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List Price: $23.99 | | Label: Wea
Salesrank: 625235
Released: August 26, 2002 |
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| Used Price: $30.81 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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5150 Track Listing:
1. Good Enough
2. Why Can't This Be Love
3. Get Up
4. Dreams
5. Summer Nights
6. Best of Both Worlds
7. Love Walks In
8. 5150
9. Inside
Editorial Review:
As original Van Halen vocalist David Lee Roth quit the band to pursue a solo career, or was fired (depending on who you believe), Eddie and Alex Van Halen and Michael Anthony carried on by hiring Sammy Hagar. Hagar was a middling artist on his own, but he proved to be a powerhouse when placed in front of hard rock's most muscular and innovative instrumental unit. On 5150--the title is police code for "escaped lunatic"--you can hear the band's excitement at having struck a winning combination. Songs such as "Why Can't This Be Love," "Dreams," "Best of Both Worlds," and "Love Walks In" combine to make this the early high-watermark of the Van Hagar era. --Daniel Durchholz
5150 Reviews:
5150: Van Halen on CD. 
2009-12-11 - The Van Halen with David Lee Roth certainly, had something that isn't on this record, but this record does contain what Van Halen is all about, with Sammy Hagar on vocals.
the best VAN HAGAR cd 
2009-12-05 - while all VAN HAGAR cd's with sammy are good,this one is their best.never rocking as much as i thought they would with sammy, still good.always pictured a VAN HALEN/MONTROSE hybrid type band, but they veared more towards a JOURNEY direction.
THE BEST VAN HALEN ALBUM (AKA THE BEST ALBUM OF ALL TIME)
2009-08-19 - This is the most complete album im my opinion. Iluv DLR but this album is brilliant , sure it went downhill from this point onwards , with there worst album ou812 .
GOOD ENOUGH i dont know a better way to start an album HALLOOOOO BBABBYYYYYY! brilliant , Eddie is great on this , its very much eddie tryin to do PANAMA(but not as good) part 2 , even the break down is half decent for hagar.
WHY CANT THIS BE LOVE , a trully great song absolutely brilliant , u still hear it on the radio these days , great keyboards , this is sammy at his best , EVH solo rocks , what a sound , not overly complicated but great none the less.
GET UP , similer to eddies previous solo but goes through the wholo song , almost thrash metal , a great song to get u rockin.
DREAMS another brilliant song , this is almost the perfect song , keyboards r brilliant , this combine all VH great attributes.
SUMMER NIGHTS starts off with eddie a bit off riffing but classic it as , then the song starts rocking , a great summer party song , n a forgotten classic, MA shines on this one .
BEST OF BOTH WORLDS , actually pretty deep 4 a SH song , with great lyrics, EVHs riffing under the solo is simply fantastic .
LOVE WALKS IN , is a great soft song , its not a ballad even though its title would suggest otherwise , great simple intro , it cld be one of the best written VH songs ever , its also a reason why DLR/VH fans dislike it so much , trust me there was worse to come ie WHEN ITS LOVE, CANT STOP LOVIN YOU, NOT ENOUGH , all are sappy love song which dont compare to this.
5150 is a great song ruined by SAMMY HAGAR , the music is brilliant , SAMMY ruins this one big time. Dave wld of made this a hit .
INSIDE , is interesting , its not really a song as such , sammy doest really sing its more of talking with a chorus , but i do enjoy it , he wld ruin many other songs to come ie BLACK N BLUE(ONE OF THEIR WORST) SPANKED , DLR wld have made them great.
SO THERE YOU GO 5150 , ANY MUSIC FAN FULL STOP SHOULD HAVE THIS IN THERE COLLECTION.
VH wld never reach this peak again, it went downhill very quick , F.U.CK is a very good album but the rest of van hagar is avg at best , it never reached the greatness of DLR/VH , there wasnt a bad album or song in the first 6 albums.
People who shunned DLR wld miss out on some great albums EAT EM N SMILE BEING up there with the best of van halen , skyscraper great , ALAE n yr YFLM good , Dave hit form again with the DLR band with john 5 on it , brilliant cd
Van Halen 5150
2009-05-24 - One of their best! Always have loved this CD since it first came out, a great addition to your collection!!
5150 is Solid
2009-03-10 - It Was 1985 and The Mighty Van Halen had recruited the already successful Sammy Hagar as their lead man.
Dave released his First and only assault at Van Halen "Eat Em' and Smile" which broke down the doors with the pure hard rock smash of "Yankee Rose".
Meanwhile, Sammy and The Gang were ready to hit dave back with their first of many assaults at him with the one and only grandiosity of "5150"
Yes, I've Heard "5150" and "Eat Em' and Smile" over and over and over again...but there was always something about "5150" that made me come back to it a lot more...i think it's just the songs and how fluidly they are produced and just how much it is suppose to be a stab at dave makes it sound even stronger.
Good Enough Rocks Forward and is an in your face all air assault on David Lee Roth.
Why Can't This Be Love is pure Van Hagar, But Still Is Catchy...and holds up today, without sounding dated...
Get Up is another in your face air assault on David Lee Roth...with it's hard pounding metallic shell all around and sounds like Hot For Teacher On Steroids.
Dreams is another Van Hagar sounding track, but very good song none the less...
Summer Nights is a great song
Best Of Both Worlds rocks and is another stab at David Lee Roth
Love Walks In is one of the best ballads i've ever heard, it's amazing without being 80's cheesy...
5150 just rocks
Inside is basically a collection of sounds and laughter basically the guys laughing it off and showing David Lee Roth that they can still have tons fun without him
Now, although Van Halen released 3 more albums with Sammy Hagar...they seem to be a lot more casual rock radio releases and don't pound as hard as this one does...
this is a great follow up to 1984 and basically what makes it so good is that their sound is a lot more mature and although they're still having fun, the songs sound a lot more like songs and not like one big fat joke (Eat Em' and Smile)
