5150 (album)

5150
A painting of a man holding up a globe with the Van Halen "VH" flying-V logo around it
Studio album by
Van Halen
ReleasedMarch 24, 1986 (1986-03-24)
RecordedNovember 1985 – February 1986
Studio5150 Studios, Studio City, California
Genre
Length43:16
LabelWarner Bros.
Producer
Van Halen chronology
1984
(1984) 		5150
(1986) 		OU812
(1988)
Singles from 5150
  1. "Why Can't This Be Love"
    Released: March 1986[4]
  2. "Dreams"
    Released: May 1986
  3. "Love Walks In"
    Released: July 1986
  4. "Best of Both Worlds"
    Released: October 1986

5150 (pronounced "fifty-one-fifty") is the seventh studio album by American rock band Van Halen. It was released on March 24, 1986, by Warner Bros. Records and was the first of four albums to be recorded with lead singer Sammy Hagar, who replaced David Lee Roth. The album was named after Eddie Van Halen's home studio, 5150, in turn 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 hit number 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, surpassing the band's previous album, 1984, which had peaked at number 2 behind Michael Jackson's Thriller album, on which Eddie made a guest appearance.

The album was remastered by Donn Landee and released on October 6, 2023, as part of The Collection II; the four studio albums with Hagar, plus an extra disc of eight rarities from this era.[5]

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  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (2014). The Big Book of Hair Metal: The Illustrated Oral History of Heavy Metal's Debauched Decade. Voyageur Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-7603-4546-7.
  3. ^ "Did Van Halen Bite Off Too Much With 'OU812'?". Ultimate Classic Rock. May 24, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  4. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. Canongate Press. p. 866. ISBN 978-0-86241-541-9.
  5. ^ Irwin, Corey. "Van Halen Revisits Sammy Hagar Years With 'The Collection II' Set". Ultimate Classic Rock. Townsquare Media, Inc. Retrieved October 5, 2023.