Something Like Human

Something Like Human
Studio album by Fuel
Released September 19, 2000
Recorded March–May 2000
Right Track Recording, New York City
Sear Sound, New York City
The Mix Room, Los Angeles
Genre Hard rock, post-grunge
Length 42:02
Label Epic
Producer Ben Grosse
Carl Bell
Fuel chronology
Sunburn
(1998)		 Something Like Human
(2000)		 Natural Selection
(2003)
Alternative cover
Expanded Edition album artwork

Something Like Human is the second album by the band Fuel released in 2000 on Epic Records. Something Like Human reached #17 on the U.S. Billboard Top 200,[1] and featured their first U.S. Top 40 hit with "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" which reached #30 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.[2] It remains their most popular song to date.

The album was certified double-platinum status (two million units sold) by the RIAA on September 25, 2001.[3] The album was also certified Gold (50,000 units) in Canada in June 2001.[4] To date, Something Like Human is the band's best selling record.

The bonus version of the disc includes an acoustic version of Hemorrhage, and also includes the cover songs "Daniel", originally by Elton John, and "Going to California" by Led Zeppelin.

Some editions had a bonus disc instead of just bonus tracks. The Bonus disc had the three bonus songs plus "Walk the Sky", a bonus song from Sunburn. This disc also had multimedia content which included music videos for "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" and "Innocent".

The albums title comes from a line in the song "Prove".

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Carl Bell except where noted.

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Last Time"     3:42
2. "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)"     3:56
3. "Empty Spaces"     3:25
4. "Scar"     3:16
5. "Bad Day"     3:15
6. "Prove"     2:54
7. "Easy"     4:26
8. "Down"   Bell, Brett Scallions 3:32
9. "Solace"     2:57
10. "Knives"   Scallions, Bell 3:18
11. "Innocent"     3:40
12. "Slow"     4:23
Reissue
No. Title Writer(s) Length
13. "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" (acoustic)   3:52
14. "Daniel"   Elton John, Bernie Taupin 4:29
15. "Going to California"   Jimmy Page, Robert Plant 3:52

Early promotional press editions of the album (submitted to magazines, etc for reviews) included the songs "Sister Mary Innocent" and the Scallions penned "Bruises", which ultimately were left off the final sequence of the album which was released to stores. Neither of these recordings have been released publicly by the band. "Sister Mary Innocent" appeared by alternate name "Sister Mary" on Tommy Lee's 2005 solo album Tommyland: The Ride, with Carl Bell on guitar.

Personnel

Additional personnel

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [5]

Ultimately giving the album a "B", Entertainment Weekly said the band "has more chops than a butcher shop. But when it comes to passion, Fuel runs low." The magazine concluded that "luckily, Bret Scallions' excoriating voice makes up for Carl Bell's rather clinical-sounding music."[6]

References

  1. ^ "Billboard Album Chart History". http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/fuel/chart-history/10712?f=305&g=Albums. Retrieved June 28, 2010. 
  2. ^ "Billboard Chart History". http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/fuel/chart-history/10712. Retrieved June 28, 2010. 
  3. ^ "Gold and Platinum Database Search". http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=Something%20Like%20Human&artist=fuel&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25. Retrieved 2009-10-08. 
  4. ^ "Gold & Platinum Certification –June2001". Canadian Recording Industry Association. http://www.cria.ca/gold/0601_g.php. Retrieved 2010-08-17. 
  5. ^ Allmusic Review
  6. ^ Hiltbrand, David (2000-09-22) "Music Review: Pop/Rock" Entertainment Weekly. (560):78
Fuel
Brett Scallions · Andy Andersson · Ken Schalk · Brad Stewart
Jody Abbott · Jeff Abercrombie · Erik Avakian · Carl Bell · Toryn Green · Tommy Stewart · Yogi Lonich · Kevin Miller · Jonathan Mover · Jasin Todd
Studio albums
Sunburn · Something Like Human · Natural Selection · Angels & Devils
Extended plays
Compilations
Singles
"Shimmer" · "Bittersweet" · "Sunburn" · "Jesus or a Gun" · "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" · "Last Time" · "Innocent" · "Bad Day" · "Won't Back Down" · "Falls on Me" · "Million Miles" · "Wasted Time" · "Gone"
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