Is Van Halen's First Album Their Best? (Ultimate Classic Rock)

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Van Halen's debut, the writers at Ultimate Classic Rock tackle five burning questions about this genre-redefining album. Is it their best album? What's the best song on it -- and, heaven forbid, if you had to take one track off from it, what would it be? Here's what they said.

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Ultimate Classic Rock's Van Halen Albums, Ranked Worst to Best

Unlike most bands that have managed to stick around for decades, there’s no real consensus on the Van Halen catalog; for most fans, how you rank the band’s records has a lot to do with which side you’re on in the David Lee Roth vs. Sammy Hagar debate, and putting together a fair Worst to Best list that takes into account each lineup’s separate strengths is easier said than done.

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Are Van Halen Mixing a New Album? (Ultimate Classic Rock)

If the rumors are true — and there is now some serious doubt — then we may be hearing a new Van Halen album sometime real soon. 

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New Van Halen Album Rumors Continue (Ultimate Classic Rock)

David Lee Roth recently let slip that Van Halen is working on a follow-up to 2012′s ‘A Different Kind of Truth,’ and although he cautioned fans they’d have to wait awhile, it sounds like the band is making real progress.

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