I hear you on the 5150. Not the cool choice. And not even in the top 5 VH albums I listen to but it was the first CD (not tape) I bought and it is too tied to high school for me. It has baggage (in a good way) that keeps it on this list.
Of all the VH albums you could have chose for Albums of All Time, you chose 5150? That might be the best Sammy Album (and I do like it a lot) but it doesn't compare to, say, Van Halen II.