CD is in Excellent Condition!!! No Scratches NO Scuff Marks!!! Includes all original inserts!!! Case has normal wear.
Track listing 1. Seventh Seal, The 2. Can't Stop Lovin' You 3. Don't Tell Me (What Love Can Do) 4. Amsterdam 5. Big Fat Money 6. Strung Out - (TRUE instrumental) 7. Not Enough 8. Aftershock 9. Doin' Time - (TRUE instrumental) 10. Baluchitherium - (TRUE instrumental) 11. Take Me Back (Deja Vu) 12. Feelin'
"Balance" takes up where "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge" left off, but
the music is overall heavier, and has more of an edge. Gone were the
synthesizers and more pop oriented songs that that were prevalent in
the first two Van Hagar albums. "Balance" rocks hard like its
predecessor, but it is also somewhat darker. I take the general theme
of the album to be the loss of a relationship, or going through a major
life-change, and then getting back in "Balance."
The band sounds very focused and tight. Bruce Fairbain did a great
job of getting the best out of the band and gave the CD a tight, crisp
production. It goes without saying that Eddie's playing is terrific and
each song has one or two killer solos. Mike and Al provide a killer
rhythm section as usual.
The album begins with the hard hitting "The Seventh Seal." It
starts with an atmospheric Buddhist chant leading into the song. This
is a really cool, heavy dark song with an almost hypnotic riff. "Can't
Stop Lovin' You" is a balled in the vein of "Why Can't this be Love,"
but doesn't have the dated, cheesy keyboards. "Can't Stop Lovin' You"
is about the breakup of a relationship, not the hope of one as it is in
"Why Can't this be Love." I take the mid-tempo "Don't Tell Me (What
Love Can Do)" to basically mean that love is not enough to stop a
suicide. The album lightens up a bit with the fast-paced "Amsterdam"
and "Big Fat Money," two good, hard rockers. "Strung Out" is a
sound-byte of Ed apparently ripping a piano apart, which leads into the
majestic balled "Not Enough." "Aftershock" is an excellent rocker and
has one of EVH's best solos on the disc. "Doin' Time" is a very cool
drum solo that leads into the instrumental "Baluchitherium." It's
catchy, infectious groove and killer solos make it a favorite of mine.
"Take Me Back (Déjà vu)" remains my personal all-time favorite Van
Halen song from the Sammy Hagar era. It's a beautiful, bittersweet,
semi-acoustic song with the theme of wanting to return back to an
earlier time in your life. The album ends with the depressing "Feelin'"
a song that deals with getting though life alive, without getting
burned. It's by far the most morose song VH ever wrote.
"Balance" was Van Hagar at it's best. It was also their last album.
About a year and a half after it's release, Sammy Hagar and Van Halen
parted ways. In hindsight, by listening to this dark CD, you can almost
get the sense that although the band still sounds cohesive, this was
destined to be the last Van Hagar CD.
Audio CD (January 24, 1995)
Original Release Date: January 24, 1995
Number of Discs: 1
Label: WEA/Reprise
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