Human Performance
by Parquet Courts
User Score
8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 45 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 39 out of 45
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 45
  3. Negative: 2 out of 45
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  1. sshpv
    Apr 8, 2016
    9
    New-York band slowly becoming of the best rock bands of this generation. Raw and honest sound plus pretty smart lyrics. My own favorite would be "One man No City", absolutely amazing song.
  2. exodus9237
    Apr 15, 2016
    9
    I remember thinking (and writing) that Sunbathing Animal was a new, more mature approach for the band after its excellent and thrilling debut. Since then, Parquet Courts have released one album and one ep, the first one being a funnier outing and the second one experimental attempt that didn't continued with the band's aforementioned maturity. It all comes down to this one.

    Human    I remember thinking (and writing) that Sunbathing Animal was a new, more mature approach for the band after its excellent and thrilling debut. Since then, Parquet Courts have released one album and one ep, the first one being a funnier outing and the second one experimental attempt that didn't continued with the band's aforementioned maturity. It all comes down to this one.

    Human Performance is Parquet Courts best album since Light Up Gold, and also their most mature album, without forgetting their art punk roots. You can hear the band growing in songs like Berlin Got Blurry or One Man, No City, and also you can hear them having fun and sounding great in songs like Outside and Two Dead Cops.

    It changes, it sounds calm and agitated, fun and truthful. This is an album that shows that Parquet Courts are here to stay, and we should hear what they have to say.    … Expand

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Metascore
82

Universal acclaim - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 29
  3. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. Blurt Magazine
    Sep 7, 2016
    100
    Examining the duality of our motivations and emotions elevates Parquet Courts above most of their peers. Not only do they avoid the Vinyl-style embalming of their source material, but the songs transcend the romanticized hipster baggage that the city--and Brooklyn in particular--currently carries with it.
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  2. Austin Chronicle
    Apr 28, 2016
    78
    Moderating the spellbinding verbosity that saturated previous high-water marks like "Ducking & Dodging" from 2014's Sunbathing Animal gives this latest batch more space to develop and marinate.
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  3. Record Collector
    Apr 22, 2016
    80
    Although there’s nothing as lyrically sharp as Content Nausea, as raucous as Sunbathing Animal or as brash as Light Up Gold, Human Performance hits all the right notes for a band with a lot of ground to cover.
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