Due August 15, “Balance (Expanded Edition)” will be available as a 2LP/2CD/Blu-ray deluxe set including the original album – remastered for 2023’s “The Collection II” – along with a selection of audio and video rarities; the package also contains several unreleased live recordings from the Balance Tour.
“Balance (Expanded Edition)” pulls together a selection of non-album tracks from the period, including the B-side “Crossing Over,” along with “Humans Being” and “Respect the Wind” from the Twister soundtrack; also featured are eight performances from the band’s 1995 Wembley Stadium appearance, which was broadcast by the BBC.
The Blu-ray features several restored promo videos, including “Can’t Stop Lovin’ You,” “Amsterdam,” and “Not Enough.”
Standalone versions of “Balance” will also be available on August 15, including a 2CD set with the album and rarities, and a 2LP black vinyl and 2LP orange vinyl pressing that presents the full album on vinyl for the first time in 30 years. Here, the complete album spans three sides, for optimal audio quality, with a Balance-era etching on the fourth.
Originally released on January 24, 1995, "Balance" debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and was certified triple Platinum by the RIAA. The album produced rock radio hits like “Can’t Stop Lovin’ You” and “Don’t Tell Me (What Love Can Do),” and introduced deeper cuts like “Big Fat Money” and “Aftershock.” It marked the final studio album recorded by the lineup of Sammy Hagar, Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, and Michael Anthony.
Van Halen are previewing the newly-announced project with a previously-unreleased live clip of “The Seventh Seal,” filmed at the Target Center in Minneapolis in July 1995.
Eddie Van Halen passed away in 2020 at the age of 65 from a stroke and other issues following a lengthy battle with cancer.
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