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CD Title: Fair Warning
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Category: Hard Rock
Year: 1981
Label: Warner Brothers
Catalog Number: 3540-2
Personnel
David Lee Roth vocals
Edward Van Halen guitar
Michael Anthony bass guitar
Alex Van Halen drums
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 | |
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Existing comments about this CD
| From: Mike G. |
Date: July 25, 2001 at 13:54 |
| Compared to the other Van Halen albums, this is a darker sounding album!! This album rocks much harder than Women & Children First!! The songs are well written too, but still, not quite as good as the first two albums!!!!!!!
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| From: Desslar |
Date: April 5, 2002 at 12:03 |
| Not nearly as energetic or fun as the other Roth albums. Unchained is great, but other songs are a bit dull.
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| From: jabe |
Date: October 10, 2002 at 19:19 |
| Jeez... Anyone who would find this cd 'dull' should lay off the valliums.Not only does this cd kick the crap out of 750f the drivvel reviewed on this site, This is probably one the best 6 or 8 metal albums ever.
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| From: Van Alan |
Date: November 10, 2002 at 23:39 |
| Still a top notch CD from Van Halen. Unchained and Mean Street are two of the best VH songs ever in my opinion. It's a shame only one song from this CD made it to the Best Of Volume 1 set
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| From: Todd |
Date: March 25, 2003 at 21:04 |
| Mean Street is my alltime favorite VH song.
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| From: Hot-Rod |
Date: April 12, 2003 at 19:35 |
| The BEST hard rock guitar album...........PERIOD!!!!!
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| From: RichieRocker |
Date: April 12, 2003 at 21:35 |
| Hot Rod this is my favorite all time album, and the guitar work by Eddie is awesome as usual, my favorite solos are on 'Hear About It Later' and 'One Foot Out The Door'. One the biggest animalistic rock bands ever to grace our presence on the planet.Rock on Friends!!!!
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| From: Whiplash1972 |
Date: June 3, 2003 at 23:15 |
| Excellent hard rock album here. 'Unchained' still plays frequently on my stereo!
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| From: sparkyass |
Date: January 25, 2004 at 1:54 |
| kickass,kickass,kickass,kickass,you get the picture. probably their best album ever with the possible exception of the first album. the greatest rock guitar solo ever is the middle of meanstreets,its got tone,phrasing and gobs of attitude.it really doesn,t get much better.
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| From: red |
Date: February 7, 2004 at 16:37 |
| My favorite Van Halen album. Everything is on about this one. We have songs that sound like their previous stuff, but we have some heavier, darker songs as well.
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| From: Blue Charvel |
Date: February 20, 2004 at 9:50 |
| $2 used, replaces my cassette of what is easily my favorite VH album. I like pretty much everything from the Roth era, but this one just seems a lot more edgy than the rest. Eddie really gets down on this one.
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| From: |
Date: February 22, 2004 at 5:09 |
| This is not only the greatest Van Halen album but also one of the top 5 hard rock metal albums of all time. It is THE greatest guitar album of all time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Incredible guitar work. Freaky solo's with tons of emotion. Like nothing you've ever heard before. Satriani, Vai, Malmsteen and everyone else can bow down to the greatest Rock guitarist in the history of the world. Fuckin' amazing!
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| From: Impaler |
Date: February 23, 2004 at 0:30 |
| I've never been able to get into this album. 'Unchained' will always stand the test of time.
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| From: Atomic Punk |
Date: February 28, 2004 at 11:18 |
| It is very difficult for me to pick a favorite Van Halen album. But if I had to it would be this one. I am in full agreement of some the other comments above...very tasty guitar solos on this album. How Sunday Afternoon In The Park ended up on the album I'll never know. But the rest of the tunes are TOPS! I think Roth is at his finest on this album as well.
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| From: Metal T |
Date: June 18, 2004 at 17:37 |
| Classic VH !---Too d*mn bad they suck now .Thanks to the 2 'Mr.Ego's' EVH and AVH .Read an interview where Eddie says he's happy to have Sammy Back.After reading that i almost vomited into the magazine.I can see them all sitting around on the tour bus ripping on DLR. How he is this big jerk and this and that.'Fair Warning' is still the sh*t,along with the rest of Roth' era VH. Used to have a ton of respect for EVH, but now ive wised up . ----
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| From: Rycheage |
Date: June 27, 2004 at 18:27 |
| This was an angrier, moodier Van Halen, exemplified by opener 'Mean Street' with its dark vibe, mostly from a downtuned series of murky riffs from Eddie, giving it a heavier overall sound than it's predecessors. This is easily the most forgotten Roth era album. The sound was more bleak, even in the upbeat numbers, giving it an almost undescribable aura.
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| From: Big Papa K |
Date: June 30, 2004 at 16:30 |
| Van Halen change their sound on this album into more of a darker territory. The new style works as they continue to crank out great songs ('Mean Streets' and 'Dirty Movies'). The only song that would really fit in well on the other albums, 'Unchained', is one of the bands best. 9/10
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| From: Uusiolli |
Date: August 5, 2004 at 22:17 |
| Great record. Better than 2 before and quite near the debut. But listen Hear About It Later and Rolling Stones' Let's Spend the Night Together (or Keel's version). Am I the only one who notices something? 9/10
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| From: GlennVanWiddle |
Date: August 17, 2004 at 17:30 |
| Two words: 'Dirty Movies'. Just ****ing listen to it! NO BAND IN THE WORLD sounds as individual or as good as that, or possibly ever will again. All players playing different parts that magically sound perfect together. One of the true classic moments in rock!
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| From: jack |
Date: September 10, 2004 at 7:55 |
| There is just one word for this album-perfect. Considering this album was released in 1981,it is way ahead of time. Every songs here kick-ass. There is no band out there that is as creative and influencial as the great van halen,not even nirvana or korn with all due respect to those two bands.
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| From: Metalhead66 |
Date: November 17, 2004 at 13:12 |
| Well now we have some wear on the tires. There are some dings in the Body...Maybe egos are getting a little BIG!! Well that all makes for GREAT MUSIC. The best bands had these Problems ,Every One of them. Anger abounds as do tempers and we can hear it WELL!! This is The Mis-understood VH Record. Damn it MOVES the air doesn't it!!Eddie makes the most of this by cussing and screaming with his Guitar! David yells right back with some of this BEST lyrics!!10/10!!!!The Rest of the guys Hold on!
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| From: Propane |
Date: December 3, 2004 at 16:07 |
| Their best so far! These dudes just kept getting better and better with each and every day. Mean street was an awesome opener.
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| From: edwithmj |
Date: September 25, 2009 at 12:58 |
| Unchained is the only good song here and Roth still can't sing properly. I was very disappointed with this.
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| From: hair metal again |
Date: December 26, 2009 at 9:25 |
| excellent release by the mighty van halen.every tune is top class quality hard rockin music in their unique style."unchained" is an all time classic,"mean street" amega hit and "push comes to shove" so groovy.there s no such music anymore.fantastic
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| From: dany69 |
Date: March 22, 2014 at 17:07 |
| A Pure Joke,!!!! Peoples you really want to hear a real band,!!! i mean real melodie,,feeling,,not just this damn technics,,,go see Pretty Maids,,,Vocal is much better,and for the melody,,,Wow,,,Pure Magic,,Enuff Said,,!
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| From: rick kerch vzla |
Date: June 4, 2016 at 13:30 |
Good album!!!...VH was starting to hit the sky in its career  ...tracks 1,2,3,5,7 & 9 are in my book.87/100
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| From: Doghouse Reilly |
Date: September 3, 2024 at 20:44 |
| Some music writer described Fair Warning as "Van Halen after midnight," and I find this phrase intriguing. The party's been raging for hours, the night is no longer young, and some of the fun's gone out of the evening. The laughter's turned kinda mean-spirited, the vibes taking a darker turn. The booze is starting to catch up to you, maybe you're feeling a bit tired, even a little fed up with the people you're hanging out with, but the only viable solution is another beer. Or maybe it's time to switch to whiskey. Yeah—that's the feeling. "Unchained" tries hardest to keep the good times rolling, but that drop-tuned riff sounds a bit sinister, and Dave's getting obnoxious, his joshing with an undercurrent of real mockery beneath his joshing. "Meanstreet" is far away from the Pasadena pool parties of old, almost like a great-uncle-once-removed to gangsta rap. "Hear About It Later" is a great deep cut that hides one of Eddie's nastiest riffs behind its twinkling intro, while "Dirty Movies"
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| From: Doghouse Reilly |
Date: September 3, 2024 at 20:53 |
| ... and "Push Comes To Shove" bring the dirty, late-night funk. Holy shit—the fresh-faced beach babe from "Beautiful Girls" is taking it all off and getting freaky! The night ends with the creepy, sci-fi synths in the wee hours, you're galloping down the stairs just ahead of an angry husband. Whew—that was close! So yeah, Fair Warning is fun of a sleazier, more dangerous kind, and the darker atmosphere and lack of a real hit single has misled some people into labeling it a disappointment. For me, the debut simply can't be beat, but Fair Warning, and Women And Children First to a lesser degree, occupy a special place VH canon.
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