Van Halen 1984 Vinyl Record Warner Brothers Records fashion 1984

The album reached number two on the Billboard album charts. In first place at that time was Michael Jackson's album Thriller, in which Eddie Van Halen contributed the well-known solo to Beat It. Although Eddie Van Halen was previously known almost exclusively as a fashion guitarist, he recorded all the keyboard parts on 1984, which especially characterize the songs Jump, I'll Wait and the intro 1984. Already on the album Women and Children First, the guitarist had used a Wurlitzer Electric Piano for a song, but this was not recognizable as such due to the effects used. The 1984 album was the first Van Halen recorded at Eddie Van Halen's Studio 5150; as a result, the band had much more possibilities in the design of the album.