In contrast to position #95, this album makes perfect sense to my biased taste. Not that I am a great fan of the band sans David Lee Roth….
In spot #94 is *Van Halen’s * album 5150 , their first after departure of lead singer David Lee Roth and first with vocalist Sammy Hagar.
Named after the late Eddie Van Halen’s home studio the album was a commercial success providing the band with their first US Number One Album
Click on Eddie Van Halen above to read my tribute on his passing
Good Enough
The first single from the album was Why Cant This be Love which gave the band their second US Top 10 single. Van Halen’s fuzzy guitar style well demonstrated on this track.
Why can’t this be Love
Despite the bands followers being in a turmoil as regards the new lead singer and the bands ‘synthesizer’ sound the healthy sales and a sold out world tour made it rather clear that Van Halen were still alive and kicking.
Dreams
This track which made it to #22 on the Singles chart clearly demonstrates the synthesizer driven sound which permeated the 5150 album.
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Footnote: This project was inspired by the publication “The 100 Best Selling Albums of the 80’s” authored jointly by Peter Dodds, Justin Crawthorne, Chris Barret and Dan Auty and published by Amber Books (ISBN: 1-904867-12-1).This and other great music inspired books can be found on their website www.amberbooks.co.uk
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