House Of Balloons
by The Weeknd

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House Of Balloons by The Weeknd
Year: 2011
Release date: 2011-03-21
Overall rank: 893rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 415 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 2011 (15th)
Award Top albums of of the 2010s (129th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (893rd)

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The Weeknd bestography

House Of Balloons is ranked 2nd best out of 13 albums by The Weeknd on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Weeknd is After Hours which is ranked number 800 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,162.

The Weeknd album bestography « Higher ranked (800th)
After Hours This album (893rd)
House Of Balloons Lower ranked (1,255th) »
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House Of Balloons track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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High For This
Average Rating: 85 (119 votes)Comments: View 0
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What You Need
Average Rating: 82 (93 votes)Comments: View 0
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House Of Balloons / Glass Table Girls
Average Rating: 88 (120 votes)Comments: View 1
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The Morning
Average Rating: 85 (102 votes)Comments: View 0
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Wicked Games
Average Rating: 86 (121 votes)Comments: View 0
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The Party & The After Party
Average Rating: 80 (88 votes)Comments: View 0
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Coming Down
Average Rating: 78 (81 votes)Comments: View 0
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Loft Music
Average Rating: 80 (78 votes)Comments: View 0
9.
The Knowing
Average Rating: 79 (81 votes)Comments: View 0

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House Of Balloons rankings

House Of Balloons rankings summary
Overall rank: 893rd | 2010s rank: 129th | 2011 rank: 15th  Overall chart history
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House Of Balloons ratings

Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 415 votes)
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 !		08/03/2026 20:30 LedZep  Ratings distribution  5,11579/100
 
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 !		07/12/2026 20:02 liquidbottle  Ratings distribution  77582/100
 
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 !		07/02/2026 22:32 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  15,60070/100

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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.1/100, a mean average of 76.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.3.


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From 02/14/2025 19:03 | #307601
Album Rating: 89.56
(806/9)

The Weeknd (HOB - CAN - Mar 11) - House Of Balloons

21.03.2011

One of those albums where I remember exactly what I was doing, wearing and stealing when I heard it for the first time. In an edgy changing room, in an edgy clothing shop, in an edgy northern town.

It had me within a few seconds of ‘High For This’ and had me grinding in front of the mirror like a demented Dev Alahan by the end of ‘House Of Balloons / Glass Table Girls’.

Although lyrically dubious, Tesfaye would never be quite as good again. But who could.

1. The Weeknd (HOB - CAN - Mar 11) - High For This. 98
2. The Weeknd (HOB - CAN - Mar 11) - What You Need. 75
3. The Weeknd (HOB - CAN - Mar 11) - House Of Balloons / Glass Table Girls. 100
4. The Weeknd (HOB - CAN - Mar 11) - The Morning. 90
5. The Weeknd (HOB - CAN - Mar 11) - Wicked Games. 100
6. The Weeknd (HOB - CAN - Mar 11) - The Party & The After Party. 86
7. The Weeknd (HOB - CAN - Mar 11) - Coming Down. 76
8. The Weeknd (HOB - CAN - Mar 11) - Loft Music. 90
9. The Weeknd (HOB - CAN - Mar 11) - The Knowing. 91

Ranked in order:

* The Weeknd (HOB - CAN - Mar 11) - House Of Balloons / Glass Table Girls. 100
* The Weeknd (HOB - CAN - Mar 11) - Wicked Games. 100
* The Weeknd (HOB - CAN - Mar 11) - High For This. 98
* The Weeknd (HOB - CAN - Mar 11) - The Knowing. 91
* The Weeknd (HOB - CAN - Mar 11) - The Morning. 90
* The Weeknd (HOB - CAN - Mar 11) - Loft Music. 90
* The Weeknd (HOB - CAN - Mar 11) - The Party & The After Party. 86
* The Weeknd (HOB - CAN - Mar 11) - Coming Down. 76
* The Weeknd (HOB - CAN - Mar 11) - What You Need. 75 (Edited)
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From 02/07/2023 20:46 | #293774 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
I can understand people not liking this because how shallow and cliche the lyrics are, but there is not one weak moment onthis mixtape. (Edited)
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From 06/14/2022 19:12 | #286377
Decent, but i don't think its his best work. Opener and Title track are the two highlights
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From 06/23/2017 02:56 | #193062
The Weeknd introduces himself with very nice vocals and production.
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