Human's Lib
by Howard Jones
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Human's Lib is ranked as the best album by Howard Jones.
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Human's Lib track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Human's Lib 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 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 73/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 42/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 38/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 84 Music Albums of 1984 | 75/84 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Squonk007 | Top 22 Music Albums of 1984 | 17/22 | 1 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 47/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 40 Music Albums of 1984 | 35/40 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 49/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | tim0505 | Top 44 Music Albums of 1984 | 26/44 | 2 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 86/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 56 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 122 | |||
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Human's Lib ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 12/12/2025 02:22 | Olli | 7,940 | 62/100 |
| ! | 07/07/2024 13:46 | RemainInLight | 3,826 | 36/100 |
| ! | 04/17/2023 00:14 |  zags7000 | 20,568 | 64/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.7/100, a mean average of 70.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.7.
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neilgee 04/08/2022 22:04 in What album are you listening to right now?Human's Lib comments
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Pivotal eighties album. If you are a keyboard player you will recognise what Howard was doing with the fairly rudimentary syncing of his kit, albeit he was fortunate to have some great synths in his arsenal, most notably the Jupier 8. He was and still is a clever musician. Pearl in the shell is a superb track, the synth textures are devine! I often see comments on this site about 'filler'. Filler is something I buy from the local DIY store to fill cracks and has become a modern term to allow people to express their dissatisfaction for tracks on album which they don't like. The term in my view is utter tripe. Either you like an album or you don't'...
Nostalgia, 80's synth is my music, I had a clock radio that I listened to Radio Luxembourg on late into the night, fading in and out, and What Is Love was regularly played....in a way I wish that was it, this hasn't aged as well as I'd hoped, although Pearl In The Shell, What Is Love (prefer the single version) and New Song are still top tracks.
3 really strong new wave tracks new song, what is love and pearl in the shell. Howard Jones is a must in any new wave collection
Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/11/2017 18:28 | #189086 | TOP COMMENT
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A couple great songs and a lot of standard issue for the day filler. Worth having . . . barely.
Decent debut, well known What is Love and bunch of average tracks.
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