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• Mastering engineer Chris Bellman, who remastered the original albums at Bernie Grundman Mastering Studios, was enlisted for this new version of Fair Warning. In order to produce the original sound the band intended, Bellman cut straight from the quarter-inch tapes.

  Arguably their finest album (some give the nod to the debut), Fair Warning, the bands fourth, presents every lovable facet of Van Halen in one quick package. From the opening blitzkrieg riff of Mean Street to the manic panic rumble of One Foot Out the Door, its all here: David Lee Roths hilarious, incoherent ramblings and gratuitous screeches, Eddie Van Halens gold standard avant-garde-heavy metal fretwork, and the rhythm sections loose and tight groove that meshes behind-the-beat funk with hard rocks cataclysmic wallop.

  The songs are particularly strong. The arrogant swagger of “Sinners Swing!, the heart-dropping melodicism of Eddies guitarwork throughout Hear About it Later, the tongue-in-cheek taunting at the heart of Unchained, and the simple, haunting synthesizer churn of Sunday Afternoon in the Park, this is rock ‘n roll as one breathless rollercoaster ride. With the absence of a hit single, it is sometimes overlooked, but rest assured Fair Warning is one of the most original and exciting releases of the 1980s.

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• Artist: Van Halen Label: Warner Records Format: LP Units: 1 Country: Worldwide Genre: Metal Style: Hard Rock

• A1 Mean Street
  A2 “Dirty Movies”
  A3 Sinner’S Swing!
  A4 Hear About It Later
  B1 Unchained
  B2 Push Comes To Shove
  B3 So This Is Love?
  B4 Sunday Afternoon In The Park
  B5 One Foot Out The Door