Fair Warning

Infobox Album |
Name = Fair Warning
Type = Album
Artist = Van Halen


Released = April 29, 1981
Recorded = 1981
Genre = Hard rock, heavy metal
Length = 30:58
Label = Warner Bros. Records
Producer = Ted Templeman
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0x6atra9klmx~T1 link] |
Last album = "Women and Children First" (1980)
This album = "Fair Warning" (1981)
Next album = "Diver Down" (1982)

"Fair Warning" is the fourth studio album by American hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1981. Fair Warning went 2x platinum, [http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH RIAA ] ] , which was disappointing compared to the sales of the band's previous albums, making it the least commercially successful album of the David Lee Roth years. The album featured a much more adventurous and progressive sound than most of their other albums, which may have been the cause of its disappointing sales. Also, unlike the previous 'party albums' the band released, this one had a darker and more brooding approach.

Track listing

All songs by Michael Anthony, David Lee Roth, Edward Van Halen and Alex Van Halen
#"Mean Street" – 5:00†
#""Dirty Movies"" – 4:08
#"Sinner's Swing!" – 3:09
#"Hear About It Later" – 4:35
#"Unchained" – 3:29†
#"Push Comes to Shove" – 3:49†
#"So This Is Love?" – 3:06†
#"Sunday Afternoon in the Park" – 1:59
#"One Foot Out the Door" – 1:58

† denotes a single

Personnel

*David Lee Roth - vocals
*Eddie Van Halen - guitar
*Michael Anthony - bass
*Alex Van Halen - drums

Production

*Producer: Ted Templeman
*Engineers: Donn Landee, Gene Meros
*Remastering: Chris Bellman, Gregg Geller
*Project coordinator: Jo Motta
*Art direction: Richard Seireeni
*Design: Pete Angelus
*Cover design: Pete Angelus
*Cover artwork: From "The Maze" by William Kurelek
*Photography: Greg Gorman, Neil Zlozower
*Inlay photography: Greg Gorman

Charts

Album

Billboard (North America)

ingles

Billboard (North America)

Notes