Balance

by Van Halen

Balance cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 24 January 1995
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 49:14
  • Community rating: 2.57/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Michael Anthony, Sammy Hagar, Bruce Fairbairn

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Serving as the final studio album to feature vocalist Sammy Hagar before his explosive departure, the legendary hard rock quartet delivered a noticeably darker, more introspective record. Eddie Van Halen's signature guitar virtuosity is firmly intact, but the songwriting leans heavily toward mid-tempo, remarkably polished stadium ballads and AOR structures. Despite extreme internal band tensions during its creation, the multi-platinum release proved they remained a massive commercial force in the alternative era.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. The Seventh Seal (5:18)
  2. Can't Stop Lovin' You (4:07)
  3. Don't Tell Me (What Love Can Do) (5:56)
  4. Amsterdam (4:45)
  5. Big Fat Money (3:57)
  6. Doin' Time (1:41)
  7. Aftershock (5:29)
  8. Strung Out (1:29)
  9. Not Enough (5:13)
  10. Take Me Back (Deja Vu) (4:43)
  11. Feelin' (6:36)

Credits

  • Van Halen - primary artist, drums, percussion, written-by, guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, drums (drum set), keyboard, background vocals vocal
  • Michael Anthony - bass, backing vocals, written-by, background vocals vocal
  • Sammy Hagar - lead vocals, backing vocals, written-by, background vocals vocal, lead vocals vocal
  • Monks Of The Monastery Of Gyuto, Tibet - chanter [buddhist harmonic chanting]
  • Ray Danniels - task misc
  • SRO Management, Inc. - task misc

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