A Little Ain't Enough

A Little Ain't Enough
Studio album by David Lee Roth
Released	January 15, 1991
Recorded	1990
Genre	Hard rock
Length	53:12
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Bob Rock
David Lee Roth chronology
Skyscraper (1988) A Little Ain't Enough (1991) Your Filthy Little Mouth (1994)

A Little Ain't Enough is the third full-length album by David Lee Roth (of Van Halen), released in 1991. It was certified gold on April 11, 1991. Produced by Bob Rock, the album featured the lead guitar work of Jason Becker, a then up-and-coming guitarist who was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, aka Lou Gehrig's Disease) a week after joining the band. He managed to finish recording the album, but was unable to tour in support of the album, as his condition left him with little strength in his hands.

Sales of the album were helped by the controversy surrounding the promotional music video released for the album's first single, 'A Lil' Ain't Enough'; featuring barely dressed women and oddly dressed little people, the video was banned from MTV shortly after its initial airing.

The album is seen as the beginning of Roth's commercial decline, as there was a drop-off in sales from his prior two albums. Timing is seen as a factor in the album not selling as successfully as his prior works. Within a year of the album's release, the Seattle grunge movement had created a sea-change in rock, and Roth's brand of hard-rock was considered, by mainstream audiences, as obsolete. Still, A Little Ain't Enough is something of a fan-favorite and many view it as his most under appreciated album. Although A Little Ain't Enough went out of print on the Warner Bros. label in 1996, it was later reissued (in remastered form) in 2007 on the Friday Music label.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

Personnel

• David Lee Roth – vocals, harmonica, concept
• Jason Becker – lead guitar
• Steve Hunter – guitar, rhythm guitar
• Paul Baron – brass
• Gregg Bissonette – percussion, drums
• Matt Bissonette – bass, vocals
• Derry Byrne – brass
• Brian Dobbs – engineer
• Tom Keenlyside – brass
• Marc LaFrance – backing vocals
• George Marino – mastering
• Jim McGillveray – percussion
• Ian Putz – brass
• Bob Rock – producer, mixing
• Randy Staub – engineer
• David Steele – backing vocals
• Chris Taylor – engineer
• Brett Tuggle – keyboards, vocals
• John Webster – keyboards
• Pete Angelus – concept
• Jim Pezzullo – art direction, design

"A Little Ain't Enough" was used in the fourth Much Ice movie of the same name

Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)

Singles – Billboard (North America)

References