Best Van Halen Albums, Ranked

All albums by

Van Halen

23 albums · 1976–2015 · average 74.0

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RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
380	Van Halen - Van Halen	1978	84.9	74.6	100	81	83.7	89.4	80	85.4
2294	1984 - Van Halen	1984	79.7	71	87	77.3	78.8	87.8	76	80
4078	Fair Warning - Van Halen	1981	75.7	71.6	65	74.9	77.7	85.8	75	80
4673	Women and Children First - Van Halen	1980	73.6	68.2	70	71.7	73.7	83.8	74	74
4743	5150 - Van Halen	1986	73.2	66	70	72.2	77.1	84.4	73	70
5381	OU812 - Van Halen	1988	67.5	57.6	80	59	65	81.2	68	62
5387	Diver Down - Van Halen	1982	67.4	62	55	66.5	70.1	82	72	64
5460	For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge - Van Halen	1991	65.5	63.6	47	60.3	68.9	85.8	69	64
–	The Best of Both Worlds - Van Halen	2004	78.4	72.4	71	86.1	78.8	86.6	74	80
–	Van Halen II - Van Halen	1979	77.8	68.8	85	75.6	76.8	85.4	75	–
–	Best of Volume I - Van Halen	1996	75.8	75.4	63	74.6	–	86.8	79	76
–	A Different Kind of Truth - Van Halen	2012	67.3	–	69	56.4	61.3	81.8	71	64
–	Balance - Van Halen	1995	62.5	–	54	51.5	63.3	84.4	66	56
–	Van Halen III - Van Halen	1998	45.5	–	52	26	38	69.8	51	36
–	Live: Right Here, Right Now. - Van Halen	1993	67.3	–	53	62.9	–	84.8	64	72
–	Tokyo Dome - Van Halen	2015	58.3	–	63	40.1	–	80	–	50
–	II - Van Halen	1979	81.7	–	–	–	–	85.4	–	78
–	Live Without A Net - Van Halen	1987	79.2	–	–	–	–	88.4	–	70
–	Women and Children First / Fair Warning - Van Halen	1981	96	–	–	–	–	–	–	96
–	Zero - Van Halen	1976	80	–	–	–	–	–	–	80
–	The Collection - Van Halen	2015	74	–	–	–	–	–	–	74
–	Live On Air - Van Halen	2011	52	–	–	–	–	–	–	52
–	Complete Zero Demo - Van Halen	1976	46	–	–	–	–	–	–	46