Fair Warning

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Fair Warning
Studio album by Van Halen
Released	April 29, 1981
Recorded	1981
Genre	Hard rock Heavy metal
Length	30:58
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Producer	Ted Templeman
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Van Halen chronology
Women and Children First (1980) Fair Warning (1981) Diver Down (1982)

Fair Warning is the fourth studio album by American hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1981. Fair Warning only went 2x platinum,^[1] making it the least 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 lackluster sales. Also, unlike the previous 'party albums' the band released, this had a darker more brooding approach.

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Michael Anthony, David Lee Roth, Edward Van Halen and Alex Van Halen

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" – 1:59
9. "One Foot Out the Door" – 1:58

† denotes a single

[edit] Personnel

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Charts

[edit] Album

Billboard (North America)

[edit] Singles

Billboard (North America)

[edit] Notes