Editing Human Touch

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Human Touch
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Bruce Springsteen]]
| cover      = Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch - coverart - I.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = March 27, 1992<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Advertisement|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=3|date=28 March 1992}}</ref>
| recorded   = September 1989 – March 1991
| studio     = [[A&M Studios|A&M]] <br> Soundworks West <br> [[Ocean Way Recording]] <br> [[Westlake Recording Studios]] <br> [[Record Plant]] (Los Angeles)
| genre      = 
* [[Rock music|Rock]]<ref name= "Chicago 1995"/>
* [[Pop music|pop]]<ref name="AM"/><ref name="Molanphy 2021">{{Cite podcast|url=https://slate.com/podcasts/hit-parade/2021/07/bruce-springsteen-billboard-chart-records-slate-music-podcast|title= Tramps Like Us Edition|website=Hit Parade {{!}} Music History and Music Trivia|publisher=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|last=Molanphy|first=Chris|date= July 16, 2021|access-date= February 19, 2024}}</ref>
| length     = 58:49
| label      = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| producer   = Bruce Springsteen, [[Jon Landau]], [[Chuck Plotkin]], [[Roy Bittan]]
| prev_title = [[Chimes of Freedom (EP)|Chimes of Freedom]]
| prev_year  = 1988
| next_title = [[Lucky Town]]
| next_year  = 1992
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Human Touch
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Human Touch (Bruce Springsteen song)|Human Touch]]
 | single1date = March 1992<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Bruce+Springsteen&titel=Human+Touch&cat=s|title=Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch|first=Steffen|last=Hung|website=Hitparade.ch|access-date=March 31, 2025}}</ref>
 | single2     = [[57 Channels (And Nothin' On)]]
 | single2date = June 1992
 | single3     = Roll of the Dice
 | single3date = November 1992 (Japan)
}}
}}

'''''Human Touch''''' is the ninth [[studio album]] by American singer-songwriter [[Bruce Springsteen]]. The album was released on March 27, 1992,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=human+touch#search_section|title=Gold & Platinum|website=Riaa.com|access-date=March 31, 2025}}</ref> the same day as ''[[Lucky Town]]''. It was the more popular of the two, peaking at number two on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart, and lead single "[[Human Touch (Bruce Springsteen song)|Human Touch]]" (double A-side single with ''Lucky Town'''s "[[Better Days (Bruce Springsteen song)|Better Days]]") peaking at number one on the [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Mainstream Rock]] and number 16 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] charts. "Human Touch" has since been certified Platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) for over one million copies sold in the US, and was nominated for [[Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance|Best Rock Vocal Performance]] at the [[35th Annual Grammy Awards|1993 Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/bruce-springsteen|title=Bruce Springsteen|website=[[Grammy Awards]]|date=November 23, 2020|access-date=February 14, 2018|archive-date=April 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406060819/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/bruce-springsteen|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Background==
Not long after Springsteen broke up the [[E Street Band]] in October 1989, pianist [[Roy Bittan]] played Springsteen three instrumental songs he had written: "Roll of the Dice", "Real World" and "Trouble in Paradise".<ref name="absolutepunk1">{{cite web |url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=2309042 |title=Bruce Springsteen – Human Touch/Lucky Town – Album Review |website=AbsolutePunk.net |date=March 31, 1992 |access-date=January 28, 2014 |archive-date=August 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230823170316/https://chorus.fm/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Springsteen later added lyrics to the songs, and liked them to the point where he began writing and recording more songs.<ref name="absolutepunk1"/> With the E Street Band gone—except for Bittan, who played keyboards and co-produced the album—Springsteen assembled a band of studio musicians in [[Los Angeles]], mostly using the services of [[Randy Jackson]] on bass guitar and [[Jeff Porcaro]] on drums.<ref name="absolutepunk1"/> A wide variety of background vocalists were used, including [[Sam Moore]], [[Bobby Hatfield]], and [[Bobby King]]. Overall, at least 25 or so songs were recorded, but the exact number is unknown.<ref name="absolutepunk1"/>

The album was originally set for a spring-summer 1991 release date, having been pushed back from early 1991, but was once again halted when Springsteen began recording ''[[Lucky Town]]'' later that year.<ref name="absolutepunk1"/> Springsteen ultimately decided to release both albums on the same day, with ''Human Touch'' released on March 27, 1992—more than two years after starting the project.<ref name="absolutepunk1"/>

Porcaro was asked by Springsteen to join the band for the subsequent tour, but declined because he was engaged with his own band [[Toto (band)|Toto]]. Porcaro died a few months later of a heart attack in his garden.

==Critical reception==
{{Album reviews
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]] 
| rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="AM">{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r18770}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|1|4}}<ref name="Kot">{{cite news|last=Kot|first=Greg|author-link=Greg Kot|date=January 25, 2009|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2009-01-25-0901230323-story.html|title=Springsteen's latest effort a 'Dream' deflated|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=November 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129070612/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2009-01-25-0901230323-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Christgau's Consumer Guide]]''
| rev3Score = {{Rating-Christgau|hm1}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=2000|page=[https://archive.org/details/christgausconsum00chri_0/page/294 294]|title=Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s|publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers]]|isbn=0312245602|chapter=Bruce Springsteen|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xVQbszFuEGMC&pg=PA294|access-date=September 6, 2015|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/christgausconsum00chri_0}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev4score = B−<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Browne |first=David |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20207841,00.html |title=Human Touch Review |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=April 3, 1992 |access-date=May 17, 2012 |archive-date=May 24, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524203945/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20207841,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev5score = 5/10<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Ace of boss |last1=Bailie |first1=Stuart |last2=Staunton |first2=Terry |date=11 March 1995 |magazine=[[New Musical Express]] |pages=54–55}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev6score = 5.8/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/bruce-springsteen-the-album-collection-vol-2-1987-1996/|title=Tunnel of Love / Chimes of Freedom EP / Human Touch / Lucky Town / In Concert/MTV Plugged / The Ghost of Tom Joad / Blood Brothers EP|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|last=Sodomsky|first=Sam|date=19 May 2018|access-date=4 April 2025}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' 
| rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|last=DeCurtis |first=Anthony |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/human-touch-19920403 |title=Human Touch &#124; Album Reviews |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=April 3, 1992 |access-date=May 17, 2012}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Tom Hull (critic)|Tom Hull]]''
| rev8Score = B−<ref>{{cite web|last=Hull|first=Tom|author-link=Tom Hull (critic)|date=October 29, 2016|url=http://www.tomhull.com/ocston/blog/archives/2444-Streamnotes-October-2016.html|title=Streamnotes (October 2016)|website=Tom Hull - on the Web|access-date=July 2, 2020|archive-date=July 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704021921/http://www.tomhull.com/ocston/blog/archives/2444-Streamnotes-October-2016.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
''Human Touch'' debuted and peaked at No. 2 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] selling 246,000 copies during its first week.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BgwEAAAAMBAJ&q=bruce+springsteen+human+touch+and+lucky+town+debut+billboard+200&pg=PA75| title=Billboard| date=August 17, 2002| access-date=November 1, 2020| archive-date=August 23, 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230823171001/https://books.google.com/books?id=BgwEAAAAMBAJ&q=bruce+springsteen+human+touch+and+lucky+town+debut+billboard+200&pg=PA75| url-status=live}}</ref> The album was met with a generally mixed critical reception. ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' gave the album 4 stars and noted that the songs "explore the movement from disenchanted isolation to a willingness to risk love and its attendant traumas again." The review also stated that the title track "stands among Springsteen's best work." However Bill Wyman of ''[[The Chicago Reader]]'' gave the album a very harsh review, calling it "the worst piece of [expletive] you can imagine coming from a talent on Springsteen's level." Out of the album's 14 tracks, Wyman said there was only "one passable Springsteen song, 'The Long Goodbye.' The lyrics don't make much sense...but it has a bruising musical onslaught that covers up a lot."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/double-drivel/Content?oid=879459 |title=Double drivel |author-link=Bill Wyman |last=Wyman |first=Bill |date=1992-04-09 |website=[[The Chicago Reader]] |language=en |access-date=2020-09-27 |archive-date=November 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151112091123/http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/double-drivel/Content?oid=879459 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Though his initial review was more positive, [[Greg Kot]] of ''[[The Chicago Tribune]]'' later wrote that "in retrospect, ''Human Touch'' tried to re-create the stadium-rocking aura of an E Street album, with session musicians unsuccessfully replacing the road-tested band."<ref name= "Chicago 1995">{{Cite web |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1995-02-26-9502260078-story.html |title=Born Again |author-link=Greg Kot |last=Kot |first=Greg |date=1995-02-26 |website=[[The Chicago Tribune]] |language=en |access-date=2020-09-27 |archive-date=November 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129075339/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1995-02-26-9502260078-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[AllMusic]] later described the album as "generic pop" and "his first that didn't at least aspire to greatness."<ref name="AM"/>

The album is generally disliked by Springsteen fans, and in 2012 was ranked last among Springsteen's albums by the online magazine ''[[Nerve (website)|Nerve]]''. Regarding the bad reputation of ''Human Touch'' and ''Lucky Town'' among his fans, Springsteen said: "I tried it [writing happy songs] in the early '90s and it didn't work; the public didn't like it."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nerve.com/music/bruce-springsteen-albums-from-worst-to-best |title=Ranked: Bruce Springsteen Albums from Worst to Best |website=[[Nerve (website)|Nerve.com]] |date=March 5, 2012 |access-date=May 17, 2012 |archive-date=April 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414022215/http://www.nerve.com/music/bruce-springsteen-albums-from-worst-to-best |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Track listing==
All music and lyrics by [[Bruce Springsteen]], except where noted
{{Track listing

| title1 = [[Human Touch (Bruce Springsteen song)|Human Touch]]	
| length1 = 6:31

| title2 = Soul Driver
| length2 = 4:39 	

| title3 = [[57 Channels (And Nothin' On)]]
| length3 = 2:28

| title4 = Cross My Heart
| writer4 = {{hlist|Springsteen|[[Sonny Boy Williamson II|Sonny Boy Williamson]] (lyrics)}}
| length4 = 3:51	

| title5 = Gloria's Eyes
| length5 = 3:46

| title6 = With Every Wish
| length6 = 4:39

| title7 = Roll of the Dice
| writer7 = {{hlist|Springsteen|[[Roy Bittan]]}}
| length7 = 4:17

| title8 = Real World
| writer8 = {{hlist|Springsteen|Bittan}}
| length8 = 5:26		

| title9 = All or Nothin' at All
| length9 = 3:23			

| title10 = Man's Job
| length10 = 4:37				

| title11 = I Wish I Were Blind
| length11 = 4:48	

| title12 = The Long Goodbye
| length12 = 3:30		

| title13 = Real Man
| length13 = 4:33			

| title14 = [[My Pony Boy|Pony Boy]]
| writer14 = Traditional, arrangement and additional lyrics by Springsteen
| length14 = 2:14				
}}

===Unreleased outtakes===
Springsteen's first album without the E Street Band featured numerous outtakes, many of which have been released. A cover of "[[Viva Las Vegas (song)|Viva Las Vegas]]" was released as a B-side and on ''[[The Essential Bruce Springsteen]]'', "Chicken Lips and Lizard Hips" was released on a children's album, and "30 Days Out" was also a B-side. "Part Man, Part Monkey", a track originally recorded during the ''Tunnel of Love'' session and performed on that tour, was re-recorded and released as a B-side and on ''[[Tracks (Bruce Springsteen album)|Tracks]]'' along with other outtakes such as "Trouble In Paradise", "[[Sad Eyes (Bruce Springsteen song)|Sad Eyes]]", "Leavin' Train", "Seven Angels", "My Lover Man", "When the Lights Go Out", "Over the Rise", "Goin' Cali" and "Loose Change". "Trouble River" was released on ''[[18 Tracks]]''. Springsteen also recorded "Red-Headed Woman", a tribute to his wife [[Patti Scialfa]] and a song performed often, eventually released as a live version on the ''[[MTV Unplugged]]'' album, "[[Secret Garden (Bruce Springsteen song)|Secret Garden]]", which would later get re-worked with the reunited E Street Band in 1995 for ''[[Greatest Hits (Bruce Springsteen album)|Greatest Hits]]'', and "All the Way Home", a song Springsteen gave to [[Southside Johnny]] and one that Springsteen would not release until 2005's ''[[Devils & Dust]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://brucebase.wikispaces.com/Human+Touch+-+Studio+Sessions |title=Brucebase – Human Touch – Studio Sessions<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=May 18, 2014 |archive-date=December 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216035151/http://brucebase.wikispaces.com/Human+Touch+-+Studio+Sessions |url-status=dead }}</ref>

*"Red Headed Woman"
*"Secret Garden"
*"All the Way Home"

==Personnel==
* [[Bruce Springsteen]] – guitar and lead vocals, bass guitar on "57 Channels (And Nothin' On)"
'''Additional Musicians'''
* [[Randy Jackson]] – bass guitar
* [[Jeff Porcaro]] – drums, percussion (except on "With Every Wish")
* [[Roy Bittan]] – keyboards
* [[Sam Moore]] – harmony vocals on "Soul Driver", "Real World" and "Man's Job"
* [[Patti Scialfa]] – harmony vocals on "Human Touch" and "Pony Boy"
* [[David Sancious]] – [[Hammond organ]] on "Soul Driver" and "Real Man"
* [[Bobby King]] – backing vocals on "Roll of the Dice" and "Man's Job"
* [[Tim Pierce]] – second guitar on "Soul Driver" and "Roll of the Dice"
* Michael Fisher – percussion on "Soul Driver"
* [[Bobby Hatfield]] – harmony vocals on "I Wish I Were Blind"
* [[Mark Isham]] – muted trumpet on "With Every Wish"
* Douglas Lunn – fretless bass guitar nonpareil on "With Every Wish"
*Kurt Wortman – drums and [[dumbeck]] on "With Every Wish"
'''Technical:'''

* [[Bruce Springsteen]], [[Jon Landau]], [[Chuck Plotkin]], [[Roy Bittan]] – [[Record producer|production]]
* [[Toby Scott]] – [[Audio engineer|engineering]]
* Robert "RJ" Jaczko – additional engineering and assistant engineering
* Greg Goldman, Randy Wine, Tom Hardisty, [[Clif Norrell]], Craig Johnson, Buzz Burrows – assistant engineering
* [[Bob Clearmountain]] – [[Mixing engineer|mixing]]
* [[Bob Ludwig]] – [[Mastering engineer|mastering]]
* [[Scott Hull (mastering engineer)|Scott Hull]], [[Dave Collins (audio engineer)|Dave Collins]] – digital editing
* Sandra Choron – art direction
* Victor Weaver – typography design
* David Rose – cover photography, interior photography
* [[Annie Leibovitz]], [[Harry Gruyaert|Harvy Gruyaert]] – interior photography

==Singles==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single
! colspan="13"| Peak chart positions<ref name="US1">{{cite web| url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5505/charts-awards/billboard-singles| title=Artist Chart History (Singles) – Bruce Springsteen| website=Allmusic| access-date=December 15, 2008| archive-date=August 23, 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230823171032/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bruce-springsteen-mn0000530745/awards| url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="UK Chartlog">{{cite web|url=http://zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_S.HTM |title=UK Chartlog |work=zobbel.de |access-date=January 27, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150322040621/http://zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_S.HTM |archive-date=March 22, 2015 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
|- style=font-size:smaller;
! style="width:25px;"| [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]
! style="width:25px;"| [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|US Main]]
! style="width:25px;"| [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|US AC]]
! style="width:25px;"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]
! style="width:25px;"| [[Irish Singles Chart|IRE]]
! style="width:25px;"| [[GfK Entertainment charts|GER]]
! style="width:25px;"| [[Swiss Hitparade|SWI]]
! style="width:25px;"| [[Ö3 Austria Top 40|AUT]]
! style="width:25px;"| [[VG-lista|NOR]]
! style="width:25px;"| [[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]
! style="width:25px;"| [[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]]
! style="width:25px;"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]
! style="width:25px;"| [[Dutch Single Top 100|NL]]
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1992
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Human Touch (Bruce Springsteen song)|Human Touch]]"<sup>{{anchor|ref_d}}[[#endnote A|'''[A]''']]</sup>
| 16
| 1
| 8
| 11
| 4
| 15
| 4
| 19
| 1
| 4
| 12
| 17
| 3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[57 Channels (And Nothin' On)]]"
| 68
| 6
| —
| 32
| 26
| —
| —
| —
| 9
| 32
| –
| —
| 39
|}

{{refbegin}}
Singles were released in both U.S. and UK/Europe, unless otherwise indicated:
*A{{anchor|endnote_D}}'''[[#ref D|^]]''' Charted as double A-Side with "Better Days" when released in the United States.
{{refend}}

==Charts==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
!scope="col"|Chart (1992)
!scope="col"|Peak<br />position
|-
!scope="row"|[[ARIA Charts|Australian ARIA Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=australian-charts.com Bruce Springsteen – ''Human Touch'' |publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]] |url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Bruce+Springsteen&titel=Human+Touch&cat=a |format=ASP |access-date=May 1, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328184721/http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Bruce%2BSpringsteen&titel=Human%2BTouch&cat=a |archive-date=March 28, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
|3
|-
!scope="row"|Austrian Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|title=austriancharts.at Bruce Springsteen – ''Human Touch'' |work=Hung Medien |language=de |format=ASP |url=http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Bruce+Springsteen&titel=Human+Touch&cat=a |access-date=May 1, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330133733/http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Bruce%2BSpringsteen&titel=Human%2BTouch&cat=a |archive-date=March 30, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
|1
|-
!scope="row"|[[RPM (magazine)|Canadian RPM Albums Chart]]<ref>[http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.2102&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5 Library and Archives Canada.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415202051/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.2102&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5 |date=April 15, 2015 }}  Retrieved May 1, 2014</ref>
|2
|-
!scope="row"|[[Dutch Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=dutchcharts.nl Bruce Springsteen – ''Human Touch''|publisher=[[MegaCharts]]|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Bruce+Springsteen&titel=Human+Touch&cat=a|work=Hung Medien|format=ASP|access-date=May 1, 2014|archive-date=April 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424110319/http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Bruce+Springsteen&titel=Human+Touch&cat=a|url-status=live}}</ref>
|3
|-
!scope="row"|[[SNEP|French SNEP Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://infodisc.fr/Album_S.php |title=InfoDisc : Tous les Albums classés par Artiste > Choisir Un Artiste Dans la Liste |language=fr |publisher=infodisc.fr |access-date=May 1, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506001015/http://www.infodisc.fr/Album_S.php |archive-date=May 6, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}Note: user must select 'Bruce SPRINGSTEEN' from drop-down</ref>
|3
|-
!scope="row"|[[GfK Entertainment charts|German Media Control Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.officialcharts.de/album.asp?artist=Bruce+SpringSteen&title=Human+Touch&cat=a&country=de| archive-url=https://archive.today/20140707093526/http://www.officialcharts.de/album.asp?artist=Bruce+SpringSteen&title=Human+Touch&cat=a&country=de| url-status=dead| archive-date=July 7, 2014| title=Album Search: Bruce Springsteen – ''Human Touch''| language=de| publisher=Media Control| access-date=May 1, 2014}}</ref>
|3
|-
! scope="row"|[[Musica e Dischi|Italian ''M&D'' Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php|title=Classifiche|work=[[Musica e dischi]]|language=it|access-date=May 31, 2022|archive-date=December 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201160637/http://musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php|url-status=live}} Set "Tipo" on "Album". Then, in the "Titolo" field, search "Human touch".</ref>
| 1
|-
!scope="row"|[[Oricon|Japanese Oricon Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/rankmusic/2009550/full/|title=マドンナ、洋楽女性初の快挙 アルバム2作同時初登場TOP10|trans-title=Madonna's two albums simultaneously enter the top-10|language=ja|date=April 3, 2012|access-date=May 1, 2014|work=oricon.co.jp|publisher=Oricon Style|archive-date=November 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111105733/http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/rankmusic/2009550/full/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|4
|-
!scope="row"|[[Official New Zealand Music Chart|New Zealand Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=charts.nz Bruce Springsteen – ''Human Touch'' |work=Hung Medien |publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand]] |url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Bruce+Springsteen&titel=Human+Touch&cat=a |format=ASP |access-date=May 1, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
|5
|-
!scope="row"|[[VG-lista|Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=norwegiancharts.com Bruce Springsteen – ''Human Touch'' |work=Hung Medien |publisher=VG-lista |format=ASP |url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Bruce+Springsteen&titel=Human+Touch&cat=a |access-date=May 1, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204224343/http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Bruce%2BSpringsteen&titel=Human%2BTouch&cat=a |archive-date=December 4, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
|1
|-
!scope="row"|[[Spanish Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|edition=1st |date=September 2005|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|location=Spain|isbn=84-8048-639-2}}</ref> 
|1
|-
!scope="row"|[[Sverigetopplistan|Swedish Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=swedishcharts.com Bruce Springsteen – ''Human Touch''|format=ASP|url=http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Bruce+Springsteen&titel=Human+Touch&cat=a|language=sv|access-date=May 1, 2014|archive-date=April 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415201659/http://www.swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Bruce+Springsteen&titel=Human+Touch&cat=a|url-status=live}}</ref>
|1
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!scope="row"|[[Swiss Hitparade|Swiss Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Bruce Springsteen – ''Human Touch'' – hitparade.ch |url=http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Bruce+Springsteen&titel=Human+Touch&cat=a |language=de |work=Hung Medien |format=ASP |publisher=Swiss Music Charts |access-date=May 1, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103052550/http://www.hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Bruce%2BSpringsteen&titel=Human%2BTouch&cat=a |archive-date=November 3, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
|1
|-
!scope="row"|[[UK Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/bruce%20springsteen/| title=Bruce Springsteen : Artist: Official Charts| publisher=UK Albums Chart| access-date=May 1, 2014| archive-date=July 9, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709164831/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/bruce%20springsteen/| url-status=live}}</ref>
|1
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/bruce-springsteen/chart-history/tlp/|title=Bruce Springsteen Chart History: ''Billboard'' 200|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=August 1, 2020}}</ref>
|2
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
!scope="col"|Chart (1992)
!scope="col"|Position
|-
!scope="row"|Austrian Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://austriancharts.at/1992_album.asp |title=Austriancharts.at – Jahreshitparade 1992 |language=de |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=May 1, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150804005246/http://austriancharts.at/1992_album.asp |archive-date=August 4, 2015 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
|21
|-
!scope="row"| Canada Top Albums/CDs (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://rpmimages.3345.ca/pdfs/Volume+56-No.+25-December+19%2C+1992.pdf|title=The RPM Top 100 Albums of 1992|magazine=RPM|volume=56|issue=25|page=13|date=December 19, 1992|access-date=March 2, 2025|archive-date=February 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225045251/http://rpmimages.3345.ca/pdfs/Volume+56-No.+25-December+19%2C+1992.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|21
|-
!scope="row"|French Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/B-CD_1992.php |title=Les Albums (CD) de 1992 par InfoDisc |language=fr |format=PHP |publisher=infodisc.fr |access-date=May 1, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711125153/http://www.infodisc.fr/B-CD_1992.php |archive-date=July 11, 2015 }}</ref>
|51
|-
!scope="row"|Swiss Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=1992 |title=Hitparade.ch – Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1992 |language=de |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=May 1, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022160833/http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=1992 |archive-date=October 22, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> 
|19
|-
!scope="row"|UK Albums Chart
|67
|-
!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bestsellingalbums.org/year-end/Billboard_Top_Albums_1992|title=Top US Billboard 200 Albums - Year-end 1992|website=BestSellingAlbums.org|access-date=March 2, 2025}}</ref>
|48
|}
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==Certifications==
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{{certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1992|certyear=2008|region=Australia|award=Platinum|access-date=April 4, 2012}}
{{certification Table Entry|title=Human Touch|artist=Bruce Springsteen|type=album|relyear=1992|region=Austria|award=Gold|access-date=April 4, 2012}}
{{certification Table Entry|title=Human Touch|artist=Bruce Springsteen|type=album|relyear=1992|region=Canada|award=Platinum|number=2|access-date=April 4, 2012}}
{{certification Table Entry|title=Human Touch|artist=Bruce Springsteen|type=album|relyear=1992|certyear=1992|region=Finland|award=Gold|salesamount=35,627|access-date=April 4, 2012}}
{{certification Table Entry|title=Human Touch|artist=Bruce Springsteen|type=album|relyear=1992|region=Germany|award=Gold|access-date=April 4, 2012}}
{{certification Table Entry|title=''ヒューマン・タッチ''|artist=ブルース・スプリングスティーン|type=album|region=Japan|award=Gold|relyear=1992|certyear=1992|certmonth=4|salesamount=116,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite book |title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 |publisher=Oricon Entertainment |location=[[Roppongi]], Tokyo |year=2006 |isbn=4-87131-077-9}}</ref>}}
{{certification Table Entry|title=Human Touch|artist=Bruce Springsteen|type=album|relyear=1992|id=1992-04-24|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|region=New Zealand|award=Gold}}
{{certification Table Entry|title=Human Touch|artist=Bruce Springsteen|type=album|relyear=1992|certyear=193|region=Norway|award=Gold|access-date=March 1, 2020}}
{{certification Table Entry|title=Human Touch|type=album|artist=Paul McCartney|relyear=1992|certyear=1992|region=Spain|award=Platinum|certref=<ref name="Spacet9195">{{cite web|url=http://www.mediafire.com/view/vqzno2c0fe48zam|title=Solo Exitos 1959–2002 Ano A Ano: Certificados 1991–1995|publisher=Solo Exitos 1959–2002 Ano A Ano|access-date=January 20, 2014|archive-date=April 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140404203541/http://www.mediafire.com/view/vqzno2c0fe48zam|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
{{certification Table Entry|title=Human Touch|artist=Bruce Springsteen|type=album|relyear=1992|certyear=1992|region=Sweden|award=Platinum|access-date=April 6, 2012}}
{{certification Table Entry|title=Human Touch|artist=Bruce Springsteen|type=album|relyear=1992|certyear=1993|region=Switzerland|award=Platinum|access-date=November 25, 2018}}
{{certification Table Entry|title=Human Touch|artist=Bruce Springsteen|type=album|relyear=1992|region=United Kingdom|award=Gold|access-date=April 6, 2012|id=3043-3358-2}}
{{certification Table Entry|title=Human Touch|artist=Bruce Springsteen|type=album|relyear=1992|region=United States|award=Platinum|access-date=April 4, 2012|salesamount=1,168,000|salesref=<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/ask-billboard/269106/ask-billboard-basia-bon-jovi-and-the-boss|title=Ask Billboard: Basia, Bon Jovi and the Boss|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Bottom}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Discogs master|type=album|27146|name=Human Touch}}
* [http://www.brucespringsteen.net/albums/human.html Audio and lyrics]

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