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Van Halen - Fair Warning Audio CD

A fair review of the Van Halen "Fair Warning" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Van Halen reviews here, or go back to the Van Halen tabs.

Van Halen Band: Van Halen
Title: Fair Warning
Rating:
Release Date: 2000-09-19
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Mean Street 2: "Dirty Movies" 3: Sinner's Swing! 4: Hear About It Later 5: Unchained 6: Push Comes to Shove 7: So This Is Love? 8: Sunday Afternoon in the Park 9: One Foot out the Door

Perfection Peaked
One word - amazing. Another 5 stars for a killer album. At about 0:41 in "Push comes to Shove" Dave does one killer Janis Joplin style vocal, quite impressive. "Dirty Movies" has a feel to it that reminds me of the way rock makes you feel the first time you hear it when your a kid - bad but in a screw the consequences shorta way.


Fair Warning: Prepare to be delightfully surprised by Van Halen.

I was never captivated by their sleazy, party-boy attitudes and the lack of progression within their music always made me want to listen to more important artists. I say prepare to be surprised, for I am not a devout fan of Van Halen. Their material, for the most part, is pretty repetitive.
So, for me, it was an unusual occurrence that I listened to more than 3or4 songs from a Van Halen album.
Who would have though?!
It's true, however. I genuinely liked most of "Fair Warning". Only 4 out of 9 songs failed to hold my interest. That may sound like a lot, but as I previously stated, I usually can only bare to listen to 3or4 songs from any given VH record.

Taking that into consideration, here is my list containing all of the songs I loved from "Fair Warning":

Track1- Mean Street
Track2- Dirty Movies
Track4- Hear About it Later
Track5- Unchained
Track6- Push Comes to Shove

The remaining tracks, 3,7,8,9 are very much like the typical VH song- Only moderately interesting in its lyrical content and quite repetitive in its musical structure.

I've read many other reviews for this album, as well as looking it up on wikipedia. All sources confirm that "Fair Warning" was a commercial disappointment at the time of its release. This seems very odd to me. The only other Van Halen album that is as well-crafted as this would be their self-titled debut, yet Fair Warning did not garner the same amount of acclaim or success. I'm not sure why that should have been.

In any case, if, like me, you are only an occasional fan of Van Halen, you'll really like exploring the impressive depths of this album. Or, if you're already one of Van Halen's adoring fans, your sure to have a deeper appreciation for one of your favorite band of artists. .


fairwarning.
the band is flailing you can hear it. what can i say about this cd. besides that there are some great guitar work and drumming. but by the time this cd was released when i heard it. it was the cassete version. i listened to it for days. and then its like all the joy and party antics that was vanhalen was gone. i got irratated hearing daves antics. but on the plus side its got some original tunes. which is more than i can say for the diver down cd. which was only second in the worst cd ever created.
besides vanhalen 3.


Simply Put, the best Van Halen Album ever
It hit me like a brick to the face. I will never forget the first time I heard the first track from this album, I about died (Mean Street). The brilliant creativity that Van Halen so kindly provided to their true blue legion of fans put the band at a whole new level of legendary status in the valley of greats. The album is creative, sinister, romantic, and raw. It's the Album that launched Van Halen on it's way to legendary status in the same way that Presence defined Led Zeppelin in 1977. Neither album was a commercial success in it's day, but both bands spent considerable amounts of time writing and recording each album. This album has more than stood the test of time, and the recording has respectively taken it's place in Rock God History. I would bet my house that this album is hands down the main reason that secured Van Halen's vote into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Simply put, my favorite Van Halen album, and their best ever.


What else can you say about a classic album?
The digital remaster is worth re-buying it. For me this was the Roth-era Van Halen's best album. The sound quality is noticeably improved which you can tell from the deep, clarity of Mikey's bass lines in "So this is Love?"
And when listening through headphones, the intro to "Mean Street" doesn't have the hiss that I had gotten used to. Glad it's gone!.


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