- hard rock, rock, heavy metal, pop rock
- 9 tracks
- Warner Bros. Records
OU812 is the eighth studio album by American rock band Van Halen. Released on May 24, 1988, it is the band's second album to feature vocalist Sammy Hagar. Van Halen began work on the album in September 1987 and completed it in April 1988, one month before its release.
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Spare, classical in form, grave and unpretentious.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- warmbleak
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- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- Christgau's Record Guide: The '80sC
- Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal6/10
- Kerrang!5/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
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Tracks
- A1Mine All Mine
- A2When It’s Love
- A3A.F.U. (Naturally Wired)
- A4Cabo Wabo
- B1Source of Infection
- B2Feels So Good
- B3Finish What Ya Started
- B4Black and Blue
- B5Sucker in a 3 Piece
About the album
- Artist
- Van Halen
- Label
- Warner Bros. Records
- Released
- 1988
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Cassette
- Country
- US
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