Van Halen’s curious only album with gold album in Brazil

Music from the work in question was even used as the theme of the soap work; Success has not been repeated in other countries

THE Van Halen It is a rare case of rock band with two diamond records in the United States. Be his work as a debut of the same name since 1978 e 1984 (1984), exceeded 10 million copies sold each in the country. In Brazil, the only one of his unpublished records to obtain some certifications – in this case, of gold, from 40,000 units sold – was Balance (1995), not so popular abroad.

Released on January 24, 1995, the tenth studio album of the American Hard Rock Band presents a more serious guise, with reflective texts and slightly dark melodies. A huge contrast to the sound of the party presented in its most popular materials.

In all, Balance He sold 3 million copies in the United States, being exceeded by six of the other 11 studio records by Van Halen. Two other records are linked in number. Only Fair (1981), Van Halen III (1998) e The different type of truth (2012) They had fewer units sold in the group country of origin.

The 1995 album is far from a fiasco in terms of repercussion. He reached the top of the American fashion show and the top 10 in Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan, the Netherlands, among others. On the other hand, it was not a moment of high popularity, so much so that the VH had to open the shows Bon Jovi In the period to continue to perform in large spaces. So what made this success of this success in Brazil?

The answer falls into the song “I can’t stop loving you”. Second single (work music) of BalanceThis reliable ballad entered the soap opera soundtrack Love storydisplayed by Globo TV also in 1995. It was needed as the theme of Brown (Cláudio lins), a character of Bon Vivant in love with Joyce (Carla Marins).

The success of the track in question in Brazil became such that it became one of the references when he spoke of Van Halen among local fans. Already in the American territory, other shots are often remembered before.

Van Halen and balance

Also owner of songs like “Don’t tell me (what love can do)”, “Amsterdam” and the ballad “Not enough”, Balance represents the last sigh of Van Halen while a “normal” band (via Igor Miranda website). After this work, the notoriously dysfunctional group – who would have lost the singer Sammy Hagar In 1996 – he would lose stability and would never be the same.

A more general look at the discography shows that VH’s tenth studio album promotes a sudden rupture. On the other hand, a closer analysis shows that the record in question was only the beginning of a transition, which could have evolved better in the following works were not the internal problems.

BalanceIt is known, it was conceived between internal problems. Interestingly, according to the guitarist Eddie Van HalenIt all started when he stopped drinking in October 1994. It was then that he reported that other people had control of his life and made his best to remove them.

The decisions made were supported by their brother, the drummer Alex Van HalenBut not please, Sammy Hagar. Before then, however, he gave time to work on the album. Consequently, there is a certain tension in the material while the reflections of Singchio recently by Eddie and the moment of the music industry, with the most direct eyes to alternative rock. A satisfactory result, almost experimental for VH standards.

It wouldn’t take much until the chaos took Van Halen almost definitively. Very summarized, the next chronology reserved there: the departure of Sammy Hagar, the lightning of the lightning of David Lee Roththe entrance of Gary Cherone (singer of Extreme) To record the inconsistent Van Halen III (1998), the break and return of Hagar to a catastrophic tour also, finally, Roth resumes the vacant place forever – only without the bass player Michael Anthonyfired in a criticized way to Wolfgang van HalenSon of Eddie, take your place.

In almost two decades of activity after BalanceOnly two studio albums were made. The last show of the group took place in 2015, five years before Eddie Van Halen’s death at 65.

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Source: Terra

Earl

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