The Human Factor
by Metal Church
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Metal Church bestography
The Human Factor is ranked 3rd best out of 15 albums by Metal Church on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Metal Church is Metal Church which is ranked number 7719 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 166.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Human Factor track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Human Factor rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 87 Music Albums of 1991 | 45/87 | 2 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 28/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | mrfloosak | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 48/100 | 3 |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 21/100 | 4 |
| 2024 | sonicdiscourse | 1991 To-Do List | 54/77 | - |
| 2022 | Eldryzif | Top 30 Greatest Music Albums | 11/30 | 35 |
| 2021 |  mrblond | Top 50 Music Albums of 1991 | 44/50 | 1 |
| 2021 |  MW19704U | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 71/100 | 2 |
| 2019 | Fischman | My Top Metal Albums of 1991 | 2/10 | - |
| 2019 | Fischman | Metal Church Albums Ranked | 3/12 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 12 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 53 | |||
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The Human Factor ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 09/13/2026 14:16 | mizzle | 1,576 | 82/100 |
| ! | 10/22/2025 13:49 | mids | 937 | 80/100 |
| ! | 06/28/2025 21:21 |  zags7000 | 20,568 | 64/100 |
Rating metrics:
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.1/100, a mean average of 75.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.7.
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jeremy9 10/01/2019 08:37 | #243264
Another very good heavy metal album.
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