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Fair Warning is the fourth studio album by American rock band Van Halen. Released on April 29, 1981, by Warner Bros. Records , the album peaked at number 5 on the Billboard 200 , while the single "So This Is Love?"
A 2011 Rolling Stone reader's poll placed the song at number one on a list of the 10 best Van Halen songs. [3]Chuck Klosterman of Vulture.com named it the second-best Van Halen song, writing that it "merely feels like insatiable straight-ahead rock, but the lick is freaky, obliquely hovering above the foundation while the drums oscillate between two unrelated performance philosophies."
"So This Is Love?" is a rock song written by the group Van Halen for their 1981 album Fair Warning. It is one of four singles issued for the album, and is unique among Van Halen songs for being rooted in a swing beat. It peaked at number 110 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number 15 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
Van Halen (/ v æ n ˈ h eɪ l ə n / van HAY-len) was an American rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1973.Credited with restoring hard rock to the forefront of the music scene, [1] Van Halen was known for their energetic live performances [2] and the virtuosity of its guitarist, Eddie Van Halen.
Van Halen was an American hard rock band formed in Pasadena, California in 1972 by the Dutch-born American brothers Eddie Van Halen (guitar) and Alex Van Halen (drums), plus singer David Lee Roth and bassist Michael Anthony. The band's discography consists of 12 studio albums, two live albums, four compilation albums, and 56 singles.
The piece was a stylistic departure for Van Halen, [10] with a quite prowess that has been compared to Focus. [11] The lyrics to "Secrets" were inspired by greeting cards which Roth bought in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on the preceding tour. [8] Eddie Van Halen used a Gibson doubleneck 12-string for the song, played with a flatpick.
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Van Halen is the debut studio album by American rock band Van Halen, released on February 10, 1978, by Warner Bros. Records. Widely regarded as one of the greatest debut albums in rock music, [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] the album was a major commercial success, peaking at number 19 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart. [ 12 ]