The Human Menagerie
by Cockney Rebel

The Human Menagerie by Cockney Rebel
Year: 1973
Overall rank: 6,564th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 65 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1973 (114th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,022nd)
Award Best albums of all time (6,564th)

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The Human Menagerie is ranked as the best album by Cockney Rebel.

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Overall rank: 6,564th | 1970s rank: 1,022nd | 1973 rank: 114th

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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 65 votes)
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02/10/2026 20:28 dihansse  Ratings distribution  6,26375/100
 
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01/18/2026 21:42 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  14,99874/100
 
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01/18/2026 12:38 BrianBoehm  Ratings distribution  5994/100
 
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01/01/2026 09:26 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,82070/100
 
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10/29/2025 02:05 MadhattanJack  Ratings distribution  5,66266/100

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This album is rated in the top 17% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.9/100, a mean average of 73.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.2.

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From 05/25/2023 16:39 | #297216
Interesting things.. Some songs are quite original. some with Bowie vibes. Ingenious music.
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From 08/10/2014 16:13 | #119158
The original album had only the first 10 tracks. "Rock and Roll Parade" was a single B-side (from "Sebastian"), "Judy Teen" a single A-side. They were added to the CD release.
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From 10/05/2013 13:33 | #87640
Last two songs are missing with me. Is that my fault or are there multiple versions?

In my opinion, the best tracks on this one are Hideaway and Death trip. Sebastian is probably the best known song here.
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2. Innervisions by Stevie Wonder
3. Houses Of The Holy by Led Zeppelin
4. Selling England By The Pound by Genesis
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