Diver Down
by Van Halen
- Type: Album
- Released: 14 April 1982
- Label: Warner Bros.
- Country: United States
- Length: 31:18
- Community rating: 3.09/5 from 3 ratings
Artists on this release: Milton Ager, Michael Anthony, Ray Davies, Roy Orbison, Bill Dees, Dale Evans, Marvin Gaye, Ivy Jo Hunter, William Stevenson, Jack Yellen, David Lee Roth
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Largely composed of incredibly energetic cover songs and brief instrumental interludes, Van Halen's fifth album was rushed into production but proved massively successful. 'Diver Down' perfectly highlights Eddie Van Halen's virtuosic, playful guitar techniques and David Lee Roth's charismatic humor, offering a fiercely melodic, highly eclectic hard rock party.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, party, rhythmic
Tracklist
- Where Have All the Good Times Gone! (3:04)
- Hang 'em High (3:28)
- Cathedral (1:23)
- Secrets (3:25)
- Intruder (1:39)
- (Oh) Pretty Woman (2:52)
- Dancing in the Street (3:45)
- Little Guitars (Intro) (0:42)
- Little Guitars (3:47)
- Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now) (2:44)
- The Full Bug (3:19)
- Happy Trails (1:05)
Credits
- Van Halen - primary artist, clarinet, written-by, membranophone, guitar, background vocals vocal
- Pete Angelus - art direction [art director]
- Richard Seireeni - art direction [art director]
- Donn Landee - engineer
- Ken Deane - engineer [second], engineer
- Noel E. Monk - management [personal management]
- Michael Marks - photography by
- Neil Zlozower - photography by
- Richard E. Aaron - photography by
- Ted Templeman - producer
- Joan Vallejo - production manager [production coordinator]
- Bill Dees - written-by
- Dale Evans - written-by
- David Lee Roth - written-by, vocal
- Ivy Jo Hunter - written-by
- Jack Yellen - written-by
- Marvin Gaye - written-by
- Michael Anthony - written-by, bass guitar, background vocals vocal
- Milton Ager - written-by
- Ray Davies - written-by
- Roy Orbison - written-by
- William Stevenson - written-by