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  • Artist: Fuel
  • Rating: StarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: September 19, 2000
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album, Enhanced CD-ROM
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Like several other successful rock bands of the post-grunge era, Fuel teeters between hard rock and heavy metal, as often as not within the same song. They are perfectly capable of adopting the lockstep thrash of Metallica-style metal, but they tend to vary it with comparatively melodic elements in a way that makes them acceptable to both headbangers and fans of less extreme rock. It certainly doesn't hurt that, every few songs, they throw in a ballad that begins with either an acoustic guitar or a lightly strummed electric (or both) and builds to a mid-tempo rocker. The primary example on their second album is first single "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)," which gives lead singer Brett Scallions the opportunity to intone "Don't fall away" in a tone of voice that recalls R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe singing "Fall on Me," and to emote about "love bleeding in my hands." Songwriter Carl Bell's lyrics, full of typical adolescent disillusionment over the vagaries of romance and the world in general, are sketchy, but his bitterness, even if shallow, seems freshly felt, notably on another of those power ballads, the sad "Innocent," and likely will connect with his listeners, after they've been pummeled by the rockers. Two albums in, Fuel still doesn't have much to say, but they are manipulating familiar ingredients in such a way that they may seem to be creating a new flavor, especially to young rock fans. (Something Like Human has multimedia content accessible by computer that includes a short film containing interview, studio, and performance footage as well as Fuel screen savers.) ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Last Time (Lyrics) Carl Bell Fuel (3:42)
Hemorrhage (In My Hands) Carl Bell Fuel (3:56)
Empty Spaces (Lyrics) Carl Bell Fuel (3:25)
Scar (Lyrics) Carl Bell Fuel (3:16)
Bad Day (Lyrics) Carl Bell Fuel (3:15)
Prove (Lyrics) Carl Bell Fuel (2:54)
Easy (Lyrics) Carl Bell Fuel (4:26)
Down (Lyrics) Carl Bell, Brett Scallions Fuel (3:32)
Solace (Lyrics) Carl Bell Fuel (2:57)
Knives (Lyrics) Carl Bell, Brett Scallions Fuel (3:18)
Innocent (Lyrics) Carl Bell Fuel (3:40)
Slow (Lyrics) Carl Bell Fuel (6:55)

Credits

Fuel (Main Performer), Steve Churchyard (Engineer), Ben Grosse (Programming), Ben Grosse (Producer), Ben Grosse (Engineer), Jeff Moses (Assistant Engineer), Lloyd Puckitt (Engineer), Luis Resto (Keyboards), Carol Steele (Percussion), Kevin Miller (Drums), P.R. Brown (Art Direction), P.R. Brown (Design), P.R. Brown (Photography), P.R. Brown (Objects), P.R. Brown (Cover Photo), John Parthum (Engineer), Danny Clinch (Photography), Todd Parker (Assistant Engineer), Carl Bell (Guitar), Carl Bell (Vocals), Carl Bell (Producer), Carl Bell (Assistant Producer), Jeff Abercrombie (Guitar (Bass)), Aaron Lepley (Assistant Engineer), Jason Stasium (Engineer), Jason Stasium (Recording), Brett Scallions (Guitar), Brett Scallions (Vocals), Rick Behrens (Assistant Engineer), Ben Goldman (A&R), Dave Fisher (Assistant Engineer), Michael Tuller (Keyboards), Michael Tuller (Programming), Blumpy (Keyboards), Blumpy (Programming), Tom Baker (Mastering), Farra Mathews (A&R)
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Something Like Human
Studio album by Fuel
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
Professional reviews
Fuel chronology
Sunburn
(1998)		 Something Like Human
(2000)		 Natural Selection
(2003)
Alternate cover
Expanded Edition album artwork

Something Like Human is the second 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.[1]

The album was certified double-platinum status (two million units sold) by the RIAA on September 25, 2001.[2] 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 songs 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"

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Carl Bell except where noted.

  1. "Last Time" – 3:42
  2. "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" – 3:56
  3. "Empty Spaces" – 3:25
  4. "Scar" – 3:16
  5. "Bad Day" – 3:15
  6. "Prove" – 2:54
  7. "Easy" – 4:26
  8. "Down" (Bell, Brett Scallions) – 3:32
  9. "Solace" – 2:57
  10. "Knives" (Bell, Scallions) – 3:18
  11. "Innocent" – 3:40
  12. "Slow" – 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.

Reissue version

Bonus Disc

  • 1. "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" (acoustic) - 3:52
  • 2. "Daniel" (John, Taupin) - 4:29
  • 3. "Going to California" (Page, Plant) - 3:52
  • 4. "Walk the Sky"- 3:18
  • 5. "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" [Music Video][Multimedia]
  • 6. "Innocent" [Music Video][Multimedia]

Personnel

Additional personnel

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

Critical reception

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."[3]

References

  1. ^ Billboard Chart History
  2. ^ "Gold and Platinum Database Search". http://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. Retrieved 2009-10-08. 
  3. ^ Hiltbrand, David (2000-09-22) "Music Review: Pop/Rock". Entertainment Weekly. (560):78
v • d • e
Fuel
Jeff Abercrombie · Carl Bell · Toryn Green · Tommy Stewart
Brett Scallions · Kevin Miller · Jonathan Mover · Jody Abbott · Erik Avakian
Studio albums
Sunburn · Something Like Human · Natural Selection · Angels & Devils
Extended plays
Compilations
Singles
"Shimmer" · "Bittersweet" · "Sunburn" · "Jesus or a Gun" · "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" · "Last Time" · "Innocent" · "Bad Day" · "Won't Back Down" · "Falls on Me" · "Million Miles" · "Wasted Time" · "Gone"
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