To celebrate the album, which came out 40 years ago, "Ultimate Classic Rock" asked their writers to discuss if this is actually the best album from Van Halen - check out their persuading dialogue!
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Van Halen's debut, we asked our writers to tackle five burning questions about this genre-redefining album. Is it their best album? What's the best song on it -- and, heaven forbid, if you had to take one track off from it, what would it be? Here's what they said.