Human (Rod Stewart album)

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Human
Studio album by Rod Stewart
Released	March 12, 2001
Genre	Rock, pop
Length	45:23
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Bob Dickins
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone link
Rod Stewart chronology
When We Were the New Boys (1998) Human (2001) The Story So Far (2001)

Human is a studio album released by Rod Stewart on March 12, 2001 (see 2001 in music). It was Rod’s nineteenth studio album and first, and only release, on Atlantic Records (Atlantic 7567-83411-2). It produced the singles “Run Back Into Your Arms”, “I Can't Deny it”, and “Don't Come Around Here”.

Contents 1 Album Information 2 Charts 3 Track listing 4 Personnel 4.1 Production 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Album Information

Besides being Rod’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 Rod is joined by Helicopter Girl. The tracks were recorded at Metropolis Studios, London, UK, Riverside Studios, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Round One Studios, Los Angeles, CA and Olympic Studios, London, UK.

[edit] Charts

Human would reach #9 on the UK charts and #50 on the US charts. In the UK it went gold on April 1, 2001.

Singles

Year	Song	Rank
2000	“Run Back Into Your Arms”	75 (GER)
2001	“I Can't Deny it”	26 (UK)
2001	“Don't Come Around Here” (with Helicopter Girl)	DID NOT CHART

[edit] Track listing

1. “Human” (Karl Gordon, Connor 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)

[edit] 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 Balladino – 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

[edit] Production

• Executive Producer – Bob Dickins
• Producers – Gregg Alexander, Karl Gordon, Dennis Charles, Mark Taylor, Christopher Neil, Graham Stack, Brian Rawling, Danny Kortchmar
• Management – Arnold Stiefel, Annie Challis
• Mastering – Stephen Marcussen

[edit] References

• Human album liner notes. Atlantic Records. 

[edit] External links

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