Van Halen’s Balance Gets Reissued
Expanded edition, out Aug. 15, features B-sides, live tracks and more
Let’s be real here: Balance is nobody’s favorite Van Halen album.
However, the band’s fourth and final LP with Sammy Hagar turned 30 this past January. And enough time has passed that maybe the record’s adult contemporary vibes you originally heard that first time around hit different in 2025.
Well, now is the time to overlook those old prejudices against Balance you might’ve had in 1995 and give it a second chance. On Aug. 15, the album will be reissued as an expanded edition that will include the remastered original LP (which debuted on 2023’s The Collection II) along with a tasty array of audio and video rarities specific to this era.
Balance (Expanded Edition) collects a cache 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 standout performances from the band’s 1995 Wembley Stadium appearance, which was broadcast by the BBC. Among the VH classics performed include “Ain’t Talkin’ About Love,” “When It’s Love” and “Jump.”
The Blu-ray features several restored promo videos, including “Can’t Stop Lovin’ You,” “Amsterdam” and “Not Enough.” It also includes a previously unreleased live clip of “The Seventh Seal,” filmed at the Target Center in Minneapolis in July 1995.
Standalone versions of Balance will also be available the same day, including a 2CD set with the album and rarities, and a 2LP 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.
See below for the full tracklisting along with the Wembley version of “The Seventh Seal.”
BALANCE (EXPANDED EDITION)
2LP/2CD/Blu-ray
Track Listing
LP One: Original Album: 2023 Remaster
Side One
“The Seventh Seal”
“Can’t Stop Lovin’ You”
“Don’t Tell Me (What Love Can Do)”
“Amsterdam”
Side Two
“Big Fat Money”
“Strung Out”
“Not Enough”
“Aftershock”
“Doin’ Time”
LP Two
Side One
“Baluchitherium”
“Take Me Back (Déjà Vu)”
“Feelin’”
Side Two
Etching
CD One: 2023 Remaster
“The Seventh Seal”
“Can’t Stop Lovin’ You”
“Don’t Tell Me (What Love Can Do)”
“Amsterdam”
“Big Fat Money”
“Strung Out”
“Not Enough”
“Aftershock”
“Doin’ Time”
“Baluchitherium”
“Take Me Back (Déjà Vu)”
“Feelin’”
CD Two
“Crossing Over”
“Humans Being”
“Respect The Wind”
Live At Wembley Stadium, London, England (June 24, 1995)
“The Seventh Seal” *
“Feelin’” *
“Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love” *
Guitar Solo *
“You Really Got Me” *
“When It’s Love” *
“Jump” *
“Right Now” *
Blu-ray
“Don’t Tell Me (What Love Can Do)” – Promo Video
“Can’t Stop Loving You” – Promo Video
“Amsterdam” – Promo Video
“Not Enough” – Promo Video
“The Seventh Seal” – Live at Target Center, Minneapolis, MN (July 30, 1995) *
“Humans Being” – Promo Video
* Previously Unreleased
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Really hard to understand. This was a No. 1 album, triple platinum, and not a single memorable song. Other than some guitar noodling, not even a single memorable moment. A completely forgettable album by a band capable of greatness.