This is Michael Mixerr. Today I am reviewing Van Halen - Balance.
For sure Van Halen went the Nirvana route on this album. This album marked the end of their popularity in their career. Van Halen was not as popular in the 90s as they were in the 80s. By the 90s, Van Halen had lost popularity with the modern audience and in their crowd. Balance proved to be a balance in terms of quality, sound, mastering, production, and lyrics of course. A 1/4th of the album is instrumental rock music songs. Half of the Van Halen fans liked this album or they didn't.
Amsterdam was about Van Halen's travels in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Aftershock deals with such dramatic trauma. The band expresses the desire to return to Amsterdam. Strung Out, Doin' Time, and Baluchitherium are the instrumental songs that compensate a 1/3rd of the Balance album.
Don't Tell Me is about making your own choices and choosing your own destiny. It's all based on decision making. If you are wrong, then you will pay for it. Choices and destiny are the main topics for this song.
Van Halen gets religious and spiritually deep on The Seventh Seal song. We are walked down to the wishing well to help someone find a miracle. Holy water is splashed upon Ye. Now we are in a cold sweat and under the darkened skies we will see the bright yellow light. The light is broken now. We can't help but feel someone somewhere cracked the seventh seal. Nothing is sacred anymore.
We are now taken to the virgin spring where we wash away our suffering and sin. The suffering is washed away with holy water. Holy water is splashed upon us. Yet again, we end up in a cold sweat. Deep down, we have found our motherlode.
I rate this album, Balance, 2 1|2/5**(.
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