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 7409 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 175.
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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 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 49/100 | 3 |
| 2025 |  paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 80/100 | 1 |
| 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 |
| 2022 | Highhopes | Top 35 Music Albums of 1991 | 31/35 | 1 |
| 2020 |  jnfbn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 73/100 | 1 |
| 2016 | iancrockert141 | Top 31 Music Albums of 1991 | 4/31 | 5 |
| 2016 |  Eastwood | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 56/100 | 2 |
| 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 | 4,440 | 33/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2023 05:05 | PapaShiz86 | 11,832 | 79/100 |
| ! | 01/19/2023 02:58 | Moondance | 20,894 | 72/100 |
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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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"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.
While most fans prefer Roth's first two solo albums to this one, this is actually my favorite Roth solo album.
jeremy9 09/30/2019 13:50 | #243233
This is my favourite Roth's album
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