H₂O
by Daryl Hall & John Oates

H₂O by Daryl Hall & John Oates
Year: 1982
Overall rank: 5,607th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 81 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1982 (91st)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (816th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,607th)

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Daryl Hall & John Oates bestography

H₂O is ranked 2nd best out of 27 albums by Daryl Hall & John Oates on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Daryl Hall & John Oates is Abandoned Luncheonette which is ranked number 4180 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 343.

Daryl Hall & John Oates album bestography « Higher ranked (4,180th)
Abandoned Luncheonette
This album (5,607th)
H₂O
Lower ranked (5,827th) »
Private Eyes

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H₂O rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,607th | 1980s rank: 816th | 1982 rank: 91st

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H₂O ratings

Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 81 votes)
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12/17/2025 10:50 Leginlists  Ratings distribution  3,09483/100
 
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11/16/2025 17:22 platus  Ratings distribution  5,83374/100
 
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11/12/2025 23:45 NYAndreas  Ratings distribution  1,43344/100
 
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09/27/2025 02:21 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  23,02669/100
 
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08/28/2025 13:44 markl73  Ratings distribution  56978/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.0/100, a mean average of 67.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.

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From 03/31/2015 04:14 | #138307
"Maneater" was the hit on this one. Another boring one from these guys. Blech!
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