Human (Rod Stewart album)

Human
Studio album by Rod Stewart
Released	12 March 2001
Genre	Rock, pop rock
Length	45:23
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Gregg Alexander, Karl Gordon, Dennis Charles, Mark Taylor, Christopher Neil, Graham Stack, Brian Rawling, Danny Kortchmar
Rod Stewart chronology
When We Were the New Boys (1998) Human (2001) The Story So Far (2001)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	57/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	C+[3]
Mojo	[1]
Q	[1]
Rolling Stone	[4]
Wall of Sound	65/100[1]
Yahoo! Music UK	[5]

Human is a studio album released by Rod Stewart on 12 March 2001 (see 2001 in music). It was Stewart's nineteenth studio album and first, and only release, on Atlantic Records (Atlantic 7567-83411-2), a sister label to his previous label Warner Bros. Records.

It produced the singles "Run Back Into Your Arms", "I Can't Deny It", and "Don't Come Around Here". "I Can't Deny It" became a moderate hit and the album was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry.^[6]

Album information

Besides being Stewart's first album on Atlantic, Human is his first album not to feature an original Stewart track. Of note is track 3, "Don’t Come Around Here", where Stewart is joined by Helicopter Girl. The tracks were recorded at Metropolis Studios, London; Riverside Studios, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Round One Studios, Los Angeles and Olympic Studios, London.

Track listing

1. "Human" (Karl Gordon, Conner Reeves) – 3:48
2. "Smitten" (Macy Gray, Dave Wilder, Jeremy Ruzuma, Arik Marshall) – 5:00
3. "Don't Come Around Here" (Jackie Joyce, Paul Berry, Mark Taylor, Kenny Thomas) – 3:49
4. "Soul on Soul" (Marc Jordan, John Capek) – 4:30
5. "Loveless" (Reeves, David Frank) – 4:00
6. "If I Had You" (Andrew Davis, Sergei Rachmaninoff) – 4:18
7. "Charlie Parker Loves Me" (Jordan, Capek) – 4:41
8. "It Was Love That We Needed" (Curtis Mayfield) – 4:11
9. "To Be with You" (Raul Malo) – 3:56
10. "Run Back into Your Arms" (Graham Stack, John Reid, Brian Rawling) – 3:26
11. "I Can't Deny It" (Gregg Alexander, Rick Nowels) – 3:44
12. "Peach" (Prince) – 3:47 (Included on the UK and Japan versions only)

Personnel

• Rod Stewart – lead vocals
• Helicopter Girl – lead vocals on "Don't Come Around Here"
• Slash – guitar
• Mark Knopfler – guitar
• Jesse Johnson – guitar
• Robbie McIntosh – guitar
• Pino Palladino – bass guitar
• Steve Pigott – keyboards
• Chris Pelcer – keyboards
• Sue Anne Carwell, Karl Carwell, Yvonne Williams, Alexandra Brown, Jeff Poseto, Jackie Sinley-Stevens, Connor Reeves – backing vocals

Production

• Bob Dickins – executive production
• Gregg Alexander, Karl Gordon, Dennis Charles, Mark Taylor, Christopher Neil, Graham Stack, Brian Rawling, Danny Kortchmar – production
• Arnold Stiefel, Annie Challis – management
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering

Charts

Album

Chart (2001)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7]	19
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[8]	25
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9]	9
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[10]	13
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[11]	36
UK Albums (OCC)[12]	9
US Billboard 200[13]	50

Singles

Year	Song	Chart	Peak position
2000	"Run Back into Your Arms"	German Singles Chart[14]	74
2001	"I Can't Deny It"	Dutch Singles Chart[15]	90
		New Zealand Singles Chart[16]	36
		UK Singles Chart[17]	26
		US Adult Contemporary[13]	18
2001	"Don't Come Around Here" with Helicopter Girl	US Adult Contemporary[13]	30
2002		Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[18]	49

References

1. "Critic Reviews for Human". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
2. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Human – Rod Stewart: Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
3. Woodard, Josef (16 February 2001). "Album Review: 'Human' Review". Entertainment Weekly: 99. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
4. Walters, Barry (5 February 2001). "Human | Album Reviews". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
5. Flynn, Jackie (27 March 2001). "Review: Rod Stewart – 'Human'". Launch Music on Yahoo!. Dotmusic. Archived from the original on 20 August 2004. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
6. "British album certifications – Human". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 30 January 2013. Enter Human in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Search
7. "Austriancharts.at – Rod Stewart – Human" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
8. "Top 40 Albums - 13 / 2001". Tracklisten. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
9. "Officialcharts.de – Top 100 Longplay". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
10. "Swedishcharts.com – Rod Stewart – Human". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
11. "Swisscharts.com – Rod Stewart – Human". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
12. "2001-04-07 Top 40 UK Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
13. "Human – Rod Stewart: Awards". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
14. "Single – Rod Stewart, Run Back into Your Arms". Charts.de (in German). Media Control. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
15. "Rod Stewart – I Can't Deny It". GfK Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
16. "Rod Stewart – I Can't Deny It". Charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
17. "2001-03-24 Top 40 Official UK Singles Chart". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
18. "Rod Stewart with Helicopter Girl – Don't Come Around Here". Ultratop (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 January 2013.

• Human album liner notes. Atlantic Records.

External links

• http://www.rodstewartfanclub.com/about_rod/disco/album_detail.php?album_id=14
• Human at Metacritic