Van Halen - Fair Warning
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Artist: Van HalenEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2000-09-19
Music Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Mean Street
- "Dirty Movies"
- Sinner's Swing!
- Hear About It Later
- Unchained
- Push Comes to Shove
- So This Is Love?
- Sunday Afternoon in the Park
- One Foot out the Door
Music reviews of Fair Warning
Music Review: Fair Warning: Prepare to be delightfully surprised by Van Halen.
Rating: 4 Stars
I say prepare to be surprised, for I am not a devout fan of 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. 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.
Description of Fair Warning
Japanese pressing. Reissue of 1981 original release has been remastered and comes in a standard jewel case. Warner. 2005.Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) CDs
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