VAN HALEN

A Different Kind of Truth reunites Van Halen with David Lee Roth and brings the band’s thick riffs, bouncing rhythm and unruly vocal personality back to the front.

Van Halen III brings a new voice into the band and reaches toward wider song forms and longer developments than the group’s usual template.

Balance keeps Van Halen’s sense of lift while moving into a heavier, more reflective atmosphere.

For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge reduces the keyboard emphasis and puts Eddie Van Halen’s thick guitar riffs and the band’s live-feeling drive at the front.

OU812 expands Van Halen’s Sammy Hagar-era momentum through Eddie Van Halen’s inventive guitar and keyboards and Hagar’s open, powerful voice.

5150 introduces Sammy Hagar’s powerful, open-throated voice and gives Van Halen a new sense of lift.

1984 keeps Eddie Van Halen’s guitar revolution intact while bringing keyboards to the front and widening the band’s reach.

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Fair Warning keeps Van Halen’s sense of flash and fun but steps into darker, tighter guitar territory.

Women and Children First finds Van Halen relying entirely on its own songs and pushing through with force and personality.

Van Halen II keeps the explosive charge of the debut while placing more open melodies, lighter hooks and a buoyant party spirit at the center.

Van Halen is a debut from 1978 that already presents the group with near-finished force.