A Little Ain't Enough
by David Lee Roth
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David Lee Roth bestography
A Little Ain't Enough is ranked 3rd best out of 8 albums by David Lee Roth on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by David Lee Roth is Skyscraper which is ranked number 7315 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 177.
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A Little Ain't Enough track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
A Little Ain't Enough rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | mrfloosak | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 30/100 | 4 |
| 2025 |  paladisiac | top 60r albums (61), #0101-0200* | 41/95 | - |
| 2025 | paladisiac | 1990s 60rating (61), #0001-0100* | 20/38 | - |
| 2025 |  MetalMan67 | Top 70 Music Albums of 1991 | 31/70 | 3 |
| 2025 | paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 80/100 | 1 |
| 2025 |  jeremy9 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 49/100 | 3 |
| 2022 | Highhopes | Top 35 Music Albums of 1991 | 31/35 | 1 |
| 2020 |  jnfbn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 73/100 | 1 |
| 2016 |  Eastwood | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 56/100 | 2 |
| 2016 | iancrockert141 | Top 31 Music Albums of 1991 | 4/31 | 5 |
| 2015 | vancevisuals | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 56/100 | 9 |
| 2013 |  ~SMiLE~ | Top 30 Music Albums of 1991 | 23/30 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 12 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 29 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/22/2024 04:52 | Proto | 4,237 | 33/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2023 05:05 | PapaShiz86 | 11,612 | 79/100 |
| ! | 01/19/2023 02:58 | Moondance | 20,791 | 72/100 |
| ! | 06/27/2022 13:04 | MetalMan67 | 6,195 | 71/100 |
| ! | 02/25/2022 18:18 | AdrianW | 190 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.4/100, a mean average of 74.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.4.
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jeremy9 09/30/2019 13:50 | #243233
This is my favourite Roth's album
While most fans prefer Roth's first two solo albums to this one, this is actually my favorite Roth solo album.
"A Little Ain't Enough" (1991, US #18; UK #4) is, essentially, a blues/rock party album for fans that disliked the adventurous, majestic-sounding "Skyscraper."
It has aged well thanks to its bluesy base, and Bob Rock's relatively raw production - relative to the era in which it was recorded - but for David Lee Roth, "A Little Ain't Enough" is a downright conservative album that mines the same musical vein as Aerosmith's "Get A Grip," and classicist blues ideas, a la The Rolling Stones "Voodoo Lounge."
David Lee Roth doesn't completely forsake the genre-fusing that made Van Halen 'the great American band' of the late '70s - mid-'80s: "Drop In The Bucket" incorporates gospel and is the album's highlight, while "It's Showtime" has a boogie that makes "Hot For Teacher" sound comparatively sedate. That said, aside from these two songs, the title track, and the sarcastic blues of "Sensible Shoes," the other 2/3 of the album doesn't feature enough memorable moments or hooks.
"A Little Ain't Enough" being Roth's first inconsistent LP, changing musical trends, and 19 year-old guitar prodigy Jason Becker's ALS diagnosis - and subsequent inability to tour and record new music with David Lee Roth - hasted a popularity decline that sent Roth wandering through the musical wilderness for approximately a decade.
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