Nearly Human (studio album)
by Todd Rundgren

Nearly Human by Todd Rundgren
Year: 1989
Overall rank: 74,743rd   
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 32 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1989 (887th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (8,270th)
Award Best albums of all time (74,743rd)

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Todd Rundgren bestography

Nearly Human is ranked 18th best out of 31 albums by Todd Rundgren on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Todd Rundgren is Something/Anything? which is ranked number 1301 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,320.

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Nearly Human track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Nearly Human rankings

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Overall rank: 74,743rd | 1980s rank: 8,270th | 1989 rank: 887th

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Nearly Human ratings

Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 32 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.8/100, a mean average of 68.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.

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From 04/26/2016 10:32 | #164574
A solid effort by Mr. Rundgren. Only a couple of stand out tracks however.
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From 06/24/2012 12:32 | #45274
Want of a nail is one of the best tracks Rundgren ever did.
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