Human (Rod Stewart album)

Human
Studio album by Rod Stewart
Released	12 March 2001 (2001-03-12)
Recorded	2000
Studio	Metropolis Studios, London Riverside Studios, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Round One Studios, Los Angeles Olympic Studios, London
Genre	Rock pop rock
Length	45:23
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Gregg Alexander Dennis Charles Rob Dickins (exec.) Karl Gordon Danny Kortchmar Christopher Neil Octave Brian Rawling Graham Stack Mark Taylor
Rod Stewart chronology
When We Were the New Boys (1998) Human (2001) The Story So Far (2001)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	57/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	C+[3]
Mojo	[1]
Q	[1]
Rolling Stone	[4]
Wall of Sound	65/100[1]
Yahoo! Music UK	[5]

Human is the nineteenth studio album by Rod Stewart released on 12 March 2001. It was Stewart's first, and only release on Atlantic Records. It produced the singles "Run Back Into Your Arms", "I Can't Deny It", "Soul On Soul" and "Don't Come Around Here" with "I Can't Deny It" became a moderate hit, peaking at number 26 in the United Kingdom, Stewart's most recent Top 40 to date in that chart. The album was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry.^[6] Human was also his first album not to feature an original Stewart track. On the third track, "Don’t Come Around Here", Stewart is joined by Helicopter Girl.

Track listing[edit]

Notes

• ^a signifies an additional producer
• ^b signifies an additional vocal producer
• ^c signifies a lead vocal producer
• ^d signifies a lead vocal producer

Personnel[edit]

• Rod Stewart – vocals
• Steve Pigott – keyboards (5, 6, 8), bass (6, 8)
• Chris Pelcer – keyboards (6, 8), bass (6, 8)
• Slash – guitars (1)
• Robbie McIntosh – guitars (5, 6)
• Mark Knopfler – guitar solo (6)
• Jesse Johnson – guitars (8)
• Pino Palladino – bass (5)
• Nick Richards – drum programming (5, 6, 8), percussion (5, 6, 8)
• Robyn Smith – string arrangements and conductor (3)
• Toby Chapman – string arrangements (10)
• Gary Wallis – string arrangements (10)
• Gavyn Wright – string conductor and leader (10)
• Simon Hale – string transcriptions (10)
• The London Session Orchestra – orchestra (3, 10)
• Helicopter Girl – vocals (3)
• Connor Reeves – backing vocals (5)
• Alexandra Brown – backing vocals (6)
• Carl Carwell – backing vocals (6)
• Sue Ann Carwell – backing vocals (6, 8, 11)
• Jeff Pescetto – backing vocals (6)
• Jackie Simley-Stevens – backing vocals (6, 11)
• Yvonne Williams – backing vocals (6, 11)
• Danielle Brisebois – backing vocals (11)
• Joe Turano – backing vocals (11)

Production[edit]

• Rob Dickins – executive producer
• Neil Aldridge – recording (1)
• André Hortsmann – recording (1)
• Sam Noel – recording (2, 4, 7)
• Steve Price – engineer (3)
• Simon Hurrell – lead vocal recording (4, 7), recording (5, 6, 8)
• Roger Sommers – recording (9)
• Walter Turbitt – guitars and bass recording (10)
• Chris Brown – recording (11)
• Ed Colman – recording (11)
• Moe El-Khamlichi – recording (11)
• Avril Mackintosh – Pro Tools engineer (11)
• Meredith Leung – recording assistant (1)
• Richard Wilkinson – recording assistant (1)
• Dave Way – mixing (1, 4-8)
• Keith Uddin – mix assistant (1, 4-8)
• Dennis Charles – mixing (2), remixing (4, 7)
• Niven Garland – mixing (2), remixing (4, 7)
• Mark Taylor – mixing (3, 10)
• Steve Churchyard – mixing (9), recording (11)
• Michael H. Brauer – mixing (11)
• Stewart Whitmore – digital editing
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering
• Marcussen Mastering (Hollywood, California) – editing and mastering location
• Richard Bates – art direction
• Andrea Brooks – art direction, design
• Tony Duran – photography
• Arnold Stiefel and Annie Challis – management

Charts[edit]

References[edit]

• Human album liner notes. Atlantic Records.

External links[edit]

• http://www.rodstewartfanclub.com/about_rod/disco/album_detail.php?album_id=14 Archived 6 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine
• Human at Metacritic