Fair Warning
Fair Warning keeps Van Halen’s sense of flash and fun but steps into darker, tighter guitar territory.
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Track List
- 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
Liner Notes
Fair Warning is the fourth album on which VAN HALEN, while keeping their light party feel, stepped into a darker, more tense guitar sound. Eddie Van Halen shows vivid technique while building riffs and tones that dominate the songs’ whole air. It is a record on which the band’s shadow side is reflected more strongly than ever.
On the tense intro of “Mean Street” and the powerful riff of “Unchained,” over the thick groove of Alex Van Halen and Michael Anthony, David Lee Roth’s voice dances provocatively. Songs like “Dirty Movies,” “Sinner's Swing!” and “So This Is Love?” breathe the band’s full playing too. Reflecting with deep shadow the dangerous appeal behind the flash, it is a hidden masterpiece supported by many fans and musicians.