℗ 1986 Warner Records Inc
Released October 23, 2020
Duration 43m 06s
Record Label Rhino/Warner Records
Genre Rock (Hard Rock)
 

5150

Van Halen

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1.1
Good Enough
Van Halen
4:04
1.2
Why Can't This Be Love
Van Halen
3:48
1.3
Get Up
Van Halen
4:37
1.4
Dreams
Van Halen
4:45
1.5
Summer Nights
Van Halen
5:06
1.6
Best of Both Worlds
Van Halen
4:49
1.7
Love Walks In
Van Halen
5:11
1.8
5150
Van Halen
5:44
1.9
Inside
Van Halen
5:02
5150 (pronounced "fifty-one-fifty") is the seventh studio album by American hard rock band Van Halen, released on March 24, 1986 by Warner Bros. Records. It was the first of four albums to be recorded with new lead singer Sammy Hagar, who replaced David Lee Roth. It was named after Eddie Van Halen's home studio, 5150<, itself named after a California law enforcement term for a mentally disturbed person (a reference to Section 5150 of the California Welfare and Institutions Code). The album 5150 was notable for a number of love songs and ballads, a contrast of the straightforward rock stylings of the Roth era. Many called the new incarnation "Van Hagar" either derisively or affectionately; a nickname so ubiquitous that, as Hagar points out in his book, Warner Bros. asked them to consider renaming the band as such. Bolstering criticism was the loss of Ted Templeman – who, having produced every previous album for the band, left to helm Roth's solo Eat 'Em and Smile. (Templeman would return to produce Van Halen's For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge a few years later, which Andy Johns was tapped for.) Donn Landee took over producer duties for 5150 after serving as an engineer on previous albums. However, the production on this album was markedly different from their albums with Templeman. Eddie's guitar, previously high in the mix and frequently pushed to the left channel (to simulate a "live" sound"), now sat equal in the mix and its overall sound had changed. This may have been his doing, as he was not a fan of the "live mix" that Templeman created with the Roth band. This is also the first Van Halen album to feature no instrumentals.
192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Rhino/Warner Records Studio Masters

Tracks 1-9 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source; 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 192 kHz / 24-bit
Track title
Peak
(dB FS)
RMS
(dB FS)
LUFS
(integrated)
DR
Album average
Range of values
-1.26
-2.58 to -0.05
-18.48
-19.19 to -17.26
-14.81
-16.00 to -13.50
12
11 to 13
1
Good Enough
-0.05-17.98-14.212
2
Why Can't This Be Love
-1.06-17.52-13.812
3
Get Up
-2.06-18.74-15.012
4
Dreams
-0.15-17.26-13.511
5
Summer Nights
-1.03-18.53-14.712
6
Best of Both Worlds
-1.68-19.08-15.011
7
Love Walks In
-2.58-19.19-16.012
8
5150
-1.09-18.92-15.312
9
Inside
-1.61-19.12-15.813

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