Rate your Van HAlen and etc......cds

[Abitaman]

VAN HALEN
The Beginning C
Van Halen B+
Van HAlen 11 C- ( No longer have this cd, do not care for it)
FAir Warning D- (This cd is gone too, can not stand it)
Women and Children First B+
Diver Down B-
1984 A
Live in 1984 C+ (Playing is sloppy)
Die Laughing C- (Good sounding cd, the band sounds bad)
5150 A
Live Without a Net A-
OU812 B+
For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge C (songs sound better live, production hurt this cd)
Live in the Pleasure Dome B-
Live Right Here, Right Now B+
Balance B+
Loud and Balanced A-
Volume 1 C+ (Not a good mixture of the best of Van HAlen)
3 B (Not as bad as I thought it would be)
3 Live (Where is Sammy and David when you need them)
VH - (just got)
Unreleased - (just got)
Van Hagar reunion B (going thru the motions)
Got some from new tour have yet to listen too...

DAVID LEE ROTH (had all his solo cds now just the ones below. Eat...was a A-, Sky was a B, and A Little C-, David Lee Roth Band an F+)

The Best A
The Best 2 A
Who Threw That Bottle B- (funny moments, David should quit singing and do stand up. Poor sound)
Gone Crazy C+ (Poor sound)

SAMMY HAGAR
3 Lock Box B
Standing Hampton A-
Through the Fire C- (HSAS)
VOA B+
VOA Tour B
Sammy Hagar A (My favorite, later retitled Never Say Goodbye)
The Best of B (early years)
Unboxed A- (Giffen years)
Anthology B+
Marching to Mars B+
The Red Rocker at Red Rocks B (Sammy has straph and gets booed for dissing Van HAlen)
Red Voodoo C+
Live in LAs Vegas B-
Ten 13 B
Live Voodoo B
Not 4 Sale A-
Hallelujah A (One of my favorite live cds)
The Other Half B (Sammy and Micheal Anthony live)
The Red Collection A
Livin it Up A-
Pacific Cooler - (have not listened to yet)
Live with Mad Anthony Express -


How do rate yours?

[sniper16]

i cant believe you dont like VH2 thier best.
VH2
VH1
1984
F>U>C>K
5150
Women and children
balance
fair warning
diver down
0u812

DLR:
eat em
skyscraper
a little
crazy
your filthy
dlr band

hagar
standing hampton
voa
3 lock box
HSAS
SH
red
ten 13
lump all the others

[dabstudio]

VAN HALEN I - A+ (introduced the world to the guitar mastery of EVH, the best hard rock debut album)
VAN HALEN II - B (nice followup)
WOMEN & CHILDREN FIRST - B (good guitar songs)
FAIR WARNING - C- (only a couple of good songs)
DIVER DOWN - D (worst DLR era album, 5 covers songs, where are the guitars)
1984 - A (regained the top of rock world + addition of keyboards)

5150 - A (showed the world that VH could move ahead with Sammy Hagar in fold)
OU812 - B (good songs, i liked this album & tour)
F.U.C.K. - B- (some weak songs)
BALANCE - C+ (the band is hurting now)

VAN HALEN III - D (W.T.F. were they thinking with bringing in Gary Cherone)

[BRETT5150]

VH - A - (One of the best debuts ever)
VHII - B - (Great follow up, but not as strong)
WACF - C+ - (Some good songs)
FW - A - (Dark, heavy, and very good)
DD - C - (Too many covers)
1984 - A - (Daves swansong....at that point)

5150 - A+ (Essential, in my book. Sammy is the greatest)
OU812 - B+ (Great material, but poor production)
F.U.C.K - A - (Great "live" sounding album)
Balance - A - (Dark, geat production)

VH3 - D - (A bad idea all around)

[X factor]

Gotta say II is my favorite, followed closely by I and 5150.
And say what you will about Fair Warning, MEAN STREET , UNCHAINED, DIRTY MOVIES, and SO THIS IS LOVE are four of thier finest songs and absolutely DESTROY anything on VH 3- what a steaming turd THAT thing was!

[mikemarrs]

i'll rate the dave era.....

van halen 1---A+

van halen 2---B

women and children first---B-

fair warning---B-

diver down---C-

1984---A+

[mikemarrs]

now the sammy era...

5150---A

OU812---C

F.U.C.K.---A

balance---B