Human Racing

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Human Racing
Human Racing cover
Studio album by Nik Kershaw
Released 1984
Recorded Sarm East Studios, East London, June - August 1983
Genre Rock
Length 39:39
Label MCA
Producer Peter Collins
Professional reviews
Nik Kershaw chronology
-- Human Racing
(1984)
The Riddle
(1984)

Human Racing is Nik Kershaw's first album. It was released in 1984 by MCA Records. The title track was a top #20 hit in the United Kingdom, peaking at #19.

The album's first single in the UK was "I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me," which peaked at #47 upon its first release. "Wouldn't It Be Good" became Kershaw's first major hit, spending three weeks at the UK #4 spot and logging his longest chart run there. It is also the song Kershaw is best known for in the U.S., where he narrowly missed going Top 40, peaking at #46. Further hits from the album were "Dancing Girls" and the title track, but the album's first single would become a smash hit upon its second UK release in 1984. Kershaw's Human Racing album peaked at #70 in the U.S.

Contents

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  1. "Dancing Girls" – 3:46
  2. "Wouldn't It Be Good" – 4:32
  3. "Drum Talk" – 3:10
  4. "Bogart" – 4:38
  5. "Gone to Pieces" – 3:11
  6. "Shame on You" – 3:33
  7. "Cloak and Dagger" – 4:55
  8. "Faces" – 4:05
  9. "I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" – 3:23
  10. "Human Racing" – 4:26

[edit] Credits

[edit] Singles

  • I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me #47 (on first release in 1983), #2 (on re-release in 1984)
    • B-side - Dark Glasses
  • Wouldn't It Be Good #4
    • B-side - Monkey Business
  • Dancing Girls #13
    • B-side - She Cries
  • Human Racing #19
    • B-side - Faces (Simon Boswell remix)

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