Human (Rod Stewart album)

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Human
Human (album).jpg
Studio album by
Rod Stewart
Released12 March 2001 (2001-03-12)
Recorded2000
Studio
Genre
Length45:23
Label Atlantic
Producer
Rod Stewart chronology
When We Were the New Boys
(1998)		Human
(2001)		 The Story So Far
(2001)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 57/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly C+ [3]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Wall of Sound 65/100 [1]
Yahoo! Music UK Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Human is the nineteenth studio album by Rod Stewart released on 12 March 2001. It was Stewart's first, and only release on Atlantic Records. It produced the singles "Run Back Into Your Arms", "I Can't Deny It", "Soul On Soul" and "Don't Come Around Here" with "I Can't Deny It" became a moderate hit, peaking at number 26 in the United Kingdom, Stewart's most recent Top 40 to date in that chart. The album was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry. [6] Human was also his first album not to feature an original Stewart track. On the third track, "Don’t Come Around Here", Stewart is joined by Helicopter Girl.

Contents

Track listing

Standard version
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Human" Karl Gordon, Conner Reeves Gordon, Octave [a] , Michelle Escoffery [b] 3:48
2."Smitten" Macy Gray, Dave Wilder, Jeremy Ruzuma, Arik Marshall Dennis Charles, Danny Kortchmar [c] 5:00
3."Don't Come Around Here" (with Helicopter Girl) Jackie Joyce, Paul Berry, Mark Taylor, Kenny Thomas Taylor3:49
4."Soul on Soul" Marc Jordan, John CapekCharles, Christopher Neil [c] 4:30
5."Loveless"Reeves, David FrankNeil4:00
6."If I Had You"Andrew Davis, Sergei Rachmaninoff Neil4:18
7."Charlie Parker Loves Me"Jordan, CapekCharles, Neil [c] 4:41
8."It Was Love That We Needed" Curtis Mayfield Neil4:11
9."To Be with You" Raul Malo, James House Rod Stewart3:56
10."Run Back into Your Arms" Graham Stack, John Reid, Brian Rawling Taylor, Rawling, Stack3:26
11."I Can't Deny It" Gregg Alexander, Rick Nowels Alexander, Nowels [b] , Danielle Brisebois [b] 3:44
European and Japanese version (bonus track)
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
12."Peach" Prince Gordon, Octave [a] , Dave Way [d] , Keith Uddin [d] 3:47

Notes

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart performance for Human
Chart (2001)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [7] 55
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [8] 19
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [9] 25
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [10] 9
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [11] 13
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [12] 36
UK Albums (OCC) [13] 9
US Billboard 200 [14] 50

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