Van Halen : 5150 (Expanded Edition)

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 5150

(pronounced "fifty-one-fifty")

 is the seventh

 studio album 

by American Rock

 Band

 Van Halen 

It was released on 

March 24, 1986, 

by Warner Bros. Records 

and was the first

 of four albums

 to be recorded with

 lead singer

 Sammy Hagar, 

who replaced

 David Lee Roth. 

The album was

 named after

 Eddie Van Halen's 

home studio,

 5150, 

in turn named after a 

California law

 enforcement term 

for a

 mentally disturbed person

a reference to Section 5150

 of the California Welfare

 and Institutions Code 

The album hit number 1 

on the

 Billboard 200 

chart, 

surpassing the band's 

previous album, 

1984, 

which had peaked at

 number 2 

behind 

Michael Jackson's 

Thriller album, 

on which 

Eddie made a 

guest appearance.

Overview

Van Halen 

had considerable 

difficulty finding

 a replacement

 for the popular 

David Lee Roth, 

until July 1985, 

when Eddie 

was referred to former 

Montrose singer

 Sammy Hagar 

by a mechanic 

working on

 Eddie's Lamborghini.

The pair hit it off, 

and the new singer 

and band immediately

 began work on

 new songs. 

Van Halen

 went to work on

 the album in

 November 1985; 

it would be

 finished in

 February 1986,

 just one month 

before its release.

The album

 5150 

was notable for

 a number of

 love songs 

and ballads,

 a contrast of 

the straightforward 

heavy rock

 of the original albums.

 Many called 

the new incarnation

 "Van Hagar" 

(derisively or affectionately). 

The nickname was so

 ubiquitous that, 

as Hagar 

points out in his book,

 Warner Bros. 

asked them to 

consider renaming

 the band as such;

 the Van Halen 

brothers refused.

Bolstering criticism

 was the absence of 

Ted Templeman, 

who having produced

 every previous album

 for the band, 

left to helm 

Roth's solo 

Eat 'Em and Smile. 

Templeman would return

 to produce

 Van Halen's 

For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

 several years later, 

for which 

Andy Johns

 had originally

 been tapped.

 Donn Landee 

took over

 producer duties

 for 5150

 after serving as

 an engineer on 

previous albums.

 Foreigner 

guitarist 

Mick Jones 

was also brought in

 as a producer.

5150

 is the first 

Van Halen album

 not to feature 

any

 instrumental tracks.

TRACKLIST

Good Enough

Why Can't This Be Love

Get Up

Dreams

Summer Nights

Best Of Both Worlds

Love Walks In

'5150'

Inside

Good Enough

 (Vocals and Guitar)

Best Of Both Worlds

 (Just Vocals)

Dreams

 (Live)

Why Can't This Be Love 

(Live)

Love Walks In

 (Live)

Summer Nights 

(Live)

Rock and Roll 

(Live)

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