Balance (album)

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Balance
Balance cover
Studio album by Van Halen
Released January 24, 1995
Recorded 1994
Genre Hard rock
Length 53:19
Label Warner Bros.
Producer(s) Bruce Fairbairn
Professional reviews
Van Halen chronology
Live: Right Here, Right Now
(1993)
Balance
(1995)
Van Halen Best of, Volume I
(1996)


Balance is the tenth studio album by American hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1995. To date, it is the final Van Halen album of new material featuring singer Sammy Hagar, who later left the band after long-standing personal and musical disagreements, most notably surrounding the lyrics to the song "Humans Being" for the soundtrack to the film, Twister, and the band recording two new songs with original singer David Lee Roth for their upcoming greatest hits package.

The song "Can't Stop Lovin' You" pays homage to Ray Charles' "I Can't Stop Loving You".


[edit] Track listing

all songs by Anthony, Hagar, Van Halen and Van Halen

  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. "Strung Out" [instrumental] – 1:29
  7. "Not Enough" – 5:13
  8. "Aftershock" – 5:29
  9. "Doin' Time" [instrumental] – 1:41
  10. "Baluchitherium" [instrumental] – 4:05
  11. "Take Me Back (Deja Vu)" – 4:43
  12. "Feelin'" – 6:36

[edit] Credits

Van Halen

Additional personnel

  • The Monks Of Gyuro Tantric University - vocals

[edit] Production

  • Producer: Bruce Fairbairn
  • Engineers: Erwin Musper, Mike Plotnikoff
  • Mixing: Michael Fraser
  • Mastering: George Marino
  • Art direction: Jeri Heiden
  • Photography: Randee Saint Nicholas, Glen Wexler (front cover)

[edit] Charts

[edit] Album

Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1995 The Billboard 200 1

[edit] Singles

Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1995 "Amsterdam" Mainstream Rock Tracks 9
1995 "Can't Stop Lovin' You" Mainstream Rock Tracks 2
1995 "Can't Stop Lovin' You" The Billboard Hot 100 30
1995 "Can't Stop Lovin' You" Top 40 Mainstream 11
1995 "Don't Tell Me (What Love Can Do)" Mainstream Rock Tracks 1
1995 "Not Enough" Mainstream Rock Tracks 27
1995 "Not Enough" The Billboard Hot 100 97
1995 "Not Enough" Top 40 Mainstream 39
1995 "The Seventh Seal" Mainstream Rock Tracks 36
Van Halen
Eddie Van Halen | Alex Van Halen | Michael Anthony | David Lee Roth | Sammy Hagar
Gary Cherone
Discography
Albums and extended plays: Van Halen | Van Halen II | Women and Children First | Fair Warning | Diver Down | 1984 | 5150 | OU812 | For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge | Balance | Van Halen III | Live: Right Here, Right Now | Best of Volume I | The Best of Both Worlds
Videos and DVDs: Van Halen - Live Without a Net | Van Halen: Right Here, Right Now - Live | Van Halen: Video Hits, Vol. 1