Van Halen: Women and Children First vs Fair Warning

[Lynch]

The two "middle" albums of the original David Lee Roth era of Van Halen going head to head. Which album do you like more?


Women and Children First (1980)





Track listing:

1. "And the Cradle Will Rock..." – 3:31
2. "Everybody Wants Some!!" – 5:05
3. "Fools" – 5:55
4. "Romeo Delight" – 4:19
5. "Tora! Tora!" – 0:57
6. "Loss of Control" – 2:36
7. "Take Your Whiskey Home" – 3:09
8. "Could This Be Magic?" – 3:08
9. "In a Simple Rhyme" – 4:33

~vs~

Fair Warning (1981)




Track listing:

1. "Mean Street" – 5:00
2. "Dirty Movies" – 4:08
3. "Sinner's Swing!" – 3:09
4. "Hear About It Later" – 4:35
5. "Unchained" – 3:29
6. "Push Comes to Shove" – 3:49
7. "So This Is Love?" – 3:06
8. "Sunday Afternoon in the Park" (Instrumental) – 1:59
9. "One Foot out the Door" – 1:58

 

[gcczep]

Fair Warning "rocked" more to me...

 

[Lynch]

Interesting side note: of the first 5 albums that Van Halen released, only these two were fully written by the guys in the band. I, II and Diver Down all had at least 1 cover tune on them.

 

[That 70s Guy]

Women and Children First

 

[hawk11]

Fair Warning

 

[LG]

Tough choice, my favorite song off both these albums is And The Cradle Will Rock...but I'll have to take Fair Warning as an overall stronger album.

Very close call though.

 

[OzzyVanHalen]

This is a tough one
i like both very much and listen to both of these albums constantly
im going with Fair Warning on this one

 

[Lynch]

I'm still not sure how to vote for this one (and I made the dang poll). I like both of these albums pretty much equally. I might have to listen to each album back-to-back before I could give an honest vote.

 

[Magic]

Women and Children First.

 

[DaKillerWolf]

Somebody said ....fair warning