5150

It's the best

New in wrap great item,good to finally get for music collection.

This is an upbeat album all the way! This may be the best Van Halen album with Sammy as the singer.

It looks brand new and sounds great.

FOREVER YOUNG VAN HALEN 5150 JAPAN CD WPCR-75068 which is made in Japan is a great re-master. It costs a bit more, but the sound is great. Any other cd version sounds weak.

And so, the Sammy Hagar years begin. After the departure of David Lee Roth the band took some time off and then announced that former Montrose and AOR solo artist Sammy Hagar would be joining the band on lead vocals and guitar. Personally I always liked Hager. Having seen him live several times I already knew he was an incredibly energetic performer, and from a strictly vocal chops department he could sing rings around David Lee Roth. The album sounds pretty much what you would think a mix of Van Halen and Sammy Hagar would sound like. I enjoy this one for the most part. The band head in a heavily pop direction in spots and like "1984" it is a very keyboard heavy album, but overall I like it. Yea the lyrics are never going to win a Pulitzer prize and much of the tongue and cheek humor of the Roth years is missing, but there are some good to great songs here and the band are in top form instrumentally. Some criticize the use of electronic drums on the disc, but they have never really bothered me. The album would be the first Van Halen album to go to number one and spawned a bunch of hits including "Why Can't This Be Love", "Dreams", "Summer Nights", "Best Of Both Worlds", and "Love Walks In". I like this album a lot better than "1984" and have always enjoyed the Van Hagar version of the band.

Excelente

High Energy. Yes, you can feel the excitement of having a new lead singer within the band, and you sense the raw power and energy of another brain in every song! This is the ultimate 80's album and it rocks! OK, one thing, and I feel this has to be brought up every time, I love Lee Roth and I think "1984" is one of the best albums ever! But give me a break and don't put this one down because you thought David was a god. One break commin' up! OK, maybe he was a god, but this album is a close second. But by second I mean that they are both number one in their own right. It's like comparing sugar and salt, both have their time and places and are the best at seasoning whichever food they should go on, but I seriously think this album is the by far the best effort put forth from the Van Hagar era.