Only Human is the second album by British

United Kingdom

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 soul

Soul music

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/dance

Dance music

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 singer Dina Carroll

Dina Carroll

Dina Carroll is an English singer of Scottish and African American descent who had a string of hits from the late 1980s to the early 2000s.-Early career:...

, released in 1996 on the Mercury

Mercury Records

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 label. It includes "The Perfect Year", a track which had been a top 5 single in the United Kingdom in 1993, during the long chart run of Carroll's debut album So Close

So Close (Dina Carroll album)

So Close is the debut album by British soul–dance singer Dina Carroll, released in January 1993 on the A&M label.-Overview:Three tracks from So Close had already been top-20 singles in the United Kingdom during 1992...

, on which it had not been included. "Escaping" reached #3 on the UK singles chart

UK Singles Chart

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, Carroll's joint highest charting single (along with "Don't Be a Stranger").

While not matching the sales figures of So Close, Only Human peaked at #2 on the UK albums chart

UK Albums Chart

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, the same as its predecessor.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Dina Carroll and Nigel Lowis unless stated.

1. "Escaping" (Dina Carroll, Nigel Lowis, B. Blue, R. Smith) 4:45
2. "Only Human" (V. Wells, M. Riley) 5:15
3. "Give Me the Right" 5:24
4. "World Come Between Us" 3:44
5. "Love Will Always Bring You Back to Me" 4:17
6. "I Didn't Mean to Hurt You" (B. Thiele, M. Roy) 6:24
7. "Living for the Weekend" (Dina Carroll, Nigel Lowis, David Morales
   David Morales
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   ) 3:30
8. "Mind Body & Soul" 4:32
9. "Run to You" 5:03
10. "Do You Think I'm in Love" 4:06
11. "I Don't Want to Talk About It
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    " (Danny Whitten
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    ) 5:28
12. "The Perfect Year" (Andrew Lloyd Webber
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    , Don Black, Christopher Hampton
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    ) 3:46

Singles

1993 - "The Perfect Year" (UK #5)

1996 - "Escaping" (UK #3)

1996 - "Only Human" (UK #33)