Van Halen release ‘5150,’ their seventh album featuring Sammy Hagar as a singer (1986)

Van Halen‘s ‘5150’ is their seventh studio album (a.k.a. “fifty-one-fifty”) featuring Sammy Hagar in replacement of David Lee Roth and released on March 24, 1986 by Warner Bros.

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1 . Good Enough (Unreleased Lwoan)

2 . Why Can’t This Be Love (1986)

3 . Why Can’t This Be Love

4 . Get Up (Live)

5 . Dreams (8/19/1995, Toronto)

6 . Summer Nights (“Live Without A Net”)

7 . Summer Nights (1989, Live)

8 . Best Of Both Worlds (Live)

9 . Best Of Both Worlds (Live, 1989)

10 . Love Walks In (“Live Without A Net,” 1986)

11 . 5150


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Track Listing : 1.Good Enough (Sammy Hagar, Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony) – 04:05 . 2.Why Can’T This Be Love (Sammy Hagar, Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony) – 03:48 . 3.Get Up (Sammy Hagar, Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony) – 04:37 . 4.Dreams (Sammy Hagar, Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony) – 04:54 . 5.Summer Nights (Sammy Hagar, Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony) – 05:06 . 6.Best Of Both Worlds (Sammy Hagar, Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony) – 04:49 . 7.Love Walks In (Sammy Hagar, Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony) – 05:11 . 8.”5150” (Sammy Hagar, Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony) – 05:44 . 9.Inside (Sammy Hagar, Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony) – 05:02

Musicians : Van Halen – Band . Sammy Hagar – Lvocals . Eddie Van Halen – Lead Guitar, Keyboards, Backing Vocals . Michael Anthony – Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals . Alex Van Halen – Drums, Percussion

Production : Produced By Mick Jones, Donn Landee, Eddie Van Halen, Van Halen . Donn Landee – Engineer . Ken Deane – Engineer . Bobby Hata – Mastering

Package : Jeri Mcmanus – Art Direction . Van Halen – Art Direction . Aaron Rapoport – Photography . Dan Chapman – Illustration

Recorded November 1985 – February 1986 At 5150 Studios, Studio City, Ca.

Released On March 24, 1986 By Warner Bros..

(Source Van Halen– 5150 | The Official Van Halen Web Site)

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Rolling Stone
Van Halen‘s ‘5150’: Sammy Hagar Looks BackIt was a big deal for us all to have our first Number One record together. I remember us drinking champagne in Atlanta at the Ritz Carlton. Our manager told us the news and we popped a bottle at 2 in the afternoon, […]

Ultimate Classic Rock
Best Van Halen ‘5150’ Song – Readers’ PollPerhaps most impressive are the more laid-back, sophisticated and confident rock songs toward the end of the album — ‘Summer Nights,’ ‘5150’ and in particular, the dynamic and truly inspired ‘Best of Both Worlds.’ […]

allmusic
There was always the lingering suspicion that, yes, Sammy truly couldn’t drive 55, and that’s why he wrote the song, and that kind of forthright rocking is evident on the strident anthems of 5150 […]

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