- Human Racing
Infobox Album | Name = Human Racing
Type =Album
Artist =Nik Kershaw
Released = 1984
Recorded = Sarm East Studios, East London, June - August 1983
Genre = Rock
Length = 39:39
Label = MCA
Producer = Peter Collins
Reviews =
*Allmusic (3/5) [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?P=amg&sql=10:7cb1z83ajyvj link]
Last album = --
This album = "Human Racing"
(1984)
Next album = "The Riddle"
(1984)"Human Racing" is Nik Kershaw's first album. It was released in 1984 by MCA Records. The title track was a top #20 hit in the
United Kingdom , peaking at #19.The album's first single in the UK was "I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me," which peaked at #47 upon its first release. "
Wouldn't It Be Good " became Kershaw's first major hit, spending three weeks at the UK #4 spot and logging his longest chart run there. It is also the song Kershaw is best known for in the U.S., where he narrowly missed going Top 40, peaking at #46. Further hits from the album were "Dancing Girls" and the title track, but the album's first single would become a smash hit upon its second UK release in 1984. Kershaw's "Human Racing" album peaked at #70 in the U.S.Track listing
LP, Cassette, CD
#"Dancing Girls" – 3:46
#"Wouldn't It Be Good " – 4:32
#"Drum Talk " – 3:10
#"Bogart" – 4:38
#"Gone to Pieces " – 3:11
#"Shame on You " – 3:33
#"Cloak and Dagger" – 4:55
#"Faces" – 4:05
#"I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me " – 3:23
#"Human Racing" – 4:26Credits
* Mastered by
Greg Fulginiti USingles
* "I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" #47 (on first release in 1983), #2 (on re-release in 1984)
** B-side - Dark Glasses
* "Wouldn't It Be Good" #4
** B-side - Monkey Business
* "Dancing Girls" #13
** B-side - She Cries
* "Human Racing" #19
** B-side - Faces (Simon Boswell remix)External links
*
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
