Human Racing
by Nik Kershaw
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Nik Kershaw bestography
Human Racing is ranked 2nd best out of 7 albums by Nik Kershaw on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Nik Kershaw is The Riddle which is ranked number 6167 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 218.
(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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Human Racing track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 72 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Human Racing 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 |  imacgill | Missed The Cut-1984 | 3/6 | - |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top 65r albums (64), #0501-0600 | 97/100 | - |
| 2026 | przemool112008 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 10/100 | 89 |
| 2025 | paladisiac | 1980s 65rating (64-63.67), #001-100* | 63/98 | - |
| 2025 | paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 57/100 | 2 |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 93/100 | 0 |
| 2024 | Junomoogmello | 100 Best Music of the Eighties | 6/100 | - |
| 2024 | Gallowtree | Top 66 Music Albums of 1984 | 22/66 | 3 |
| 2024 | byuzak | Top 96 Music Albums of 1984 | 29/96 | 4 |
| 2024 |  PAPPITUFO | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 81/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 34 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 159 | |||
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Human Racing ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/19/2026 17:21 | przemool112008 | 87 | 91/100 |
| ! | 08/20/2025 05:46 | LammyTS1 | 1,098 | 59/100 |
| ! | 03/30/2025 15:02 | tim0505 | 4,418 | 82/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.9/100, a mean average of 66.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.
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Human Racing forum mentions
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This and The Riddle were two of my favourite albums from the eighties. I have been lucky enough to see Nik Kershaw twice, once in his heyday and more recently about ten years ago. Both were excellent concerts which immediately transformed me back to Human Racing and The Riddle on vinyl. To choose between the two albums is difficult, I think for me that Human Racing has the edge with three cracking tracks, 'I Wont Let the Sun Go Down On Me', 'Wouldn't it be Good' and 'Human Racing'. I still have my original vinyl copies which sound as good today as they did over thirty years ago.
His debut album containing four Top 20 hits, "I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me"(2), "Wouldn't It Be Good"(4), "Dancing Girls"(13) and "Human Nature"(19). (Edited)
Decent 80’s synth album let down by two poor tracks, the highlights being the single releases.
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