| Humanoid | ||||
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| Released | 26 April 2024 | |||
| Recorded | 2023–2024 | |||
| Studio | Backstage Recording Studios Ltd., Derbyshire, England | |||
| Length | 48:13 | |||
| Label | Napalm | |||
| Producer | Andy Sneap | |||
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| Singles from Humanoid | ||||
Humanoid is the seventeenth studio album by German heavy metal band Accept, released on 26 April 2024. [4] It is the band's first studio album on Napalm Records, with whom Accept had signed with in February 2022. [5]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Blabbermouth.net | 7.5/10 [6] |
Humanoid has received positive reviews from critics. Dom Lawson of Blabbermouth.net gave the album a rating of seven-and-a-half out of ten, writing, "For those who enjoyed the previous five, there is absolutely nothing here that fails to live up to expectations. Accept are, and have always been, exceptionally good at heavy metal. It's their thing", and added that the album "can be devoured as another generous serving of fresh metal anthems." Lawson also referred to "Unbreakable" and "Mind Games" as "among the finest songs that the band have written since 2009", and "Straight Up Jack" as "so unapologetic about its debt to AC/DC that resistance is useless." [6]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Diving into Sin" | Wolf Hoffmann, Martin Motnik, Mark Tornillo | 4:00 |
| 2. | "Humanoid" | Hoffmann, Tornillo | 4:35 |
| 3. | "Frankenstein" | Uwe Lulis, Hoffmann, Tornillo | 4:14 |
| 4. | "Man Up" | Hoffmann, Tornillo | 5:08 |
| 5. | "The Reckoning" | Hoffmann, Motnik | 4:34 |
| 6. | "Nobody Gets Out Alive" | Hoffmann, Tornillo | 4:06 |
| 7. | "Ravages of Time" | Hoffmann, Motnik | 4:15 |
| 8. | "Unbreakable" | Hoffmann, Motnik, Tornillo | 4:53 |
| 9. | "Hard Times (Curtis Mayfield cover, limited edition bonus track)" | Curtis Mayfield | 3:41 |
| 10. | "Mind Games" | Hoffmann, Tornillo | 4:05 |
| 11. | "Straight Up Jack" | Hoffmann, Tornillo | 3:27 |
| 12. | "Southside of Hell" | Hoffmann, Tornillo | 4:56 |
| Total length: | 51:41 | ||
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| Chart (2024) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [7] | 2 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [8] | 58 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [9] | 121 |
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [10] | 19 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [11] | 5 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) [12] | 45 |
| Japanese Hot Albums ( Billboard Japan ) [13] | 57 |
| Polish Albums (ZPAV) [14] | 4 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC) [15] | 45 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [16] | 22 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [17] | 6 |
| UK Album Downloads (OCC) [18] | 41 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC) [19] | 13 |
| UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [20] | 7 |
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