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[callen]

Van Halen - (b) - On Fire
Van Halen (w) - Little Dreamer

VH 2 - Light up the sky
VH 2 - Women in Love

W & C First - Romeos Delight
W & C First - Fools

Fair Warning - Mean Street
Fair Warning - Push comes to Shove

Diver Down - Secrets
Diver Down - Little Guitars

1984 - Top Jimmy
1984 - 1984

5150 - Best of Both Worlds
5150 - Inside

OU812 - AFU Naturally Wired
OU812 - A Political Blues

FUCK - The Dream is Over
FUCK - Spanked

VH3 - Once
VH3 - How Many Say I

Long live King Eddie!!!!!

[rebel]

Van Halen Best ATBL
Van Halen Worse YRGM

(By far the toughest to choose is VH I, not a bad song on there)

Van Halen II Best DOA
Van Halen II Worse You're No Good

Women And Children First Best Romeo Delight
Women And Children First Worse Fools

Fair Warning Best Mean Street
Fair Warning Worse Push Comes To Shove

Diver Down Best Little Guitars
Diver Down Worse Big Bad Bill

1984 Best Drop Dead Legs
1984 Worse I'll Wait

5150 Best 5150
5150 Worse Love Walks In

OU812 Best Mine All Mine
OU812 Worse A Apolitical Blues

For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge Best Poundcake
For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge Worse Spanked

Balance Best Baluchitherium (I know we weren't supposed to pick instrumentals, but it's by FAR my fav tune on this album)
Balance Worse Not Enough

3 Best Dirty Dog Water
3 Worse How Many Say I

A couple notes from the other posts. I know it's hard to pick a bad one off of VH I, but I was shocked to see Atomic Punk and ICM listed, but it's hard to pick. The one I picked, is one of the only ones they've played the whole way :D

[Lance]

VH- Best- Jamie's Cryin
Worst- Little Dreamer

VH II - Women In Love
Outta Love Again

WACF- And The Cradle Will Rock
Fools

Fair Warning- Hear About It Later
One Foot Out the Door

Diver Down- Secrets
Big Bad Bill

1984- Good Girl Gone Bad
Jump

5150- Love Walks In
Good Enough

OU812- Cabo Wabo
Sucker In a 3 Piece Suit

F.U.C.K.- Top Of the World
A Apolitical Blues

Balance- Can't Stop Lovin You
Big Fat Money

VHIII- Without You
One I Want

:uhoh: :D :)

[Simonhead]

Dave Era: I love all songs, even the ones never released before.
Sammy Era: I can't stand "Best of Worst Worlds" and "Blargh! and Blue". Terrible tunes, IMHO.
Gary Era: I like all the songs, including "TWILY".

[Anonymous]

VH1
BEST-RW/ THE DEVIL
WORST-IM ON FIRE

vh2
BEST-DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY
WORST-NO GOOD

WC1ST
BEST-EVERYBODY WANTS SOME
WORST-LOSS OF CONTROL

FWARNING-
BEST- DIRTY MOVIES/HEAR ABOUT IT LATER(CAN'T DECIDE)
WORST-SUNDAY ......

DIVER DOWN
BEST-LITTLE GUITARS
WORST-ANY OF THOSE ANOYING DITTIES AT THE END

1984
BEST-PANAMA
WORST-JUMP

5150
BEST-SUMMER NIGHTS
WORST-THAT LOVE SONG

OU812
BEST-BLACK/BLUE
WORST-THAT LOVE SONG

f.U.C.K
BEST-RUNAROUND
WORST-JUDGEMENT DAY

BALANCE-
BEST-SEVENTH SEAL
WORST-DON'T TELL ME WHAT LOVE CAN DO

i'VE NEVER HEARD THE GARY STUFF

[Simonhead]

VHFORLIFE wrote:

i'VE NEVER HEARD THE GARY STUFF

If you got an open mind and wish to listen to a great album well recorded with good tunes and nice guitar solos, then you may find it all at "Van Halen 3". Everybody says a lot of stuffs about the production of that record, but "OU812" was their weakest point onto production level, IMHO.

[suebndave]

Simonhead, I agree with you about OU812, sounds like it was mixed in mud at times, especially the guitar tunes. I've heard that's why Ed didn't work with Don Landee after that album, as Don was the producer (actually he is given a "Recorded by" credit). That was part of the problem. The other part is that the guitar tunes just weren't that good, with the exception of Black & Blue. I also agree that productionwise, 3 sounds just fine to me. But I disagree in calling it great. I think it's spotty, some songs work, some songs don't. All this is IMHO of course.

[Simonhead]

suebndave wrote: Simonhead, I agree with you about OU812, sounds like it was mixed in mud at times, especially the guitar tunes. I've heard that's why Ed didn't work with Don Landee after that album, as Don was the producer (actually he is given a "Recorded by" credit). That was part of the problem. The other part is that the guitar tunes just weren't that good, with the exception of Black & Blue. I also agree that productionwise, 3 sounds just fine to me. But I disagree in calling it great. I think it's spotty, some songs work, some songs don't. All this is IMHO of course.

Thanks for your response, SuebnDave. Yeah, "OU 812" was produced by the band and Don, but specially by Eddie. Don Landee recorded them and he always took control over the console - that's one of the reason Eddie stopped working with him. Besides, the bass sound is awful; it is said it was recorded straight thru the board!
:eek:

[suebndave]

Mike's bass has always been buried in the mix, though he did sound great on For U.C.K. I think that was some of his best and most consistent work. I've read he didn't even play on III or the new tracks on Best of Both Worlds! Is that true?

[Simonhead]

That's true: the 3 new songs released with "BOBW" got the bass guitar recorded by Eddie Van Halen - Mike isn't even mentioned as co-author of those tracks.
For what I know about "Van Halen 3", Mike Anthony did a superb job on that record - just listen to "Without You", "One I Want" or "From Afar". Just a thought, but maybe Eddie helped him to create his bass lines.
I remember that I read on Guitar World that when they were recording "Fair Warning", they used little bass amplifiers to get a better sound. Later, they got Andy Johns producing "F.U.C.K." not only to get a different approach, but to get drums and bass sounding better (remember that Eddie reformed his studio in 1990). Andy Johns worked with Led Zeppelin and John Paul Jones is one of the main influences for Michael Anthony's playing. Andy Johns also helped Eddie learning how to record well... :thumb: