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Only the mighty Van Halen could unite the world’s most popular religions!

Only the mighty Van Halen could unite the world’s most popular religions!

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Best Of Both Worlds:

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Best Of Both Worlds (again):

VAN HALEN: Dreams (Sammy explains):     https://youtu.be/heMJkoYs-8Q

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Label: Warner Bros. Records ‎– W 5150, Warner Bros. Records ‎– 925 394-1
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: UK & Europe
Released: 1986
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Arena Rock
Tracklist
A1 Good Enough 4:00
A2 Why Can’t This Be Love 3:45
A3 Get Up 4:35
A4 Dreams 4:54
A5 Summer Nights 5:04
B1 Best Of Both Worlds 4:49
B2 Love Walks In 5:09
B3 “5150” 5:44
B4 Inside 5:02

Recorded At – 5150
Phonographic Copyright (p) – WEA International Inc.
Copyright (c) – Yessup Music Company
Copyright (c) – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Mastered At – Allied Record Company
Mastered At – Sheffield Lab Matrix – ∆12031
Pressed By – Record Service Alsdorf
Manufactured By – Record Service GmbH
Made By – WEA Musik GmbH

Producer – Donn Landee, Mick Jones, Van Halen
Written-By – Alex Van Halen, Edward Van Halen*, Michael Anthony (3), Sammy Hagar

Printed on backside cover:
© 1986 Warner Bros. Records Inc.
℗ 1986 Warner Bros. Records Inc. for the US & WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the US.

Printed on inner sleeve:
© 1986 Yessup Music Company ASCAP
© 1986 Warner Bros. Records Inc.

Printed on labels:
℗+© 1986 Warner Bros. Records Inc. for the U.S. & WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S.
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Printed inner sleeve with lyrics.
“W 5150” is the UK catalog number, “925 394-1” is the international catalog number.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode (Text): 0 7599-25394-1
Barcode (Scanned): 075992539418
Rights Society: GEMA/BIEM
Label Code: LC 0392
Price Code: Ⓤ
Price Code (France): WE 381
Matrix / Runout (Runout A, stamped/etched, variant 1): R/S Alsdorf 925394-1 A 3xx 5150 1-25394-A-SH2 Ɋ B-22999-SH2 ∆12031 1-2
Matrix / Runout (Runout B, stamped/etched, variant 1): R/S Alsdorf 925394-1 B2x 5150 1-25394-B-SH2 Ɋ B-23000-SH2 ∆12031-X 1-3
Matrix / Runout (Runout A, stamped/etched, variant 2): R/S Alsdorf 925394-1 A2 5150 GER 1-25394-A-SH1 Ɋ B-22999-SH1 ∆12031 1-3
Matrix / Runout (Runout B, stamped/etched, variant 2): R/S Alsdorf 925394-1 B3x 5150 GER 1-25394-B-SH1 Ɋ B-23000-SH1 A ∆12031-X 1-3
Matrix / Runout (Runout A, stamped/etched, variant 3): R/S Alsdorf 925394-1 A2xx 5150 GER 1-25394-A-SH1 Ɋ B-22999-SH1 ∆12031 1-3
Matrix / Runout (Runout B, stamped/etched, variant 3): R/S Alsdorf 925394-1 B3 “D” 5150 GER 1-25394-B-SH1 Ɋ B-23000-SH1 A ∆12031-X 1-3

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5150 is the seventh album by American hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1986. This was the first album recorded with new lead singer Sammy Hagar, who replaced David Lee Roth.
It was named after Eddie Van Halen home studio, 5150, which is a California police term for a mentally disturbed person. The 5150 name has been used several times by Van Halen. It is the name of Eddie Van Halen private studio, the name of a custom Frankenstein striped Kramer Pacer Special used by Eddie Van Halen throughout the 80s, and the model name of a signature guitar amplifier endorsed by Eddie for his own EVH brand.

Before the album was released, Van Halen was having considerable difficulty finding a replacement for the popular Roth. The trio even considered a series of temporary singers to replace him. However, Eddie met former Montrose singer Sammy Hagar while getting a mechanic to work on his Lamborghini. The pair hit it off and the new singer and band immediately began work on new songs. The album was notable for a number of love songs and ballads, which were not a feature of the straight-forward rock stylings of the Roth fronted era of the band. Many who had heard the previous incarnation of Van Halen called the new iteration “”Van Hagar”” either derisively or affectionately. Further increasing criticism was the loss of Ted Templeman, who left Van Halen after producing every previous Van Halen album in order to produce David Lee Roth solo LP debut, Eat ‘Em and Smile. Templeman would return to produce Van Halen For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge album a few years later. Donn Landee took over producer duties after having served as an engineer on the previous albums. However, many noticed that the production on this album was markedly different from their earlier albums with Templeman. Eddie guitar, which previously sat high in the mix and frequently pushed to the left channel (to simulate a “”live”” sound””), now sat equal in the mix and its overall sound had changed. This may have been his doing, as he was not a fan of the “”live mix”” that Templeman created with the Roth band.
Mick Jones was also brought in as a producer. According to Jones, the Van Halen brothers were “”going through a particularly charged emotional relationship at the time, and there were some crazy situations that went on there.”” Jones feels that his biggest contribution to the album was drawing out the feelings in Hagar vocal performances.

Despite the controversy associated with replacing a legendary frontman, the album itself was the first album by the band to hit #1 in sales. Although each prior Van Halen album had gone platinum, the band had not managed previously to top the album sales chart. The 1984 album certainly had the sales and momentum to do so but had the unfortunate timing of being released when Michael Jackson Thriller album, the best selling album of all time, was at its commercial peak. The album was also Hagar first #1 album, as stated by Hagar on the “”Live Without a Net”” concert video.

Track listing:
All songs written by all members of the band
“”Good Enough”” – 4:04
“”Why Can’t This Be Love”” – 3:47
“”Get Up”” – 4:37
“”Dreams”” – 4:54
“”Summer Nights”” – 5:06
“”Best of Both Worlds”” – 4:48
“”Love Walks In”” – 5:11
“”5150″” – 5:44
“”Inside”” – 5:02

Sammy Hagar – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Eddie Van Halen – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards, background vocals
Michael Anthony – bass, background vocals
Alex Van Halen – drums, percussion

Με την κυκλοφορία της έβδομης στούντιο δουλειάς τους οι Αμερικανοί Hard rockers VAN HALEN, αντιμετώπισαν ένα πολύ δύσκολο καθήκον. Να συνεχίσουν μετά ένα πολύ επιτυχημένο άλμπουμ, το “1984”, και να ανταπεξέλθουν στην αλλαγή ενός χαρισματικού Frontman όπως ο David Lee Roth. Η προσθήκη του πρώην MONTROSE τραγουδιστή και κιθαρίστα Sammy Hagar τους έδωσε μια άλλη δυναμική, όντας πιο κλασικός στην προσέγγιση και τον ήχο, με μια πιο βαθιά φωνή και συγκεκριμένο ηχόχρωμα, κατάφερε να τους κάνει πιο «κλασικούς» στην συνθετική και εκτελεστική προσέγγιση. Όπως τον χαρακτήρισαν πρόσφατα είναι ένας τραγουδιστής του στυλ «κουπλέ-ρεφρέν» σε αντίθεση με τον David Lee Roth που μπορεί να τελειώσει σχεδόν το τραγούδι, για να ασχοληθεί με το ρεφρέν. Το άλμπουμ ονομάστηκε από το στούντιο του κιθαρίστα Eddie Van Halen, που ονομαζόταν 5150 (πρόκειται για όρο που χρησιμοποιεί η αστυνομική δύναμη της Καλιφόρνια για ψυχικά διαταραγμένα άτομα). Το άλμπουμ γνώρισε την επιτυχία άμεσα. Πήγε #1 στο chart του Billboard 200 chart, και έδωσε μια σειρά επιτυχημένων τραγουδιών σαν τα «Why Can’t This Be Love» και «Love Walks In» και την μπαλάντα «Dreams» Συνολικά το άλμπουμ έχει πολύ περισσότερη μελωδία και πλήκτρα, έναν χαρισματικό τραγουδιστή και δημιούργησε μια ολόκληρη νέα γενιά οπαδών. Ανθρώπων, που θεωρούν τους VAΝ HALEN σαν δημιούργημα της συνεργασίας Van Halen-Hagar και δεν ενδιαφέρονται για την περίοδο Roth. Τεχνικά άψογο και με συνθέσεις που ακόμα περιλαμβάνονται στα playlist, στους καλούς ροκ ραδιοφωνικούς σταθμούς, οι VAN HALEN, έδωσαν άλλη ώθηση στο μελωδικό κιθαριστικό Hard rock.   [Στέλιος Μπασμπαγιάννης]

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