Something Like Human

Infobox Album | Name = Something Like Human
Type = studio
Artist = Fuel

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Released = September 19 , 2000
Recorded = March-May 2000 Right Track Recording, New York City Sear Sound, New York City The Mix Room, Los Angeles | Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 42:02
Label = Epic Records
Producer = Ben Grosse Carl Bell
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://wc09.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:djftxq8kld0e link]
Last album = "Sunburn" (1998)
This album = "Something Like Human" (2000)
Next album = "Natural Selection" (2003)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = studio


Lower caption = Expanded Edition album artwork

"Something Like Human" is the second full-length album by the band Fuel released in 2000. "Something Like Human" reached #17 on the U.S. Billboard Top 200, and featured their first U.S. Top 40 hit with "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" which reached #30 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. [ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=10712&model.vnuAlbumId=960395 Billboard Chart History] ]

The album was awarded double-platinum status (two million units sold) by the RIAA on September 25, 2001. [cite web
url=http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH
title=Gold and Platinum Database Search
accessdate=2007-11-23] To date, "Something Like Human" is the band's best selling record.

The bonus version of the disc includes an acoustic version of the aforementioned song. The bonus version also includes the cover songs "Daniel", originally by Elton John, and "Going to California" by Led Zeppelin.

Some editions had a bonus disc instead of just bonus tracks. The Bonus disc had the three bonus tracks plus "Walk the Sky", a bonus song from Sunburn. This disc also had multimedia content which included music videos for "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" and "Innocent"

Track listing

All songs written by Carl Bell except where noted.

#"Last Time" – 3:42
#"Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" – 3:56
#"Empty Spaces" – 3:25
#"Scar" – 3:16
#"Bad Day" – 3:15
#"Prove" – 2:54
#"Easy" – 4:26
#"Down" (Bell, Brett Scallions) – 3:32
#"Solace" – 2:57
#"Knives" (Bell, Scallions) – 3:18
#"Innocent" – 3:40
#"Slow" – 4:23

Early promotional press editions of the album (submitted to magazines, etc for reviews) included the tracks "Sister Mary Innocent" and the Scallions penned "Bruises", which ultimately were left off the final sequence of the album which was released to stores. Neither of these recordings have been released publicly by the band and they have sold for ridiculous amounts when discovered on eBay.

Reissue version

*13. "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" (acoustic) - 3:52
*14. "Daniel" (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) - 4:29
*15. "Going to California" (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) - 3:52

Bonus Disc

*01. "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" (acoustic) - 3:5
*02. "Daniel" (John, Taupin) - 4:29
*03. "Going to California" (Page, Plant) - 3:52
*04 "Walk the Sky"- 3:18
*05 "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" [Music Video] [Multimedia]
*06 "Innocent" [Music Video] [Multimedia]

Personnel

*Carl Bell: Guitar, Vocals
*Brett Scallions: Vocals, Guitar
*Jeff Abercrombie: Bass
*Kevin Miller: Drums

Additional personnel

*Luis Resto: Keyboards
*Carol Steele: Percussian
*David Campbell: String arrangement on "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)"

References