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Van Halen III is the eleventh studio album
Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
 by American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 hard rock
Hard rock

Hard rock is a sub-genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock and psychedelic rock and is considerably harder than conventional rock music....
 band Van Halen
Van Halen

Van Halen is a hard rock band formed in in 1972. They enjoyed success from the release of their Van Halen in 1978. As of 2007 Van Halen has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide and have had the most number one hits on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart....
, released in 1998
1998 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1998....
. It is the only Van Halen album to feature Gary Cherone
Gary Cherone

Gary Cherone is an United States Rock music singer-songwriter. He is best known for his work with the rock group Extreme , as well as his short stint as the lead singer for Van Halen on the Van Halen III album and subsequent tour....
 on lead vocals, and is commonly said to be Van Halen's most unpopular album. No songs from it are featured on The Best of Both Worlds
The Best of Both Worlds (Van Halen album)

The Best of Both Worlds is a greatest hits album by United States hard rock band Van Halen, released in 2004 in music. The title "The Best of Both Worlds" references both their song of the same name, and the fact that the album has the greatest songs from their two main and successful vocalists David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar....
, the band's 2004 greatest hits compilation, and the album itself is not even listed on the band's discography.

The album's only significant radio hit was "Without You", which reached #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in the March 7, 1998 issue of Billboard, and remained at #1 for six weeks.






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Van Halen III is the eleventh studio album
Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
 by American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 hard rock
Hard rock

Hard rock is a sub-genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock and psychedelic rock and is considerably harder than conventional rock music....
 band Van Halen
Van Halen

Van Halen is a hard rock band formed in in 1972. They enjoyed success from the release of their Van Halen in 1978. As of 2007 Van Halen has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide and have had the most number one hits on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart....
, released in 1998
1998 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1998....
. It is the only Van Halen album to feature Gary Cherone
Gary Cherone

Gary Cherone is an United States Rock music singer-songwriter. He is best known for his work with the rock group Extreme , as well as his short stint as the lead singer for Van Halen on the Van Halen III album and subsequent tour....
 on lead vocals, and is commonly said to be Van Halen's most unpopular album. No songs from it are featured on The Best of Both Worlds
The Best of Both Worlds (Van Halen album)

The Best of Both Worlds is a greatest hits album by United States hard rock band Van Halen, released in 2004 in music. The title "The Best of Both Worlds" references both their song of the same name, and the fact that the album has the greatest songs from their two main and successful vocalists David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar....
, the band's 2004 greatest hits compilation, and the album itself is not even listed on the band's discography.

The album's only significant radio hit was "Without You", which reached #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in the March 7, 1998 issue of Billboard, and remained at #1 for six weeks. Other songs receiving airplay on rock radio were and "One I Want". The album's final song, "How Many Say I", was an unusual acoustic piano ballad featuring guitarist Eddie Van Halen (mostly) on lead vocals with Gary Cherone doing vocals with him at the chorus. "Year to the Day" is also featured. This is the longest Van Halen studio track, at 8 minutes and 47 seconds. Also, one particular song, "That's Why I Love You", from the VH3 sessions, was leaked to the public before the album went on sale, but the band's deeper appreciation for another song ("Josephina", named after Gary's mother) caused it to replace the former on the lineup and supposedly was the reason why the album release was postponed three more weeks. This album also contributed the song "Fire in the Hole" to the Lethal Weapon 4
Lethal Weapon 4

Lethal Weapon 4 is a 1998 in film buddy cop film action film-comedy film directed by Richard Donner and starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, Chris Rock and Jet Li....
 movie soundtrack.

Title

The album's title was a pun on the fact that this was Van Halen's third recorded line-up, and the band's first two albums having been titled Van Halen
Van Halen (album)

Van Halen is the eponymous debut album by United States hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1978 in music....
 and Van Halen II
Van Halen II

Van Halen II is the second album by United States hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1979 in music. The actual recording of the album took place less than a year after the release of the eponymous Van Halen album....
.

Track listing

All songs credited to Michael Anthony, Gary Cherone, Eddie Van Halen and Alex Van Halen. See 'personnel' for information on Anthony's questionable status within the band.

  1. "Neworld" – 1:51
  2. "Without You
    Without You (Van Halen song)

    "Without You" is a rock music song written by the group Van Halen for their 1998 album Van Halen III. It is one of three singles issued for the album, and peaked at #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, becoming their last single to do so....
    " – 6:37†
  3. "One I Want
    One I Want

    "One I Want" is a rock music song written by the group Van Halen for their 1998 album Van Halen III. It is one of three singles issued for the album....
    " – 5:35†
  4. "From Afar" – 5:29
  5. "Dirty Water Dog" – 5:33
  6. "Once" – 7:51
  7. "Fire in the Hole
    Fire in the hole

    "Fire in the hole" is a warning used in the United States, indicating that an explosive detonation in a confined space is imminent.It originated with mining, who needed to warn their fellows that a charge had been set....
    " – 5:37†
  8. "Josephina" – 5:48
  9. "Year to the Day" – 8:47
  10. "Primary" – 1:31
  11. "Ballot or the Bullet" – 5:48
  12. "How Many Say I" – 6:16


† denotes a single

Personnel

Band
  • Gary Cherone
    Gary Cherone

    Gary Cherone is an United States Rock music singer-songwriter. He is best known for his work with the rock group Extreme , as well as his short stint as the lead singer for Van Halen on the Van Halen III album and subsequent tour....
     - lead vocals
  • Eddie Van Halen
    Eddie Van Halen

    Edward Lodewijk "Eddie" Van Halen , is a Dutch-American guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter and music producer, most famous as the lead guitarist and co-founder of the hard rock band Van Halen....
     - guitar
    Guitar

    The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
    , keyboards
    Keyboard instrument

    A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include various types of organ s as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic musical instrument....
    , bass
    Bass guitar

    The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
    , backing vocals, lead vocals on "How Many Say I"
  • Michael Anthony - bass
    Bass guitar

    The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
    , backing vocals
  • Alex Van Halen
    Alex Van Halen

    Alexander Arthur Van Halen is a Dutch-American drummer and co-founder of the hard rock band Van Halen.Originally, his brother Eddie Van Halen had taken lessons for drums, while Alex practiced guitar....
     - percussion
    Percussion instrument

    A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound by being hit with an implement, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by any other action which sets the object into vibration....
    , drums
    Drum kit

    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbell s, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer....


Additional personnel
  • Matthew Bruck - guitar
    Guitar

    The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
  • Mike Post - piano
    Piano

    The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard instrument. Widely used in Western music for solo performance, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to musical composition and rehearsal....
     on Neworld


Michael Anthony revealed in an interview that he only played on three tracks (the three released singles: "Without You", "One I Want" and "Fire In The Hole") and that the rest of the album's bass work was performed by Eddie Van Halen. Anthony is still part of the shared songwriting credits, however (the band have always shared credits), and appeared on the videos to "Without You" and "Fire in the Hole".

No one has confirmed or denied Anthony's claims about his participation on the album. However, Anthony fell out of favor with the band and was not a part of the 2007 tour with David Lee Roth
David Lee Roth

David Lee Roth is an United States Rock and roll vocalist, songwriter, actor, author, and former radio personality, best known as the lead singer of Van Halen....
.

Production

  • Producers: Mike Post, Eddie Van Halen
  • Engineers: Erwin Musper, Eddie Van Halen
  • Mixing: The Edward, Robbes
  • Mastering: The Edward, Robbes, Eddy Schreyer
  • Programming: Florian Ammon, Ian Dye, Ed Rogers, Paul Wight
  • Art direction: Stine Schyberg
  • Photography: Dan Chavkin
  • Coloring: F. Scott Schafer


Charts


Album

Billboard (North America)
YearChartPosition
1998The Billboard 200 4
1998Top Canadian Albums4


Singles

Billboard (North America)
YearSingleChartPosition
1998"Fire in the Hole
Fire in the hole

"Fire in the hole" is a warning used in the United States, indicating that an explosive detonation in a confined space is imminent.It originated with mining, who needed to warn their fellows that a charge had been set....
"		Mainstream Rock Tracks6
1998"One I Want
One I Want

"One I Want" is a rock music song written by the group Van Halen for their 1998 album Van Halen III. It is one of three singles issued for the album....
"		Mainstream Rock Tracks27
1998"Without You
Without You (Van Halen song)

"Without You" is a rock music song written by the group Van Halen for their 1998 album Van Halen III. It is one of three singles issued for the album, and peaked at #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, becoming their last single to do so....
"		Mainstream Rock Tracks1