For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
Studio album by Van Halen
Released	June 18, 1991
Recorded	1990
Genre	Hard rock
Length	52:08
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Andy Johns, Ted Templeman, Van Halen
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone link
Van Halen chronology
OU812 (1988) For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (1991) Live: Right Here, Right Now (1993)

For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (also known as F.U.C.K.) is the ninth album by the American hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1991. The album's title came from lead singer Sammy Hagar, who wanted to push the issue of censorship with naming Van Halen's album with a vulgarity, "That's when censorship was a big issue. I wanted to name the album just Fuck."^[1] Hagar eventually backed away from the outright vulgarity after he was (mis)informed by his friend, former world lightweight boxing champion Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini, that the word "fuck" was an acronym for the phrase "For unlawful carnal knowledge."^[1] Cover for album For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge by Van Halen. ... A studio album is a collection of previously unreleased, studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... Van Halen is an American hard rock band formed in the 1970s. ... is the 169th day of the year (170th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Hard rock is a variation of rock and roll music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage and psychedelic rock. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Warner Bros. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Andy Johns, younger brother of famous Olympic Studios engineer Glyn Johns and uncle of Kings of Leon and Ryan Adams producer Ethan Johns (son of Glyn Johns) is a prolific engineer and producer. ... Ted Templeman (born October 24, 1944) is an influential American record producer. ... Van Halen is an American hard rock band formed in the 1970s. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 2. ... This article is about the magazine. ... Image File history File links 2_stars. ... Van Halen is an American hard rock band formed in the 1970s. ... OU812 is the eighth album by American hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1988. ... Live: Right Here, Right Now is the first live album by American hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1993 (see 1993 in music). ... An album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. ... Hard rock is a variation of rock and roll music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage and psychedelic rock. ... Van Halen is an American hard rock band formed in the 1970s. ... See also: 1991 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1991 Record labels established in 1991 // 1991 was the year that grunge music made its popular breakthrough. ... Samuel Roy Hagar (born October 13, 1947 in Monterey, California, USA), better known as Sammy Hagar (aka The Red Rocker), is an American rock guitarist, singer, and composer. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Ray Mancini (born March 4, 1961) is an Italian American former boxer from the south side of Youngstown, Ohio. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Backronym and Apronym (Discuss) Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations, such as NATO, laser, and ABC, written as the initial letter or letters of words, and pronounced on the basis of this abbreviated written form. ...

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Track listing

all songs by Michael Anthony, Sammy Hagar, David Lee Roth, Edward Van Halen and Alex Van Halen

1. "Poundcake" – 5:22
2. "Judgement Day" – 4:41
3. "Spanked" – 4:53
4. "Runaround" – 4:21
5. "Pleasure Dome" – 6:57
6. "In 'n' Out" – 6:05
7. "Man on a Mission" – 5:04
8. "The Dream Is Over" – 4:00
9. "Right Now" – 5:21
10. "316" – 1:29
11. "Top of the World" – 3:55

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Personnel

Band

• David Lee Roth - lead vocals, keyboards
• Eddie Van Halen - lead guitar, background vocals
• Sammy Hagar - rhythm guitar, background vocals
• Michael Anthony - bass, background vocals
• Alex Van Halen - drums, percussion

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Production

• Producers: Andy Johns, Ted Templeman, Van Halen
• Engineers: Lee Herschberg, Andy Johns, Michael Scott, Mike Scott
• Mixing: Andy Johns, Michael Scott, Ted Templeman
• Art direction: Jeri Heiden
• Photography: David Seltzer, Glen Wexler

Miscellanea

• The opening riff of "Pleasure Dome" is highly similar, and most likely an homage to a prominent guitar line in the Rush song "Xanadu," which is about the fabled "pleasure dome" of Mongol/Chinese emperor Kublai Khan.

• The guitar instrumental "316" is named in honor of Edward's son Wolfgang Van Halen, whose birthday is March 16th.

• "Right Now" was used by Pepsi in their TV ads to introduce Crystal Pepsi.

• The song "Poundcake" actually uses an Electric drill as a musical instrument. In concert, Eddie Van Halen often slides the rotating drill up and down the fret board.

• At the beginning of "Poundcake" you can hear band members talking before the song begins.

• The primary guitar riff for "Top Of The World" originated years before, and can be heard at the end of 1984's #1 track, "Jump".

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Charts

Album

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Singles

Billboard (North America)

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Awards

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The Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance has been awarded since 1990. ...

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Rosen, Craig. The Billboard Book of Number One Albums. Billboard Books, 1996 ISBN 0-8230-7586-9