Fair Warning (Van Halen album)

Fair Warning
The album cover is taken from a painting by William Kurelek.
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 29, 1981 (1981-04-29)
RecordedMarch–April 1981
StudioSunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California
Genre
Length31:11
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerTed Templeman
Van Halen chronology
Women and Children First
(1980)
Fair Warning
(1981)
Diver Down
(1982)
Singles from Fair Warning
  1. "So This Is Love?"
    Released: June 1981 (US)
  2. "Unchained"
    Released: July 1981 (Europe)
  3. "Mean Street"
    Released: 1981 (Europe)
  4. "Hear About It Later"
    Released: 1981 (NL)

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?" failed to reach Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 110 on the Bubbling-Under list. The album sold more than two million copies in the United States, but was still the band's slowest-selling album of the David Lee Roth era. Despite the album's commercially disappointing sales, Fair Warning was met with mostly positive reviews from critics. It was listed by Esquire as one of the "75 Albums Every Man Should Own".