Homosapien
by Pete Shelley

Homosapien by Pete Shelley
Year: 1981
Overall rank: 25,149th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 18 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1981 (355th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (3,204th)
Award Best albums of all time (25,149th)

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Homosapien is ranked as the best album by Pete Shelley.

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Overall rank: 25,149th | 1980s rank: 3,204th | 1981 rank: 355th

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Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 18 votes)
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07/14/2024 16:52 matterhornrider  Ratings distribution  4,93081/100
 
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05/21/2024 19:02 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  23,85964/100
 
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03/18/2023 09:49 Igtonumama  Ratings distribution  10,79163/100
 
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02/07/2023 04:29 stangetzaway  Ratings distribution  2,21084/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.7/100, a mean average of 68.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.5.

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From 08/14/2015 14:15 | #147683
A gigantic departure from the Buzzcocks, Homosapien is synth dominated offering from Pete Shelley. I had read this was to be a guitar album and its fun to imagine how these songs would have sounded. The songs are solid and I imagine that is why it still works in its new wave tinge.
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Best Albums of 1981
1. Moving Pictures by Rush
2. Computerwelt by Kraftwerk
3. Discipline by King Crimson
4. Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees
5. My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts by Brian Eno & David Byrne
6. Time by Electric Light Orchestra
7. Faith by The Cure
8. Dare by The Human League
9. Damaged by Black Flag
10. Deceit by This Heat
11. Tattoo You by The Rolling Stones
12. Youth Of America by Wipers
13. Ghost In The Machine by The Police
14. Fire Of Love by The Gun Club
15. The Ascension by Glenn Branca
16. Heaven Up Here by Echo & The Bunnymen
17. Face Value by Phil Collins
18. Killers by Iron Maiden
19. Nightclubbing by Grace Jones
20. Movement by New Order
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