Human Wheels
by John Mellencamp
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John Mellencamp bestography
Human Wheels is ranked as the best album by John Mellencamp.
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Human Wheels track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Human Wheels 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 | arnellarsen | Top 85 Music Albums of 1993 | 50/85 | 2 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2025 |  paladisiac | 1990s 65rating (64-63.5), #001-100* | 28/93 | - |
| 2025 |  buzzdainer | Top 47 Music Albums of 1993 | 32/47 | 2 |
| 2025 | paladisiac | top 65r albums (64), #0201-0300* | 69/99 | - |
| 2025 |  Repo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 56/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 46/100 | 3 |
| 2024 |  HelsinkiSnorkel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 29/100 | 14 |
| 2022 | arnellarsen | Top 76 Music Albums of the 1990s | 51/76 | 7 |
| 2021 | Daredevil42 | Top 35 Music Albums of 1993 | 35/35 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 26 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 68 | |||
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Human Wheels ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/14/2026 22:28 | traistboar | 1,807 | 79/100 |
| ! | 12/08/2025 00:44 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
| ! | 11/24/2025 00:49 |  TimBroad04 | 203 | 69/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.9/100, a mean average of 69.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.5.
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Human Wheels forum mentions
Repo 06/30/2019 14:15 in What album are you listening to right now?Human Wheels comments
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Eastwood 04/22/2015 20:37 | #140020
Very good album. Best 10 songs average is 88,8/100 and the album can get very good 90/100. Best songs are "Human Wheels" and "Sweet evening breeze" both 95/100, followed by "Beige to beige" 90/100. All other songs good 80-85/100. Favourite!
Genre: Heartland Rock, Rock
nocturnaldelight 09/07/2018 09:51 | #220701
His previous albums were much better but "Human Wheels" is still one of my favourite Mellencamp songs. Other highlights are "Suzanne And The Jewels" and "What If I Came Knocking" (album rating: 58,50 %)
jhuik TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/04/2013 00:22 | #59963
Jesus is a change in course but the rest is late career JCM crooning away.
llibnanoon 05/18/2020 17:20 | #251686
Solid effort
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