''Human'' is the nineteenth

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released on 12 March 2001. It was Stewart's first, and only release on

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. 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

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. ''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

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Track listing

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Personnel

* Rod Stewart – vocals * Steve Pigott – keyboards (5, 6, 8), bass (6, 8) *

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– keyboards (6, 8), bass (6, 8) *

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– guitars (1) *

Robbie McIntosh Robbie McIntosh (born 25 October 1957) 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 fu ...

– guitars (5, 6) *

Mark Knopfler Mark Freuder Knopfler (born 12 August 1949) is a British singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. Born in Scotland and raised in England, he was the lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of the rock band Dire Straits. He pursued a s ...

– guitar solo (6) * Jesse Johnson – guitars (8) *

Pino Palladino Giuseppe Henry "Pino" Palladino (born 17 October 1957) is a Welsh musician, songwriter, and record producer. A prolific session bassist, he has played bass for acts such as The Who, the John Mayer Trio, Nine Inch Nails, Gary Numan, Jeff Beck ...

– 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) *

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– string arrangements (10) *

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– string conductor and leader (10) *

Simon Hale Simon Hale is a British composer, arranger, and keyboardist. Life Hale was born in Birmingham, England in 1964, being dually raised there and in South Manchester before moving to London, where he studied popular music at Goldsmiths College, Uni ...

– string transcriptions (10) *

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– orchestra (3, 10) *

– 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) *

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– backing vocals (6) * Jackie Simley-Stevens – backing vocals (6, 11) * Yvonne Williams – backing vocals (6, 11) *

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– backing vocals (11) * Joe Turano – backing vocals (11)

Production

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– 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 *

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– mastering * Marcussen Mastering (Hollywood, California) – editing and mastering location * Richard Bates – art direction * Andrea Brooks – art direction, design * Tony Duran – photography *

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and Annie Challis – management

Charts

References

External links

*http://www.rodstewartfanclub.com/about_rod/disco/album_detail.php?album_id=14 * {{DEFAULTSORT:Human (Rod Stewart Album) Rod Stewart albums 2001 albums Atlantic Records albums Albums with cover art by Tony Duran Albums produced by Brian Rawling Albums recorded at Olympic Sound Studios