Track Listing

1. Where Have All the Good Times Gone!
2. Hang 'Em High
3. Cathedral
4. Secrets
5. Intruder
6. (Oh) Pretty Woman
7. Dancing in the Street
8. Little Guitars (Intro)
9. Little Guitars
10. Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)
11. Full Bug
12. Happy Trails

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6241 in Music
• Brand: Warner Brothers
• Released on: 2000-09-19
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Album Description
Japanese pressing. Reissue of 1982 original release has been remastered and comes in a standard jewel case. Warner. 2005.

Customer Reviews

The Great Overlooked Van Halen Album
The title of the review says it all. Diver Down is the great overlooked Van Halen album. In my opinion it's one of their best albums but for some reason it's just overlooked by everyone. It was a great followup to an even greater album, Fair Warning. Diver Down for the most part is half cover songs and half originals with some instrumentals thrown in. I'll review the cover songs first. The first cover on the album is of the Kinks' classic Where Have All the Good Times Gone?, the Mighty Van Halen's version blows the original away. The only hit from this album was the cover of Roy Orbison's (OH)Pretty Woman, they did a great version of this song also. They also cover the classic song Dancing in the Streets, a lot of people say this is their worst song but I thin they did an excellent job on the song, David Lee Roth sounds great. The last two covers on the album are strange ones indeed, the first one is called Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)it is a very slow ragtime sounding song, it features Jan Van Halen (Eddie and Aelx's father) on clarinet, then the song that closes the album is Happy Trails, the VH boys do a great song on this song also, the background vocals are great and Dave's voice fits the song. So that's the story on the cover songs, now the first original is called Hang em High. This song is typical early Van Halen and it's amazing. Great guitar riff and eccentric drumming by Alex. Cathedral is a short Eddie instrumental, then it goes into Secrets. It is a good song, very underrated. Little Guitars is without a doubt the best song on the album, and no doubt one of Van Halen's best. The song is very catchy and poppy. The last original on the album is The Full Bug, this is also one of the best Van Halen songs ever. There is a short acoustic intro before kicking into a great rocker. Everything about this album is great, any fan of great music should pick this up, don't listen to what everybody says, and don't overlook this masterpiece

I remember....
I remember when this album (not CD - vinyl album!) first came out. I was living in a 3rd floor walk-up in Boston, so broke that it took four of us to pay the rent with our part-time jobs - going to school full-time - and hanging out - lying on the floor mostly - listening to music. When Diver Down came out, we spent grocery money to get it! Who could resist Eddie's infectious smile, as his fingers raced over the frets? Who could ignore Diamond Dave's stratospheric leaps? So, we forked over the bucks - and we were in heaven! "Dance the Night Away" - "Pretty Woman" - "Where have all the Good Times Gone?" - to this day - some of my favorite songs of all time. And when they ended with a chorus of "Happy Trails" - we died... there, on the spot, we fell over with glee. An album of pure fun and masterful guitar - what more could you ever want?

Diver down, Van Halen Up!
I have to say that this album is a masterpiece. Perhaps more eclectic than other DLR era Vh albums, but just mentioning the singer, he really rocks on this one.
'Where have all the good times gone' is awesome classic rock, cover or no cover. 'Hang 'em high' is a great punk-ish sought of song and Cathedral is a fantastic instrumental intro for an underrated song called 'Secrets'. And 'intruders' is a haunting intro to 'Pretty Woman'.

'Dancing in the street' is really energetic and features some guitar pyrotechincs that reach an even greater level on 'Little guitars', one of the greatest songs ever! IMO. 'Big bad Bill is sweet William now' has a Louis Armstrong kind of sound and has humourous lyrics. Talent runs in the family? Jan Van Halen plays great clarinet work on that one. The 'Full Bug' rocks and 'Happy Trails' ends the album with a smile.
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