Van Halen's sixth album and the first to utilize
synthesizers. It was a pivotal album that resulted in an increase in the use of electronic and synthesizer effects in hard rock, something that along with
glam rock would lead to the dominance of
hair metal in the late 1980s.
Notable also as the last album before
David Lee Roth left the band in 1985. Produced the number one single "Jump" as well as the top 15 "I'll Wait" along with equally well-known "Hot for Teacher" and "Panama". Regarded as one of the group's best albums since their 1978 debut.
Track Listing:
- 1984 (instrumental)
- Jump
- Panama
- Top Jimmy
- Drop Dead Legs
- Hot for Teacher
- I'll Wait
- Girl Gone Bad