Van Halen DELUXE

Recording information: 5150 (06/21/2013); Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood (06/21/2013); The Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan (06/21/2013).
An odd catalog repackaging timed to coincide with the spring 2015 release of Tokyo Dome in Concert, Van Halen's first-ever live album with David Lee Roth, Deluxe contains that two-disc set and adds the new 2015 remasters of Van Halen and 1984, all housed in a simple little box. It's an affordable way to get good-sounding remasters of two of VH's best, along with a solid latter-day live album, but the lack of so many other great Van Halen records only makes you wonder why this couldn't feature all of the band's Warner albums with Diamond Dave. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

• Format: CD
• Genre: Pop