The Human Demands

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The Human Demands
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Studio album by
Released30 October 2020 (2020-10-30)
RecordedFebruary 2020 – August 2020
Genre [1]
Length38:59
Label
Producer Jim Abbiss
Amy Macdonald chronology
Woman of the World (The Best of 2007–2018)
(2018)
The Human Demands
(2020)
Don't Tell Me That It's Over
(2022)
Amy Macdonald studio album chronology
Under Stars
(2017)
The Human Demands
(2020)
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Fire"
Jim Abbiss 4:15
2."Statues"
  • Macdonald
  • Thom Kirkpatrick
Abbiss3:46
3."Crazy Shade of Blue"
  • Macdonald
  • Jones
Abbiss4:13
4."The Hudson"
  • Macdonald
  • Jones
Abbiss5:00
5."The Human Demands"
  • Macdonald
  • Jones
Abbiss3:53
6."We Could Be So Much More"
  • Macdonald
  • Jones
Abbiss3:57
7."Young Fire, Old Flame"
  • Macdonald
  • James Sims
Abbiss3:44
8."Bridges"
  • Macdonald
  • Jones
Abbiss3:59
9."Strong Again"
  • Macdonald
  • Kirkpatrick
Abbiss4:08
10."Something in Nothing"
  • Macdonald
  • Gordon Turner
Abbiss3:39
Deluxe edition [15]
No.TitleLength
11."Bridges" (Acoustic) 
12."The Hudson" (Acoustic) 
13."Fire" (Acoustic) 
14."Statues" (Acoustic) 
15."We Could Be So Much More" (Acoustic) 
16."The Human Demands" (Acoustic) 

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [14]

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for The Human Demands
Chart (2020)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [16] 7
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [17] 44
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [18] 47
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [19] 42
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [20] 4
Scottish Albums (OCC) [21] 2
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [22] 2
UK Albums (OCC) [23] 10

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for The Human Demands
Chart (2020)Position
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [24] 58

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Various30 October 2020 Infectious

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