Released: 1984. Genre: Rock. Styles: Synth Pop, Hard Rock, Pop/Rock, Heavy Metal, Arena Rock, Album Rock, Pop-Metal. Number Of Tracks: 9. 1984 is a timeless hard rock masterpiece, which eventually sold a staggering ten million copies.

POSTED: 07/19/2004 - 04:49 am

Release Date: Mar 26, 1986. Label: Warner Bros / Wea. Genres: Rock. Number Of Tracks: 9. On 5150, the title is police code for "escaped lunatic," you can hear the band's excitement at having struck a winning combination.

POSTED: 08/30/2007 - 05:47 am

Released: Feb 7, 2012. Genre: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal. Label: Interscope. Number Of Tracks: 13. The first Van Halen album to be released in over 25 years to feature David Lee Roth on lead vocals, and also featuring for the first time Wolfgang Van Halen on bass guitar and backing vocals. This album is mostly a re-working of several Van Halen demos from the late 70's.

POSTED: 02/07/2012 - 07:13 am

Released: Jan 24, 1995. Genre: Rock. Styles: Album Rock, Hard Rock, Pop/Rock, Heavy Metal. Number Of Tracks: 12. Eddie Van Halen sincerely attempts to improve the group musically, by adding more subtle and assured ballads and more fearless rockers.

POSTED: 04/21/2005 - 04:12 am

Release Date: Oct 22, 1996. Label: Warner Bros.. Genres: Pop/Rock, Album Rock, Arena Rock, Hard Rock, Pop-Metal, Heavy Metal. Number Of Tracks: 17. Best Of, Vol. 1 remains a good single-disc encapsulation of Van Halen's career, even if it isn't a definitive retrospective.

POSTED: 10/31/2007 - 04:03 am

Release Date: Apr 14, 1982. Label: Warner Bros.. Genres: Arena Rock, Album Rock, Pop-Metal, Hard Rock, Pop/Rock, Heavy Metal. Number Of Tracks: 12. All of the songs are professionally performed, and the music features more ideas than most previous Van Halen albums, but the lack of strong original material makes Diver Down less of an accomplishment than it appears.

POSTED: 08/05/2006 - 03:39 am

Released: Apr 29, 1981. Genre: Rock. Styles: Arena Rock, Album Rock, Hard Rock, Pop/Rock, Heavy Metal. Number Of Tracks: 9. Along with their self-titled debut and 1984, Fair Warning is an undisputed Van Halen masterpiece.

POSTED: 04/11/2005 - 08:48 am

Release Date: Jun 17, 1991. Label: Warner Bros.. Genres: Album Rock, Hard Rock, Pop/Rock, Heavy Metal, Pop-Metal. Number Of Tracks: 11. At times, it recalls the sleek hard rock of Hagar's early '80s albums, and it's undeniable that his limited vocal power had a great deal to do with the obvious nature of most of this music.

POSTED: 11/19/2005 - 12:18 am

Released: May 24, 1988. Genre: Hard rock. Label: Warner Bros.. Number Of Tracks: 10. This album seems to be more on a lighter sort of side than its predecessor '5150'.

POSTED: 10/05/2010 - 02:52 am

Released: Jul 20, 2004. Genre: Rock. Styles: Hard Rock, Pop/Rock, Heavy Metal, Arena Rock, Album Rock, Pop-Metal. Number Of Tracks: 36. To promote the tour, the band assembled a new hits compilation, the double-disc, 36-track Best of Both Worlds.

POSTED: 08/03/2004 - 04:56 am

Released: 1978. Genre: Rock. Styles: Hard Rock, Pop/Rock, Heavy Metal, Arena Rock, Album Rock. Number Of Tracks: 11. Van Halen proved to be the ultimate coming-of-age soundtrack to many a teenager since its release.

POSTED: 06/12/2004 - 03:20 am

Release Date: Mar 23, 1979. Label: Warner Bros.. Genres: Arena Rock, Album Rock, Hard Rock, Pop/Rock, Heavy Metal, Pop-Metal. Number Of Tracks: 10. Van Halen II confirmed that the band was fast becoming America's premier hard rock/metal band.

POSTED: 11/24/2005 - 01:50 am

Released: Mar 17, 1998. Genre: Hard rock. Label: Warner Bros.. Number Of Tracks: 12. It is so painful to think that this was created by legendary musicians that are Van Halen.

POSTED: 09/17/2010 - 03:58 am

Released: Mar 26, 1980. Genre: Hard rock, heavy metal. Label: Warner Bros. Records. Number Of Tracks: 9. This album is without a doubt one of Van Halen's best releases.

POSTED: 09/27/2010 - 06:37 am