5150

Artist: Van Halen
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Category: Music

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Media: Audio Cassette
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 075992539449
EAN: 0075992539449
ASIN: B000002L9A

Release Date: 1990-10-17

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Tracks:

Good Enough
Why Can't This Be Love?
Get Up
Dreams
Summer Nights
Best of Both Worlds
Love Walks In
5150
Inside

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Customer Reviews:

A New Van Halen.......2007-02-26

Released in 1986, "5150" was the first album to be released without David Lee Roth who had been kicked out the previous year and replaced by Sammy Hagar, but the other 3 members are still around. Just like their previous synth laden album "1984" this album got a quite simular sound. Heavy on synths, alot of guitars, energic vocals from Hagar which are quite simular to Roth's, the drums may be diffrent though but Van Halen with Hagar proves they are one of the best, if not the best Rock N Roll band of their time. 5150, named after Eddie's recording studio was a smash success on the album charts and it also had a fair share of successive singles, most notable "Why Can't This Be Love" that reached #3. Obviously alot of older fans will still be dissapointed that Roth left but Hagar adapts well to the band and the end result is the finest post Roth album they ever made.

There is something for everyone here, rock standards, rock ballads and some quite commercial synth laden rock-pop songs. If you liked !1984" you won't be dissapointed here either cause this band is at their peak and still released great memorable material during this time. What may be new with Sammy Hagar's era is that there is more love songs, and some ballads included then during David Lee Roth's time where there was hardly anything of that kind. Their smash hit "Why Can't This Be Love" is an example of that and one of their all time best. "Dreams" another hit is more commercial with a synth driven opening and a hook that is very memorable and could be enjoyed by both pop and rock fans. "Love Walks In" a power ballad is among the slowest songs you'll find these guys making and with Roth it wouldn't have been possible. "Best of Both World's" is the complete opposite, a ragy classic rock anthem and ditto with the title track and "Summer Nights" where Eddie Van Halen proves why he's considered among the world's greatest guitarists. "Good Enough" and "Get Up" are standards in fast pace, good party songs but nothing else. The closer called "Inside" sounds like a long gig and doesn't have many lyrics even if the playing is great. But this is a great album that provides us with some of the best Rock at the time, just aswell with many memorable rock songs.

Overall, wether you liked Roth better then Hagar, this album is undeniably good for anyone interested in good ol Rock where musicians played their hearts out and the music still mattered. The sound on this album is quite simular to the previous "1984" album but it got some more love songs included. Many songs haven't aged well and sound very dated by now, but these guys can really play and create a blueprint for 80's rock and for anyone who apreciates old rock, this is recommended. This is the best post-Roth albums and should be part of your collection.

Good start for VanHagar, despite the electronic drums.......2007-02-11

This is a strong beginning for the newly formed Van Hagar. The only thing that hasen't aged well here are the Simmons electronic drum pads Al was using at the time. It sounds like he's drumming on plastic coffee can covers!

1st with Sammy Hagar - mostly good.......2007-02-05

I am not a hagar fan but I do like him with Van Halen. This album was of course huge & was #1 in US/UK. Hagar's powerful voice & vocal range & halen's musical abilities were a great match. David lee roth's voice obviously could not have handled these vocal arrangements, though the band wouldn't have gone in this direction had he stayed. Anyway, 1986, alex van halen went to electric drums & crash ride cymbals & got rid of his roto toms (which I loved), michael anthony's bass lines are muted per usual, eddie van halen is in usual form & his keyboard patterns really dominate this album which I think elevate this album. Eddie is a great rhythm keyboard player & there is also some great sequencer patterns like in why can't this be love. Hagar also does some good solo guitar work in love comes walking in. Alot of good stuff here including why cant..., dreams..., love comes..., & others. not more to say about it... classic rock album now... buy it...

Still my favorite Van Halen album.......2007-01-29

I'll get it out of the way right at the start: I never liked David Lee Roth. He's a 'vocalist', not a singer. And his 'vocalizing', as well as his sophomoric lyrics, always kept me from really enjoying Van Halen until he was gone, and one of my favorite hard rock vocalists (even before he stepped into VH), Sammy Hagar, replaced him. I was 15 when 5150 was released in 1986, and to my ears songs like "Summer Nights", "Why Can't This Be Love" and "Love Walks In" provided both a showcase for Eddie Van Halen's stellar guitar chops as well as a vehicle for the broadening of this band's horizons. And for those who said Van Halen couldn't rock without Roth, I say--what are you smoking? "Get Up" rocks harder than anything the band ever RECORDED with Roth. I remember hearing that song for the first time--it was the flip side of the single 'Why Can't This Be Love', yes, back in the days of vinyl singles with flip sides--and thinking 'damn, Van Halen's gone metal' ;) I love metal, too :)

Anyway...that's enough reviewing and reminiscing. Buy this album--it's Van Halen's finest hour.

Van Halen Rocks!.......2007-01-11

Does it get any better than this? Eddie Van Halen is one of the best guitarists in the world. He's a genius on guitar and you got to love those ballads. It really doesn't get any better than this when you're a TRUE FAN!!!

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