Human (Rod Stewart album)
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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), a sister label to his previous label Warner Bros. Records
. It produced the singles "Run Back Into Your Arms", "I Can't Deny It", and "Don't Come Around Here"; "I Can't Deny It" became a moderate hit.
. 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.
on April 1, 2001.
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
released by Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart
Roderick David "Rod" Stewart, CBE is a British singer-songwriter and musician, born and raised in North London, England and currently residing in Epping. He is of Scottish and English ancestry....
on March 12, 2001 (see 2001 in music
2001 in music
See also:* 2001 in music Record labels established in 2001-Events:*January 1**Comeback of Guns N' Roses in House of Blues**Hum disbands.*January 17 – Bass player Jason Newsted leaves Metallica after 14 years with the band....
). It was Rod's nineteenth studio album and first, and only release, on Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
(Atlantic 7567-83411-2), a sister label to his previous label Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...
. It produced the singles "Run Back Into Your Arms", "I Can't Deny It", and "Don't Come Around Here"; "I Can't Deny It" became a moderate hit.
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 GirlYvonne John Lewis
Yvonne John Lewis is a female lead and backing singer from England.Known for her immense musical and vocal range, her sound reminds listeners of Elizabeth Fraser of the Cocteau Twins...
. The tracks were recorded at Metropolis Studios, London, UK, Riverside Studios, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Round One Studios, Los Angeles, CA and Olympic Studios
Olympic Studios
Olympic Studios was a renowned independent commercial recording studio located at 117 Church Road, Barnes, South West London, England. The studio is best known for the huge number of famous rock and pop recordings made there from the late 1960s onward....
, London, UK.
Charts
Human would reach #9 on the UK charts and #50 on the US charts. In the UK it went goldMusic recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
on April 1, 2001.
| 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) | 79 (UK) |
Track listing
- "Human" (Karl GordonK-GeeK-Gee is the alias for Karl Gordon, a British DJ, producer and songwriter and former member of the Outlaw Posse.Gordon was brought up listening to reggae by his father and was inspired to become a DJ after listening to Grandmaster Flash's "The Message" and other early hip-hop tracks.K-Gee and his...
, Connor Reeves) – 3:48 - "Smitten" (Macy GrayMacy GrayMacy Gray is a Grammy Award-winning American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress, famed for her distinctive raspy voice, and a singing style heavily influenced by Billie Holiday and Betty Davis.Gray has released five studio albums, with her fifth studio album, The Sellout,...
, Dave Wilder, Jeremy Ruzuma, Arik MarshallArik MarshallArik Marshall is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, poet, and author, best known as a one-time member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. He has earned the respect and praise of artists as diverse as Joe Strummer, Prince, Gwen Stefani, Gavin Rossdale, Annabella Lwin of Bow Wow Wow, and Carlos...
) – 5:00 - "Don't Come Around Here" (Jackie Joyce, Paul Berry, Mark Taylor, Kenny ThomasKenny ThomasKenneth Cornelius "Kenny" Thomas is an American professional basketball player. He currently is a free agent.He attended Austin High School, in El Paso, Texas, for three seasone before moving to Albuquerque, New Mexico to play for Albuquerque High School during his senior season...
) – 3:49 - "Soul On Soul" (Marc JordanMarc JordanMarc Jordan , is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer, session musician, and actor. Covering a wide variety of genres, he has written songs for a number of well-known artists, including Diana Ross, Rod Stewart, Cher, Bette Midler, and Josh Groban...
, John Capek) – 4:30 - "Loveless" (Reeves, David Frank) – 4:00
- "If I Had You" (Andrew Davis, Sergei RachmaninoffSergei RachmaninoffSergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music...
) – 4:18 - "Charlie Parker Loves Me" (Jordan, Capek) – 4:41
- "It Was Love That We Needed" (Curtis MayfieldCurtis MayfieldCurtis Lee Mayfield was an American soul, R&B, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer.He is best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's and for composing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Super Fly, Mayfield is highly...
) – 4:11 - "To Be With You" (Raul MaloRaul MaloRaúl Francisco Martínez-Malo Jr. , known professionally as Raúl Malo, is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer. He was the lead singer of country music band The Mavericks and the co-writer of many of their singles, as well as Rick Trevino's 2003 single "In My Dreams"...
) – 3:56 - "Run Back Into Your Arms" (Graham Stack, John ReidJohn Reid (music)John Reid is a Scottish manager and music industry figure, currently living and working in Australia.Between 1975 and 1978, Reid was the manager of British rock group Queen and Kevin Ayers...
, Brian Rawling) – 3:26 - "I Can't Deny It" (Gregg AlexanderGregg AlexanderGregg Alexander is an American singer/songwriter and producer, best known as the frontman of the New Radicals, who scored the international hit "You Get What You Give" in late 1998. Earlier in life he recorded two solo albums, Michigan Rain and Intoxifornication...
, Rick NowelsRick NowelsRichard Wright Nowels Jr. is a Grammy / Ivor Novello award-winning songwriter/producer who has worked with many of the most vibrant artists in contemporary music...
) – 3:44 - "PeachPeach (song)"Peach" is a song by Prince from his 1993 compilations, The Hits 2 and The Hits/The B-Sides.The female moan heard on the track is that of Kim Basinger. The B-side was the live version of "Nothing Compares 2 U" in the U.S., while the UK backed the song with an edit of "My Name Is Prince"...
" (PrincePrince (musician)Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...
) – 3:47 (Included on the UK and Japan versions only)
Personnel
- Rod Stewart – lead vocals
- Helicopter GirlHelicopter GirlHelicopter Girl is the stage name of Jackie Joyce, a musician from Perth, Scotland. Her first album was 2000's How to Steal the World, which was nominated for a Mercury Music Prize...
– lead vocals on “Don't Come Around Here” - SlashSlash (musician)Saul Hudson , known by his stage name Slash, is a British-American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the former lead guitarist of the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. During his later years with Guns N'...
– guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with... - Mark KnopflerMark KnopflerMark Freuder Knopfler, OBE is a Scottish-born British guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer and film score composer. He is best known as the lead guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for the British rock band Dire Straits, which he co-founded in 1977...
– guitar - Jesse JohnsonJesse Johnson (musician)Jesse Woods Johnson is a musician best known as the guitarist in the original lineup of The Time....
– guitar - Robbie McIntoshRobbie McIntoshRobbie McIntosh is an English guitarist. McIntosh is well known as a session guitarist and member of The Pretenders from 1982 until 1987. In 1988 he began doing session guitar work for Paul McCartney joining his band full time until early 1994...
– guitar - Pino PalladinoPino PalladinoPino Palladino is a Welsh bass guitarist who gained fame playing primarily rock and roll, blues rock, and rhythm and blues music, although he has been lauded for his ability to play most genres of popular music, including jazz, neo soul, and funk...
– bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - Steve Pigott – keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
- Chris PelcerChris PelcerChris Pelcer is an Australian musician, songwriter, arranger, and record producer, currently living in Nashville, Tennessee.He was born in Sydney, Australia, and grew up in Moruya, on the south coast of New South Wales. After high school, he returned to Sydney to pursue a career in music...
– keyboards - Sue Anne Carwell, Karl Carwell, Yvonne Williams, Alexandra Brown, Jeff Poseto, Jackie Sinley-Stevens, Connor Reeves – backing vocals
Production
- Executive Producer – Bob Dickins
- Producers – Gregg Alexander, Karl Gordon, Dennis Charles, Mark Taylor, Christopher NeilChristopher NeilChristopher Neil is a British record producer, songwriter, singer and actor.He has worked with Celine Dion, a-ha, Dollar, Paul Nicholas, Kim Criswell, Morten Harket, Mike + The Mechanics, Johnny Logan, Marillion, The Moody Blues, The Other Ones, Paul Carrack, Rod Stewart, Gerry Rafferty, Cher,...
, Graham Stack, Brian Rawling, Danny KortchmarDanny KortchmarDanny "Kootch" Kortchmar is a guitarist, session musician, and songwriter. Kortchmar's work with singer-songwriters such as David Crosby, Carole King, Graham Nash, Carly Simon and James Taylor helped define the signature sound of the singer-songwriter era of the 1970s... - Management – Arnold Stiefel, Annie Challis
- Mastering – Stephen Marcussen
External links
- http://www.rodstewartfanclub.com/about_rod/disco/album_detail.php?album_id=14