Humans
by Bruce Cockburn

Humans by Bruce Cockburn
Year: 1980
Release date: 1980-00-00
Overall rank: 11,964th   
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 30 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1980 (186th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,670th)
Award Best albums of all time (11,964th)

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Bruce Cockburn bestography

Humans is ranked 3rd best out of 34 albums by Bruce Cockburn on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Bruce Cockburn is Stealing Fire which is ranked number 8298 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 149.

Bruce Cockburn album bestography « Higher ranked (10,290th)
Dancing In The Dragon's Jaws
This album (11,964th)
Humans
Lower ranked (15,431st) »
The Charity Of Night

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Bruce Cockburn @ Rialto Theatre
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Oct
21
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Bruce Cockburn with special guest Livingston Taylor
State Theatre, Portland, United States. United States
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Humans track list

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Humans rankings

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Overall rank: 11,964th | 1980s rank: 1,670th | 1980 rank: 186th

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70/100 (from 30 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.6/100, a mean average of 68.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 22.0.

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From 04/10/2025 10:58 | #308445
If I could push a button and make one song famous and known to everyone, I think it might be The Rose Above The Sky, which is six minutes of pure beauty. I go way back with this album; it has some personal resonance with me, and I could see how some of it might not work for others. But that particular recording of that song is on a whole other level.
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From 01/28/2015 03:57 | #132781
Still quality, still thoughtful, but not as complete as his best work.
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Best Albums of 1980
1. Remain In Light by Talking Heads
2. Closer by Joy Division
3. Back In Black by AC/DC
4. Scary Monsters by David Bowie
5. Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables by Dead Kennedys
6. Peter Gabriel (1980) by Peter Gabriel
7. The River by Bruce Springsteen
8. Permanent Waves by Rush
9. Pretenders by Pretenders
10. Making Movies by Dire Straits
11. Seventeen Seconds by The Cure
12. Crazy Rhythms by The Feelies
13. Sandinista! by The Clash
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19. Sound Affects by The Jam
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