Human is a 1995 instrumental

Instrumental

An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments....

 album released by British musician Gary Numan

Gary Numan

Gary Numan is an English singer, composer, and musician, most widely known for his chart-topping 1979 hits "Are 'Friends' Electric?" and "Cars". His signature sound consisted of heavy synthesizer hooks fed through guitar effects pedals.Numan is considered a pioneer of commercial electronic music...

 and music producer Michael R. Smith. It consists of 36 tracks from the 75 that had been written, but were largely unused, for the low-budget 1991 horror/science-fiction movie The Unborn

The Unborn (1991 film)

The Unborn is a 1991 horror film. It was directed by Rodman Flender, and is about a couple who cannot have children so they try in-vitro fertilization program, but then strange things start happening to the mother while pregnant with the child.-Plot:...

. Numan recorded the music when he was signed with IRS Records, but that label refused to release it (ironically, in 1988, IRS asked Numan to record an instrumental album to be titled No Speak). In his autobiography, Numan described how the Unborn project came about:
Numan and Smith's music for The Unborn, written in early 1991, was later released as the album Human in 1995, through Numan's label Numa Records (it was the last commerially available release from Numa; Numan subsequently signed with Eagle Records

Eagle Records

Eagle Records is a leading independent record label, a division of Edel Records. Also exists as Eagle Rock Entertainment.In the United Kingdom the label's managing director is Lindsay Brown, former manager of Van Halen, while in the United States the head is Mike Carden, formerly of CMC...

 in 1997).

Numan has described Human as "an hour-long collection of musical ideas, each with a specific mood or atmosphere in mind, not a conventional instrumental album."

Parts of some of the tracks have subsequently been used in later work by Numan. "A Little Lost Soul" is a semi-instrumental version of the Outland

Outland (Gary Numan album)

Outland is the 13th studio album, and tenth under his own name, by electronic music pioneer Gary Numan, released in 1991. It was Numan's second and last studio album to be released by IRS Records, reaching #39 on the UK charts...

track "Soul Protection"; "Embryo" became the Sacrifice

Sacrifice (Gary Numan album)

Sacrifice is a 1994 album by Gary Numan. Its release followed a self-acknowledged career low point, Machine + Soul , and is often cited as marking the start of a critical and artistic rejuvenation for the one-time pop star...

track "The Seed of a Lie"; "Big Alien" and "Mother" are instrumental versions of the Outland track "Heart"; "Tidal Wave" became the Outland track "From Russia Infected"; and "Needles" became the Sacrifice track "Pray".

Track listing

All tracks written by Gary Numan

Gary Numan

Gary Numan is an English singer, composer, and musician, most widely known for his chart-topping 1979 hits "Are 'Friends' Electric?" and "Cars". His signature sound consisted of heavy synthesizer hooks fed through guitar effects pedals.Numan is considered a pioneer of commercial electronic music...

and Michael R. Smith.

1. "Navigators" – 2.12
2. "Bombay" – 2.29
3. "We Fold Space" – 1.10
4. "A Cry in the Dark" – 2.45
5. "Manic" – 1.36
6. "Empire" – 2.19
7. "A Little Lost Soul" – 2.41
8. "The Visitor" – 1.09
9. "Magician" – 2.12
10. "Undercover" – 1.27
11. "Halloween" – 1.13
12. "Embryo" – 1.38
13. "Elm Street" – 1.26
14. "Harmonos" – 2.20
15. "Big Alien" – 1.47
16. "Blind Faith" – 1.09
17. "New Life" – 4.01
18. "Fairy Tales" – 2.52
19. "Disease" – 2.22
20. "Tidal Wave" – 1.21
21. "Alone and Afraid" – 1.19
22. "Sahara" – 1.34
23. "Cold" – 1.41
24. "Do You Wonder" – 1.31
25. "Betrayal" – 1.01
26. "Suspicion" – 1.03
27. "The Unborn" – 1.59
28. "Lethal Injection" – 1.43
29. "Frantic" – 1.04
30. "Mother" – 0.57
31. "Black Heart" – 1.42
32. "Thunder Road" – 0.34
33. "Law and Order" – 2.02
34. "Needles" – 2.27
35. "Climax" – 0.35
36. "Inferno" – 0.48

It should be noted that the 1994 CD release of Images - Eleven features clips of several unreleased tracks, namely:

1. "Intro 4" – 0.31
2. "Waiting" – 0.35
3. "Chaser 1" – 0.30
4. "Funeral" – 1.14
5. "Sexomania" – 2.09
6. "Asylum 2" – 2.26

External links

• [ Allmusic]
• Discogs.com