Passion And Warfare
by Steve Vai
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Passion And Warfare is ranked as the best album by Steve Vai.
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Passion And Warfare track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Passion And Warfare rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 1990 | 46/50 | 1 |
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 87/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | PurpleHazel | Top 29 Music Albums of 1990 | 17/29 | 2 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 94/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 95 Music Albums of 1990 | 17/95 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 701-800 | 33/100 | - |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 46 Music Albums of 1990 | 2/46 | 5 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 27 Music Albums of 1990 | 27/27 | 0 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Connections 11 | 5/5 | - |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 89 Music Albums of 1990 | 80/89 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 78 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 285 | |||
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Passion And Warfare ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/06/2026 03:14 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,244 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/29/2025 03:54 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
| ! | 12/09/2024 09:33 |  jeremy9 | 3,821 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.0/100, a mean average of 74.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.8.
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Passion And Warfare forum mentions
neilgee 08/18/2020 12:31 in What album are you listening to right now?
BestEverAlbums 12/01/2019 17:02 in Monthly overall chart movements - November 2019View latest topic →
Romanelli 09/28/2016 13:01 in The Romanelli Music Diary: Giant StepsView all forum mentions
Passion And Warfare comments
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In my opinion, this - along with Vai's two albums with David Lee Roth's supergroup - the Van Halen-ish "Eat 'em and Smile" and the very Vai "Skyscraper"- are his best in the popular idiom.
Vai's latest release, "The Story of Light," is also very good. "Flexable" is a must-own for "Eat 'em and Smile" group fans.
Goliath 11/23/2018 16:13 | #225550 | TOP COMMENT
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Steve Vai is an amazing guitarist, but you need to do more than just show off. For the Love of God is the best track.
One of the most perfect guitar records ever. Polished and polished all those crazy ideas into a magnificent record
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