''Human'' is the debut
EP released by singer-songwriter
Darren Criss.
Criss
independently produced the EP
and it was released
digitally on July 20, 2010. The EP reached No. 17 on ''
Billboard
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Top Heatseekers
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chart. As of April 2013, the EP has sold 27,000 copies in the United States, according to
Nielson SoundScan
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Album information
Background
Criss describes that he put off making an EP for a long time because he is a perfectionist, which is why he prefers people to see him play live.
Criss recorded the EP in his room in about a week with an
audio engineer
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friend of his.
Criss states that each of the songs are "old songs", adding that "Human" was the first song he wrote, back when he was 15.
The songs "Sami" and "Not Alone" appeared in the
StarKid Productions musical ''
A Very Potter Musical'', but Criss had written them beforehand.
He wrote "Not Alone" while abroad in Italy and wrote "Sami" for the web series ''
Little White Lie'' that he and other members of StarKid had done in 2007.
Sound
Criss finds his music tough to categorize into a certain genre, but stated that he liked the term "
soul
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folk
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Track listing
Personnel
*
Darren Criss – vocals, guitar
* Chris Lorentz – producer,
mixing,
mastering
* Forest Casey – CD and cover photography
* Frank Franco III – CD and cover layout design
Charts
References
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2010 debut EPs
Darren Criss EPs