Women and Children First

For other uses, see Women and children first (disambiguation).

Women and Children First
The band members posing together and leaning in toward the camera at a worm's eye view
Studio album by
Van Halen
ReleasedMarch 26, 1980 (1980-03-26)
RecordedDecember 1979 – February 1980
StudioSunset Sound, Hollywood, California
Genre
Length33:35
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerTed Templeman
Van Halen chronology
Van Halen II
(1979) 		Women and Children First
(1980) 		Fair Warning
(1981)
Singles from Women and Children First
  1. "And the Cradle Will Rock..."
    Released: April 1980

Women and Children First is the third studio album by American rock band Van Halen, released on March 26, 1980, on Warner Bros. Records. Produced by Ted Templeman and engineered by Donn Landee, it was the first Van Halen album not to feature any cover songs, and is described by critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine as "[the] record where the group started to get heavier, both sonically and, to a lesser extent, thematically."[1]

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