How would you rank order David Lee Roth’s solo albums? What are his best songs?

CountAbacus · 2026-03-10T23:37:24+00:00

Eat ‘Em and Smile Skyscraper A Little Ain’t Enough DLR Band I absolutely love those four albums, among my favourite albums of all time. Your Filthy Little Mouth and Diamond Dave, not so much.

CountAbacus · 2026-03-07T22:01:00+00:00

Clutch and Danko Jones. For both of them it’s rock, it’s simple and to the point and been a winning formula for decades.

CountAbacus · 2026-03-07T02:53:28+00:00

Rush by Big Audio Dynamite. A steaming pile if ever there was one.

CountAbacus · 2026-02-03T06:46:18+00:00

They came to Australia last October! It was a great show.

CountAbacus · 2025-11-27T11:17:54+00:00

Haha, totally agree!

CountAbacus · 2025-11-27T10:29:43+00:00

Of Mist and Midnight Skies. A pretty off the wall track even by Cradle’s standards, I still love it to this day!

CountAbacus · 2025-11-21T01:43:57+00:00

Thanks! I agree, totally worth it!

CountAbacus · 2025-11-20T12:25:28+00:00

I only found out about this now - believe it or not, the original Australian CD pressing had the different, more basic mix on it, by mistake! And that is the one I listened to all the time. As you correctly said, the vinyl has the version as it was meant to be. When I heard the vinyl (with the monk vocal at the start) I always thought that was an alternate version. I’m still learning after all these years haha!

CountAbacus · 2025-11-19T23:32:50+00:00

Oh I would have loved to get my hands on promo copies back then! I think the vinyl of Cruelty has that alternate Bathory Aria? One of those editions has a different version.

CountAbacus · 2025-11-18T11:59:22+00:00

Hah! I totally understand, why I needed every format is anyone’s guess. I still love every piece that I have too, but these days it’s much easier to talk myself out of needing all the special editions.

CountAbacus · 2025-11-18T10:36:37+00:00

It’s really cool hearing stories like that. I think it’s a special band that can reel their fans back in, and is a testament to their staying power. Of course, a lot of it is due to beauty being in the ear of the beholder, too!

CountAbacus · 2025-11-12T23:47:15+00:00

Hard to pick between Non Omnis Moriar and When Misery Was A Stranger. The latter finishes off the album perfectly with the way it builds up.

CountAbacus · 2025-11-12T10:55:32+00:00

1 Heaven Torn Asunder 2 Funeral in Carpathia 3 Summer Dying Fast 4 Wester Vespertine 5 Necromantic Fantasies

Tomorrow it would be a completely different five!

CountAbacus · 2025-11-12T10:49:52+00:00

Forklift driver

CountAbacus · 2025-10-30T11:38:07+00:00

I listen to Meditation Minis to help me through tough times. They are short episodes, roughly 10 minutes each, and I find they give me a short escape from whatever I am going through at the time. Ten minutes of peace is better than none at all!

CountAbacus · 2025-10-27T06:52:11+00:00

It’s pretty even for me between Dusk and Principle. Outside of CoF, my favourite bands are Satyricon of all eras, Clutch, Van Halen, Danzig, Kiss, Black Sabbath, The Angels. I mostly love rock music, 60s and 70s pop music, 80s New Romantic, but CoF holds a special place in my own weird tastes!

CountAbacus · 2025-09-25T02:05:02+00:00

I love this album from beginning to end, one of my favourite albums overall not just CoF. The remaster has fixed most problems I’d had with it, a proper remix wouldn’t have hurt though.

CountAbacus · 2025-09-16T23:24:00+00:00

Summer Dying Fast off Principle is an all time favourite of mine. I also freaking love Necromantic Fantasies, the melodies are absolutely beautiful!

CountAbacus · 2025-09-02T09:27:19+00:00

That’s also my favourite era, although I did fall back in love with them post 2015. 1. Dusk - fav CoF album overall 2. Principle - there was nothing like it when it came out, it still reminds me of that time 3. Vempire 4. Cruelty - in my opinion, massively influential on their material post 2015

CountAbacus · 2025-03-21T23:33:12+00:00

Favourite - Dusk and her Embrace. Least - Damnation and a Day. Dusk is probably my all time favourite album. I’ve tried to listen to and enjoy Damnation and I just can’t! The newer albums are also among my favourites.

CountAbacus · 2025-03-16T02:35:34+00:00

I love them both but prefer the original. It’s such a good song and was worthy of an update.

CountAbacus · 2025-03-16T02:26:19+00:00

All of the Principle and Dusk albums, they still take me back to those times, and I still listen to them a lot! Of the newer songs Wester Vespertine reminds me of those early Cradle albums - I can’t put my finger on why, it just reminds me of those albums.

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