...Women & Children First just a crazy record, with some huge highlights...and Fair Warning has some of their very best heavy material.

As said, impossible to choose..

[moreblack]

All the Dave albums are worth buying.

Except for Women and Children, Diver Down and Fair Warning.

1,2 and 1984 are good though.

[Turn_It_Up]

All the Dave albums are worth buying.

Except for Women and Children, Diver Down and Fair Warning.

1,2 and 1984 are good though.

Not a Fair Warning fan? Surprising!

[Powerage5]

Van Halen I is just a great rock album. "Eruption" is a masterpiece and the album never slows from there. Pure adrenaline. 1984 is great too. The use of synthesizers, while hugely popular at the time, was a bold move for a band that was known for blistering guitar solos.

I can't believe no votes for any of the Sammy albums. They really aren't that bad.

Soem of them aren't that bad, but none of them are that good compared to the DLR stuff

[moreblack]

All the Dave albums are worth buying.

Except for Women and Children, Diver Down and Fair Warning.

1,2 and 1984 are good though.

Not a Fair Warning fan? Surprising!

I don't hate it. I just wouldn't pay for it. But Mean Street and Unchained do raise the album's karma.

Edited January 15, 2012 by moreblack

[dalsh327]

Diver Down was one of their biggest commercial successes when it came out, but in hindsight, should've been two different albums.

[Zint]

VH1

The rest have skip tracks.

[Turn_It_Up]

VH1

The rest have skip tracks.

All subjective, of course, but no skippables on VH II for me. Plus D.O.A. alone makes up for any slight imperfections elsewhere.

Edited January 15, 2012 by Turn_It_Up

[Zeppelin]

Fair Warning. Probably their most experimental album with DLR, IMO. I don't count the keyboards in 1984 as anything experimental. But FW has some insane tunes. Hear About It Later, Push Comes to Shove, Mean Street, Sunday Afternoon in the Park. Some really good shit on there.

But really, they're all good with DLR.

[DirtyDeeds]

All the Dave albums are worth buying.

Except for Women and Children, Diver Down and Fair Warning.

1,2 and 1984 are good though.

Not a Fair Warning fan? Surprising!

I don't hate it. I just wouldn't pay for it. But Mean Street and Unchained do raise the album's karma.

Dude, Hear About It Later makes it worth it alone.

[batman007]

Im a Van Hagar kind of guy. Love DLR too though!

[Apollo]

Van Halen I is just a great rock album. "Eruption" is a masterpiece and the album never slows from there. Pure adrenaline. 1984 is great too. The use of synthesizers, while hugely popular at the time, was a bold move for a band that was known for blistering guitar solos.

I can't believe no votes for any of the Sammy albums. They really aren't that bad.

Soem of them aren't that bad, but none of them are that good compared to the DLR stuff

strongly disagree, and I'm a dlr fan.

[mrandyk]

This poll reaffirms my opinion that Diver Down was the worst DLR album.

[moreblack]

This poll reaffirms my opinion that Diver Down was the worst DLR album.

also, that despite a good song here and there, 1 is the only must-have DLR album.

[Becket]

VH 1 and Women and Children First.

[Kill Devil Hill]

I've only heard 5150, and I loved it. Every song is damn catchy. I didn't vote, though. I figured this poll would help me pick which album to pick up, since my dad wants to take me to a Van Halen concert to make up for selling my GN'R tickets, you know, HIS favorite band to make up for missing out on one of mine. I see his logic.

Anyway, looks like I should start with VH1.

[James Bond]

I've only heard 5150, and I loved it. Every song is damn catchy. I didn't vote, though. I figured this poll would help me pick which album to pick up, since my dad wants to take me to a Van Halen concert to make up for selling my GN'R tickets, you know, HIS favorite band to make up for missing out on one of mine. I see his logic.

Anyway, looks like I should start with VH1.

Start there. It's fast paced, high energy and just plain awesome. Even though it's hard rock it has sort of a punk quality in that it's short and really in your face, if that makes sense. The whole album can be listened to in like 20 minutes, but that's part of the charm. I can only imagine how much it must have changed lives back in 1978.