CONTACT, VOLBEAT Announces 'Hokus Bonus' Release For 'Record Store Day' Black Friday, ACE FREHLEY To Release 'Space Truckin'' Picture Disc EP For 'Record Store Day', FATES WARNING Releases Lyric Video For New Single 'Now Comes The Rain', STONE TEMPLE PILOTS To Perform Entire 'Purple' Album During Livestream Event. Dark Victory: Billy Corgan assesses his favorite Van Halen album, Fair Warning. BLABBERMOUTH.NET ), the working title for this song was “Hit The Ground Running”. At $14 this is one of the finest 180g reissues that I own. riff dimming the already dark tone even more. Band is awesome. A solid piece of music history at a great price... What's the point of remastering a SECOND time? I bought this album when it was released and was blown away by the approach - although similar to the previous album (Women and Children First) having all original tracks, it was much darker. Truth is, these recordings were made for analog moments like this. Please try your request again later. The vinyl itself is well pressed, high quality and dead quiet. and This album has some fantastic playing, writing and hooks on it. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends). The first 4 Van Halen projects were just fantastic recordings in the first place so the remaster just kicked the clarity up a notch. This is the first of the VH vinyl reissues that I decided to try and am greatly amazed at the attention detail put into this project. shows why Eddie is the riff and rhythm king. I'm a sound snob too! When Van Halen released their album 1984, they crossed over to the pop realm, but Fair Warning (released in 1981, the same year Eddie Van Halen married Valerie Bertinelli) was very much a rock album. You can also send an e-mail to blabbermouthinbox(@)gmail.com with pertinent details. DJ Shadow take note! If you think the sound is improved, go for it, but my ears don't. Fair Warning has always been my favorite of all of the VH projects. The band is on fire and there's even a proto-trip hop track thrown in for good measure in the shape of Sunday Afternoon In The Park. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Vocalist David Lee Roth's working title for the song was "Hit the Ground Running". Just another Van Halen CD not a good re-master, Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2018.