| Fair Warning | |||||
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| Studio album by Van Halen | |||||
| Released | April 29, 1981 | ||||
| Recorded | 1981 | ||||
| Genre | Hard rock Heavy metal |
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| Length | 30:58 | ||||
| Label | Warner Bros. Records | ||||
| Producer | Ted Templeman | ||||
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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.
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Track listing
All songs by Michael Anthony, David Lee Roth, Edward Van Halen and Alex Van Halen
- "Mean Street" – 5:00†
- "Dirty Movies" – 4:08
- "Sinner's Swing!" – 3:09
- "Hear About It Later" – 4:35
- "Unchained" – 3:29†
- "Push Comes to Shove" – 3:49†
- "So This Is Love?" – 3:06†
- "Sunday Afternoon in the Park" – 1:59
- "One Foot Out the Door" – 1:58
† denotes a single
Personnel
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
Charts
Album
Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1981 | Pop Albums | 5 |
Singles
Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1981 | "So This Is Love?" | Mainstream Rock | 15 |
| 1981 | "Mean Street" | Mainstream Rock | 12 |
| 1981 | "Push Comes to Shove" | Mainstream Rock | 29 |
| 1981 | "Unchained" | Mainstream Rock | 13 |
