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2001 studio album by Rod Stewart
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 .
Standard version Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "Human" Karl Gordon , Conner Reeves Gordon, Octave[a] , Michelle Escoffery[b] 3:48 2. "Smitten" Macy Gray , Dave Wilder, Jeremy Ruzuma, Arik Marshall Dennis Charles, Danny Kortchmar[c] 5:00 3. "Don't Come Around Here" (with Helicopter Girl ) Jackie Joyce , Paul Berry, Mark Taylor , Kenny Thomas Taylor 3:49 4. "Soul on Soul" Marc Jordan , John CapekCharles, Christopher Neil [c] 4:30 5. "Loveless" Reeves, David Frank Neil 4:00 6. "If I Had You" Andrew Davis, Sergei Rachmaninoff Neil 4:18 7. "Charlie Parker Loves Me" Jordan, Capek Charles, Neil[c] 4:41 8. "It Was Love That We Needed" Curtis Mayfield Neil 4:11 9. "To Be with You" Raul Malo , James House Rod Stewart 3:56 10. "Run Back into Your Arms" Graham Stack , John Reid , Brian Rawling Taylor, Rawling, Stack 3:26 11. "I Can't Deny It" Gregg Alexander , Rick Nowels Alexander, Nowels[b] , Danielle Brisebois [b] 3:44
Notes
^a signifies an additional producer
^b signifies an additional vocal producer
^c signifies a lead vocal producer
^d signifies a lead vocal producer
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)
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
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Human album liner notes . Atlantic Records.
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