WHEN YOU LOOK INSIDE
YOUR HEART
OH, BABY
I'LL BE THERE
Balance
is the tenth
studio album
by American
rock band
released on
January 24, 1995,
by Warner Bros. Records.
The album is the last
of the band's f
our studio releases
to feature
as the lead singer.
It is also the final
Van Halen album
to feature bassist
Michael Anthony
in its entirety.
Balance
reached number 1
on the
U.S. Billboard 200
in February 1995
and reached
triple platinum
status on
May 12, 2004,
by selling more
than three million copies
in the US.
"The Seventh Seal"
was nominated for
a Grammy
for Best
Hard Rock Performance.
Featuring a more
serious tone
than other
Van Halen albums,
Balance
features a full integration
of Eddie Van Halen's
guitar riffs
and
keyboard work
and contains
three instrumentals.
The record received
mixed reviews
from many
music critics.
the album was re-released
in an expanded edition
featuring live
performances
from
Wembley in 1995.
Recording and production
According to
Ian Christe's book,
Everybody Wants Some:
The Van Halen Saga,
Balance
was released amid
internal fighting between
Hagar and
the Van Halen brothers.
The band worked
eight-hour days
for three months
recording the album.
The first song
on the record,
"The Seventh Seal",
features
mystical overtones
that came,
in part, from
Eddie Van Halen's
newfound sobriety.
His therapist,
Sat-Kaur Khalsa,
urged him to relax
and imagine where
he was after drinking
a six-pack of beer.
After smoking cigarettes,
drinking beer,
and playing guitar
for 20 years,
he tried writing songs sober
and wrote three songs
in one half hour period.
The album then moves
into Hagar's territory with
"Can't Stop Lovin' You".
The song was taken
from his ex-wife's
point of view,
believing that she was
still in love with him.
The album reached
number one on the
Billboard 200,
their fourth
consecutive
number one
studio album.
Most of the Balance album
was recorded at
Eddie's 5150 Studios,
located in Studio City,
except for five
lead vocal tracks
that were recorded
in Vancouver,
where the album's producer
Bruce Fairbairn resided.
It was mixed by
Mike Fraser
and mastered at
Sterling Sound,
New York,
by
George Marino.
Following the
recording of Balance
and its subsequent
Ambulance Tour
the band renaming
the tour
as Eddie was having
hip issues
and brother
Alex had to
wear a neck brace,
Van Halen's
second incarnation
broke up.
Regarding this time period,
in 1996
Eddie Van Halen told
Guitar World:
"There had been a variety of
conflicts brewing between
manager
Ray Danniels,
Sammy,
and the band
since
I quit drinking
NOTES :
On CD 2
It Came With
Live From Wembley
But Only Had Some Tracks
Not The Whole Setlist
Which They Did At Wembley
So I Added More From
(The 1995 Tour)
And Set It Up
With How
The Setlist
From 1995
Would Look Like
But Most Of It Is From
Wembley 1995 Tour
TRACKLIST
CD 1
(2023 Remastered Edition)
The Seventh Seal
(2023 Remaster)
Can't Stop Lovin' You
(2023 Remaster)
Don't Tell Me
(What Love Can Do)
(2023 Remaster)
Amsterdam
(2023 Remaster)
Big Fat Money
(2023 Remaster)
Strung Out
(2023 Remaster)
Not Enough
(2023 Remaster)
Aftershock
(2023 Remaster)
Doin' Time
(2023 Remaster)
Baluchitherium
(2023 Remaster)
Take Me Back
(Déjà Vu)
(2023 Remaster)
Feelin'
(2023 Remaster)
Crossing Over
(2023 Remaster)
Humans Being
(2023 Remaster)
Respect the Wind
(2023 Remaster)
It's About Time [*]
Up For Breakfast [*]
CD 2
(Best of Balance Tour 1995)
The Seventh Sign
Runaround
Bass Solo /Aftershock
Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
When It's Love
Panama
Feelin'
Guitar Solo
You Really Got Me
Dreams
Why Can't This Be Love
There's Only One Way To Rock
Jump
Right Now
BONUS
Van Halen
on
David Letterman Show
1995
(Not Enough) [*]
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