Human (Rod Stewart album)
2001 studio album by Rod Stewart
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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.
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Released12 March 2001
Recorded2000
Studios
- Metropolis Studios, London
- Riverside Studios, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Round One Studios, Los Angeles
- Olympic Studios, London
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| Released | 12 March 2001 | |||
| Recorded | 2000 | |||
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| Length | 45:23 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 57/100[1] |
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| 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] |
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 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 | Taylor | 3:49 |
| 4. | "Soul on Soul" | Marc Jordan, John Capek | Charles, Christopher Neil[c] | 4:30 |
| 5. | "Loveless" | Reeves, David Frank | Neil | 4:00 |
| 6. | "If I Had You" | Andrew Davis, Sergei Rachmaninoff | Neil | 4:18 |
| 7. | "Charlie Parker Loves Me" | Jordan, Capek | Charles, Neil[c] | 4:41 |
| 8. | "It Was Love That We Needed" | Curtis Mayfield | Neil | 4:11 |
| 9. | "To Be with You" | Raul Malo, James House | Rod Stewart | 3:56 |
| 10. | "Run Back into Your Arms" | Graham Stack, John Reid, Brian Rawling | Taylor, Rawling, Stack | 3:26 |
| 11. | "I Can't Deny It" | Gregg Alexander, Rick Nowels | Alexander, Nowels[b], Danielle Brisebois[b] | 3:44 |
Notes
Personnel
- Rod Stewart – vocals
- Steve Pigott – keyboards (5, 6, 8), bass (6, 8)
- Chris Pelcer – keyboards (6, 8), bass (6, 8)
- Slash – guitars (1)
- Robbie McIntosh – guitars (5, 6)
- Mark Knopfler – guitar solo (6)
- Jesse Johnson – guitars (8)
- Pino Palladino – bass (5)
- Nick Richards – drum programming (5, 6, 8), percussion (5, 6, 8)
- Robyn Smith – string arrangements and conductor (3)
- Toby Chapman – string arrangements (10)
- Gary Wallis – string arrangements (10)
- Gavyn Wright – string conductor and leader (10)
- Simon Hale – string transcriptions (10)
- The London Session Orchestra – orchestra (3, 10)
- Helicopter Girl – vocals (3)
- Connor Reeves – backing vocals (5)
- Alexandra Brown – backing vocals (6)
- Carl Carwell – backing vocals (6)
- Sue Ann Carwell – backing vocals (6, 8, 11)
- Jeff Pescetto – backing vocals (6)
- Jackie Simley-Stevens – backing vocals (6, 11)
- Yvonne Williams – backing vocals (6, 11)
- Danielle Brisebois – backing vocals (11)
- Joe Turano – backing vocals (11)
Production
- Rob Dickins – executive producer
- Neil Aldridge – recording (1)
- André Hortsmann – recording (1)
- Sam Noel – recording (2, 4, 7)
- Steve Price – engineer (3)
- Simon Hurrell – lead vocal recording (4, 7), recording (5, 6, 8)
- Roger Sommers – recording (9)
- Walter Turbitt – guitars and bass recording (10)
- Chris Brown – recording (11)
- Ed Colman – recording (11)
- Moe El-Khamlichi – recording (11)
- Avril Mackintosh – Pro Tools engineer (11)
- Meredith Leung – recording assistant (1)
- Richard Wilkinson – recording assistant (1)
- Dave Way – mixing (1, 4–8)
- Keith Uddin – mix assistant (1, 4–8)
- Dennis Charles – mixing (2), remixing (4, 7)
- Niven Garland – mixing (2), remixing (4, 7)
- Mark Taylor – mixing (3, 10)
- Steve Churchyard – mixing (9), recording (11)
- Michael H. Brauer – mixing (11)
- Stewart Whitmore – digital editing
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering
- Marcussen Mastering (Hollywood, California) – editing and mastering location
- Richard Bates – art direction
- Andrea Brooks – art direction, design
- Tony Duran – photography
- Arnold Stiefel and Annie Challis – management
Charts
| Chart (2001) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] | 55 |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8] | 19 |
| Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[9] | 25 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10] | 9 |
| Scottish Albums (Official Charts)[11] | 6 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[12] | 13 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[13] | 36 |
| UK Albums (Official Charts)[14] | 9 |
| US Billboard 200[15] | 50 |
