Editing Something Like Human

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{{Infobox album
| name         = Something Like Human
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[Fuel (band)|Fuel]]
| cover        = Fuel_Something_Like_Human.jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = September 19, 2000
| recorded     = * March–May 2000
| venue        = 
| studio       = * [[Right Track Recording|Right Track]], New York City
* [[Sear Sound]], New York City
* The Mix Room, Los Angeles
| genre        = * [[Post-grunge]]
* [[hard rock]]
* [[alternative metal]]
| length       = 42:44
| label        = * [[550 Music|550]]
* [[Epic Records|Epic]]
| producer     = * [[Ben Grosse]]
* [[Carl Bell (musician)|Carl Bell]]
| prev_title   = [[Sunburn (Fuel album)|Sunburn]]
| prev_year    = 1998
| next_title   = [[Natural Selection (Fuel album)|Natural Selection]]
| next_year    = 2003
| misc         = {{Extra album cover
 | header  = Alternative cover
 | type    = studio
 | cover   = Fuel-SomethingLikeHumanExpanded.jpg
 | border  =
 | alt     =
 | caption = Expanded edition album artwork
}}
{{Singles
 | name        = Something Like Human
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Hemorrhage (In My Hands)]]
 | single1date = September 14, 2000
 | single2     = [[Innocent (Fuel song)|Innocent]]
 | single2date = December 5, 2000
 | single3     = [[Bad Day (Fuel song)|Bad Day]]
 | single3date = May 29, 2001
 | single4     = [[Last Time (Fuel song)|Last Time]]
 | single4date = 2001
}}
}}

'''''Something Like Human''''' is the second album by American rock band [[Fuel (band)|Fuel]], released on September 19, 2000, by [[Epic Records]]. ''Something Like Human'' peaked at number 17 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]],<ref name="albumchart">{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=fuel|chart=Billboard 200}}|title=Billboard Album Chart History|access-date=June 28, 2010}}</ref> and was preceded by the single "[[Hemorrhage (In My Hands)]]", which peaked at number 30 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and remains their highest-charting song. The album's title comes from the lyric heard on its sixth track, "Prove".<ref name="Hot 100">{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=fuel|chart=all}}|title=Billboard Chart History|access-date=June 28, 2010}}</ref>

It remains Fuel's best-selling album. One year after its release, the album received [[RIAA certification|double platinum]] certification by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA).<ref>{{cite web
| url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=Something%20Like%20Human&artist=fuel&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25
| title=Gold and Platinum Database Search
| access-date=October 8, 2009}}</ref> The album also received gold certification by [[Music Canada]] (MC) in June 2001.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cria.ca/gold/0601_g.php |title=Gold & Platinum Certification –June2001 |publisher=[[Canadian Recording Industry Association]] |access-date=August 17, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706174845/http://www.cria.ca/gold/0601_g.php |archive-date=July 6, 2011 }}</ref> Likewise with the band's previous album, it received moderate to average critical reception, with praise directed towards lead singer [[Brett Scallions]].

The bonus version of the album includes an acoustic version of "Hemorrhage" and also includes the [[cover version|cover]] songs "[[Daniel (Elton John song)|Daniel]]", originally by [[Elton John]], and "[[Going to California]]" by [[Led Zeppelin]]. In addition, these were also included on the album's bonus disc, which also contained the track "Walk the Sky" (previously made available on the reissue of the band's previous album), as well as music videos for "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" and "Innocent" when inserted into a [[DVD player]]. The album's song "Empty Spaces" was used in the 2002 romance film ''[[A Walk to Remember]]'', as well as its [[A Walk to Remember (soundtrack)|accompanying soundtrack]].

==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>

==Track listing==
All songs written by [[Carl Bell (musician)|Carl Bell]], except where noted.
{{track listing
| title1 = [[Last Time (Fuel song)|Last Time]]
| length1 = 3:42
| title2 = [[Hemorrhage (In My Hands)]]
| length2 = 3:56
| title3 = Empty Spaces
| length3 = 3:25
| title4 = Scar
| length4 = 3:16
| title5 = [[Bad Day (Fuel song)|Bad Day]]
| length5 = 3:15
| title6 = Prove
| length6 = 2:54
| title7 = Easy
| length7 = 4:26
| title8 = Down
| writer8 = Bell, [[Brett Scallions]]
| length8 = 3:32
| title9 = Solace
| length9 = 2:57
| title10 = Knives
| writer10 = Bell, Scallions
| length10 = 3:18
| title11 = [[Innocent (Fuel song)|Innocent]]
| length11 = 3:40
| title12 = Slow
| length12 = 4:23
|total_length = 42:44
}}
{{track listing
| headline        = Reissue
| title13 = Hemorrhage (In My Hands)
| note13 = acoustic
| length13 = 3:52
| title14 = [[Daniel (Elton John song)|Daniel]]
| note14 = [[Elton John]] cover
| writer14 = Elton John, [[Bernie Taupin]]
| length14 = 4:29
| title15 = [[Going to California]]
| note15 = [[Led Zeppelin]] cover
| writer15 = [[Jimmy Page]], [[Robert Plant]]
| length15 = 3:52
|total_length = 54:57
}}
{{track listing
| headline        = Bonus disc
| title1 = Hemorrhage (In My Hands)
| note1 = acoustic
| length1 = 3:52
| title2 = Daniel
| length2 = 4:29
| title3 = Going to California
| length3 = 3:52
| title4 = Walk the Sky
| length4 = 3:18
| title5 = Hemorrhage (In My Hands)
| note5 = Music Video
| length5 = 3:52
| title6 = Innocent
| note6 = Music Video
| length6 = 4:23
}}

*Early promotional press editions of the album (submitted to magazines, etc. for reviews) included the songs "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. "Sister Mary Innocent" appeared by alternate name "Sister Mary" on [[Tommy Lee]]'s 2005 solo album ''[[Tommyland: The Ride]]'', with Carl Bell on guitar.

==Personnel==
*[[Brett Scallions]] - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
*[[Carl Bell (musician)|Carl Bell]] - lead guitar, backing vocals
*Jeff Abercrombie - bass 
*Kevin Miller - drums

'''Additional personnel'''

*[[Luis Resto (musician)|Luis Resto]] - Keyboards
*Carol Steele - Percussion
*[[David Campbell (arranger/composer)|David Campbell]] - String arrangement on "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)"

==Production==
*[[Ben Grosse]]: Producer & Mixing
*[[Tom Baker]]: Mastering

==Charts and certifications==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2000)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|6|artist=Fuel|album=Something Like Human|rowheader=true|access-date=October 15, 2021}}
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{{album chart|New Zealand|8|artist=Fuel|album=Something Like Human|rowheader=true|access-date=October 15, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|17|artist=Fuel|rowheader=true|access-date=October 15, 2021}}
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
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! scope="col"| Chart (2001)
! scope="col"| Position
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! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2001/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2001|work=Billboard|access-date=October 15, 2021}}</ref>
| 64
|}
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===Certifications===
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{{Certification Table Entry|title= Something Like Human|artist=Fuel|type=album|relyear=2000|certyear=2001|region=Canada|award=Gold|access-date=December 27, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title= Something Like Human|artist=Fuel|type=album|relyear=2000|certyear=2001|region=United States|award=Platinum|number=2|access-date=December 27, 2021}}
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==References==
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[[Category:Fuel (band) albums]]
[[Category:2000 albums]]
[[Category:Epic Records albums]]