Battle of the Classic Rock Albums day 6: VAN HALEN I vs BACK IN BLACK

[JeanGary Diablo]

Here's a tough one.

Going to have to use some @Sonic Temple methodology here.

Runnin' with the Devil / Hells Bells*
Eruption* / Shoot to Thrill
You Really Got Me* / What Do You Do for Money Honey
Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love* / Givin the Dog a Bone
I'm the One / Let Me Put My Love into You*
Jamie's Cryin' / Back in Black*
Atomic Punk / You Shook Me All Night Long*
Feel Your Love Tonight / Have a Drink on Me*
Little Dreamer / Shake a Leg*
Ice Cream Man / Rock 'n' Roll Ain't Noise Pollution*

Asterisk (*) denotes the track I prefer

Back and Black for the win, 6-4.

 

[Sonic Temple]

Nice one.

Runnin' with the Devil vs Hells Bells
Eruption vs Shoot to Thrill
You Really Got Me vs What Do You Do for Money Honey
Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love vs Givin the Dog a Bone
I'm the One / Let Me Put My Love into You
Jamie's Cryin' vs Back in Black
Atomic Punk vs You Shook Me All Night Long
Feel Your Love Tonight vs Have a Drink on Me
Little Dreamer vs Shake a Leg
Ice Cream Man vs Rock 'n' Roll Ain't Noise Pollution

Winner AC DC
8-2

 

[countd]

Love Van Halen, too bad Eddie is gone, saw ACDC back in the day at the SARS concert thought they outperformed the Stones, I declare a tie!

 

[Insidious Von]

Van Halen Eternae...prime Gonad the Barbarian is unstoppable.

The albums came out on different years how about one year 1968:

The Beatles - The White Album, The Stones - Beggar's Banquet, Cream - Wheels of Fire.

 

[jeff2]

Van Halen mostly turned into plastic after the first album and then just got annoying. Although maybe you can also say that about AC/DC after Back in Black.
I like their Kink's covers and Eruption.
I will give it to Back in Black.

 

[Robert Mugabe]

Van Halen. Unchallengeable
Although Back in Black was good.

 

[The Oracle]

Back In Black takes this..

 

[tml]

Back in Black.The strongest rock album from beginning to end.

 

[massman]

Solely based on Eddie’s virtuosity, nothing like it had ever been heard before, VH1 has to take this.

 

[JeanGary Diablo]

Solely based on Eddie’s virtuosity, nothing like it had ever been heard before, VH1 has to take this.

I think VH1 is one of the best, if not the best, debut album by a band. It was going to be hard for them to top this one and, with the possible exception of 1984, I don't think they ever did.

They were pretty unstable as a band, though, with Roth and EVH butting heads constantly. Eddie wanted a band that wrote their own material and experimented with different with instruments. Roth basically wanted them to be a cover band, which is exactly why there were so many cover songs on their early LPs.

 

[Jubee]

VH1 is good, but Back in Black is goood.