Human (album)

human
Studio album by Herbert Grönemeyer
Publication (s)	August 30, 2002
Label (s)	Greenland Records ( EMI )
Format (s)	CD, Hybrid SACD, LP
Genre (s)	skirt
Title (number)	11
running time	49:00 min
production	Alex Silva , Herbert Grönemeyer
chronology State of affairs (2000) human 12 (2007)
Single releases August 5, 2002 human November 11, 2002 The way February 17, 2003 Demo (last day) May 26, 2003 To the sea

Mensch is the eleventh studio album by the German musician Herbert Grönemeyer . It was released on Grönland Records in August 2002 .

It is considered to be Grönemeyer's most commercially successful album. With over 3.1 million copies sold, it is the best-selling album in Germany .

The album went platinum for the first time even before its release due to pre-orders and reached number one in the German album charts . The single Mensch was Grönemeyer's first title with which he reached number one in the German single charts .

History of origin

Four years had passed since the previous album Bleibt alles anders . Half a year after its publication, one of Grönemeyer's brothers and his wife Anna Henkel-Grönemeyer died within a few days, after which he withdrew for a long time. According to his own admission, he started making music again, fearing that he would lose her too. For him, human became an aid in dealing with grief; so the songs mainly deal with the subject of grief. The entire album was produced in Grönemeyer's adopted home of London , again with Alex Silva . The title Demo (Last Day) , as the title suggests, was recorded the day before the album was sent to the pressing plant.

Track list

All songs were written by Herbert Grönemeyer, except for Viertel Vor by Herbert Grönemeyer and Alex Silva.

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

human   DE 1 09/16/2002 (95 weeks)   AT 1 09/15/2002 (83 weeks)   CH 1 09/15/2002 (76 weeks)

Singles

human   DE 1 08/19/2002 (23 weeks)   AT 1 08/18/2002 (24 weeks)   CH 2 08/18/2002 (28 weeks) The way   DE 12 11/25/2002 (12 weeks)   AT 14th 11/24/2002 (15 weeks)   CH 35 11/24/2002 (17 weeks) Demo (last day)   DE 36 03/03/2003 (10 weeks)   AT 53 03/30/2003 (12 weeks) To the sea   DE 81 06/09/2003 (3 weeks)

1. Human 4:28
2. New territory 3:40
3. The way 4:20
4. A quarter to 4:24
5. Laugh when it's not enough to make you cry! 4:45
6. Uninhabited 5:06
7. There and here 2:34
8. Looking back 5:55
9. No trophy 4:34
10. To the sea 5:40
11. Bonus track: Demo (last day) 3:27

After the song demo (last day) there will be silence until 5:30 p.m. This is followed by a hidden track that Herbert's son Felix sings.

A total of four singles were released from the album: Mensch , Der Weg , Demo (last day) and Zum Meer .

tour

On August 30, 2002, the album Mensch hit record stores. From 2002 Herbert Grönemeyer toured through Germany as part of his “Alles Gute von Yesterday bis Mensch” tour. Even in the city of his youth, Bochum , he performed and performed again and again, most recently with the album Mensch in the former Ruhrstadion . The tour was supposed to end on July 8, 2003 in Montreux . Until then, 1.5 million viewers had seen the performances. Because of its great success, the tour was continued in June 2004 with eight more dates and ended on January 8, 2005 as part of the opening ceremony of today's ESPRIT arena Düsseldorf with a three and a half hour concert after more than two years.

Awards for music sales

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	21 × gold	3,150,000
Europe (IFPI)	3 × platinum	(3,000,000)
Austria (IFPI)	8 × platinum	240,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	5 × platinum	200,000
All in all	1 × gold 26 × platinum	3,590,000

See also

• List of the best-selling music albums certified by BVMI in Germany

Web links

• The album on Grönemeyer's official website
• Florian Linden: Record review wsws.org
• Review at laut.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Release date
2. ↑ 35 years of gold / platinum - Herbert Grönemeyer in first place in the official ranking . Musikindustrie.de, July 2, 2010
3. ↑ "Man", Grönemeyer is back! ( Memento from January 26, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) wdr.de, accessed on December 18, 2007
4. ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH
5. ↑ Database: BVMI. Federal Association of the Music Industry, accessed on February 6, 2020 . 
6. ↑ IFPI Platinum Europe Awards - 2003 ( Memento of November 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
7. ^ Awards Archive - IFPI Austria - Association of the Austrian Music Industry. IFPI Austria - Association of the Austrian Music Industry, accessed on February 6, 2020 . 
8. ↑ precious metal. IFPI Switzerland , accessed on February 6, 2020 .