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\nYou can trust Louder\n\n\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\nOur experienced team has worked for some of the biggest brands in music. From testing headphones to reviewing albums, our experts aim to create reviews you can trust. Find out more about how we review.<\/a><\/span>\n<\/p>\n\nComing after Dave Lee Roth<\/a>\u2019s acrimonious departure and heralding the arrival of their new singer Sammy Hagar<\/a>, 1986\u2019s 5150<\/em> was always going to be pivotal for Van Halen<\/a>. It turned out to be more than that. The band had spent the late 70s and early 80s building up an irrepressible head of steam, but Roth\u2019s egomaniacal behaviour on and off stage and guitarist Eddie Van Halen<\/a>\u2019s desire for respect alongside his fame were increasingly incompatible.<\/p>\nHagar was not a familiar figure to Van Halen fans who did not know or care about his Montrose past or his solo hit singles, but his singing style \u2013 more straightforward than Roth \u2013 fitted in well, and 5150<\/em> gave them their first No.1 album, on the back of three hit singles: a couple of power ballads in Why Can\u2019t This Be Love<\/em> and Love Walks In<\/em>, plus the inspiring, anthemic Dreams.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Coming after Dave Lee Roth<\/a>\u2019s acrimonious departure and heralding the arrival of their new singer Sammy Hagar<\/a>, 1986\u2019s 5150<\/em> was always going to be pivotal for Van Halen<\/a>. It turned out to be more than that. The band had spent the late 70s and early 80s building up an irrepressible head of steam, but Roth\u2019s egomaniacal behaviour on and off stage and guitarist Eddie Van Halen<\/a>\u2019s desire for respect alongside his fame were increasingly incompatible.<\/p>\nHagar was not a familiar figure to Van Halen fans who did not know or care about his Montrose past or his solo hit singles, but his singing style \u2013 more straightforward than Roth \u2013 fitted in well, and 5150<\/em> gave them their first No.1 album, on the back of three hit singles: a couple of power ballads in Why Can\u2019t This Be Love<\/em> and Love Walks In<\/em>, plus the inspiring, anthemic Dreams.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Hagar was not a familiar figure to Van Halen fans who did not know or care about his Montrose past or his solo hit singles, but his singing style \u2013 more straightforward than Roth \u2013 fitted in well, and 5150<\/em> gave them their first No.1 album, on the back of three hit singles: a couple of power ballads in Why Can\u2019t This Be Love<\/em> and Love Walks In<\/em>, plus the inspiring, anthemic Dreams.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n