Human Performance
by Parquet Courts
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Parquet Courts bestography
Human Performance is ranked 4th best out of 11 albums by Parquet Courts on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Parquet Courts is Wide Awake! which is ranked number 586 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,908.
(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 Performance track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Human Performance rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 2016 | 8/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2016 | 39/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 83 Music Albums of 2016 | 64/83 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 100 Music Albums of 2016 | 68/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 100 Music Albums of 2016 | 74/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Monarchie & Alltag: Alben des Jahres 2016 | 17/30 | - |
| 2026 | jdizzle123456 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2016 | 77/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | GLIDE’S 20 BEST ALBUMS OF 2016 | 17/40 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 95 Music Albums of 2016 | 53/95 | 2 |
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 61 Music Albums of 2016 | 32/61 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 183 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 464 | |||
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Human Performance ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/22/2026 08:20 | ASOARE | 2,572 | 78/100 |
| ! | 09/21/2026 20:30 |  imimesis | 2,130 | 81/100 |
| ! | 07/08/2026 10:58 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,674 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 18% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.9/100, a mean average of 73.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.5.
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Human Performance forum mentions
imacgill 06/28/2023 23:42 in What album are you listening to right now?
dihansse 04/10/2016 18:03 in Shit My Cats Hear While They're Trying To SleepHuman Performance comments
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johnner TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/09/2016 06:35 | #163527 | TOP COMMENT
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Yeah, they still sound like Pavement but they also remind me of The Modern Lovers and they're really good at copying Lou Reed's ostrich guitar by way of 'The Black Angel's Death Song'. Saying all that, Human Performance is the type of indie album you thought they'd forgotten to make with tunes aplenty. it's got the flavour!
The songs sound like a good/consistent Lou Barlow record, but for me I can't get around the vocalists -- they're just not very good. Sometimes that doesn't matter, but in this case they're distracting from what would otherwise be a very good album.
Favorite tracks: Human Performance, Two Dead Cops
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