Balance

[mattt]

Van Halen 'Balance' fuckin rocks, one of my favourite VH albums!

 

[Southy]

Indeed it is awesome

 

[Wrathchild]

I tend to prefer For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge. There was a lot of tension in the band while they were recording Balance and it showed up in some of the material. Bruce Fairbairn's production leaves a lot to be desired too.

Now F.U.C.K. is a great album . The boys were all in great spirits and ready to rock again after the more radio-friendly sounds of OU812.

What I'd like to know is when they're going to remaster the Hagar era VH albums. I've loved 5150 since it first came out, but I only have it on tape because the CD of it doesn't sound too flash at all IMHO.

As for the band getting their act together and recording some new material, I gave up all hope of that years ago .

W

 

[Winmar]

I don't know VH very well, but watched a VCD of theirs with lots of video clips the other week. I like the stuff where Eddie gets to show what he can do, but the love songs with Sammy on vocals suck arse. What's their stuff like overall?

 

[spawn]

Sammy is the f**king man! Dreams, Why Cant This Be Love, Summer Nights...

 

[mattt]

Van Halen just kick ass allround!

i even liked the Gary Cherone album (III), VH are brilliant!

 

[Wrathchild]

Agreed there Haup. I saw VH on their one and only Australian tour in '98 and Gary made the stage his own .

"III" was a great album as well. I don't know why more people didn't give it a chance.

W