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==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] |rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r499451|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic Review]</ref> | rev4 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' |rev4Score = B<ref name="EW"/> | rev2 = [[Robert Christgau]] |rev2Score = {{Rating-Christgau|dud}}<ref>[http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=fuel Robert Christgau score]</ref> |rev3 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]'' |rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="CL">{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=3 |page=629}}</ref> | rev5 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]'' |rev5Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite book| last = Brackett | first = Nathan |author2=Christian Hoard | title = The Rolling Stone Album Guide | publisher = Simon and Schuster | year = 2004 | location = New York City, New York | page = [https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/n327 314] | isbn = 0-7432-0169-8 | url = https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac| url-access = registration }}</ref> }} Ultimately giving the album a "B",'' [[Entertainment Weekly]]'' said the band "has more chops than a butcher shop. But when it comes to passion, Fuel runs low." The magazine concluded that "luckily, Bret Scallions' excoriating voice makes up for Carl Bell's rather clinical-sounding music."<ref name="EW">Hiltbrand, David (September 22, 2000) "[https://web.archive.org/web/20090425112722/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,277638,00.html Music Review: 'Something Like Human' Review]" ''Entertainment Weekly''. (560):78</ref> In its debut week, Something Like Human sold 60,458 copies, and during December 2000 alone the album moved almost 200,000 additional units.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-07-27 |title=US Album Sales Charts 2000-2004 |url=https://www.ukmix.org/forum/chart-discussion/chart-analysis/124930-us-album-sales-charts-2000-2004?q=Fuel%20Something%20Like%20Human |access-date=2025-04-23 |website=UKMIX Forums |language=en}}</ref> In 2001, ''Something Like Human'' sold a total of 1,180,000 copies in the United States, as reported by the SoundScan Year-end Top US Albums chart, where it ranked at number 83<ref>{{Cite web |title=https://bestsellingalbums.org/year-end/US_Top_Albums_2001 |url=https://bestsellingalbums.org/year-end/US_Top_Albums_2001 |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=BestSellingAlbums.org |language=en-US}}</ref>
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