We are the Humans
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We Are The Humans is a 2009 studio album by The Humans
The Humans (band)
The Humans are a rock band featuring singer Toyah Willcox, former REM drummer Bill Rieflin and musician Chris Wong. The band have released two studio albums, We Are The Humans and Sugar Rush and have performed live in the UK, Estonia and the USA....

. It is the debut release by the experimental band formed by singer Toyah Willcox
Toyah Willcox
Toyah Ann Willcox is an English actress and singer. In a career spanning more than thirty years Toyah has had 13 top 40 singles, released 22 studio albums, written two books, appeared in over forty stage plays and ten feature films, as well as voicing and presenting numerous television shows...

, former REM drummer Bill Rieflin and musician Chris Wong. The band performed their first concerts, previewing the album, in Estonia in October 2007. The album was then recorded in Seattle during 2008. The band then returned to Estonia to perform the album in May 2009. They were joined on stage by Willcox's husband Robert Fripp
Robert Fripp
Robert Fripp is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He was ranked 42nd on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and #47 on Gibson.com’s "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". Among rock guitarists, Fripp is a master of crosspicking, a technique...

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Track listing

  1. We Are The Humans
  2. Is It Wrong
  3. Twisted Soul
  4. Telekinesis
  5. Quicksilver
  6. Labyrinth
  7. Icarus
  8. Noise In Your Head
  9. This Belongs To You
  10. Demigod
  11. These Boots Are Made For Walkin' (featuring Robert Fripp
    Robert Fripp
    Robert Fripp is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He was ranked 42nd on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and #47 on Gibson.com’s "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". Among rock guitarists, Fripp is a master of crosspicking, a technique...

    ) Bonus track - UK CD only

Credits

  • Toyah - voice, loops, angry bee
  • Chris - bass, guitar, organ, humming
  • Bill - bass, synths, gadgets, whirring organ, drums, claps, hums
  • Produced by Bill Rieflin
  • Recorded by Don Gunn
  • All songs written by Willcox/Rieflin/Wong except 1,3 (Willcox), 9 (Willcox/Fripp) and 11 (Lee Hazlewood
    Lee Hazlewood
    Lee Hazlewood , born Barton Lee Hazlewood was an American country and pop singer, songwriter, and record producer, most widely known for his work with guitarist Duane Eddy during the late 1950s and singer Nancy Sinatra in the 1960s.Hazlewood had a distinctive baritone voice that added an ominous...

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Releases

International editions
  • Estonian CD edition (2009) Available at the 2009 Estonian concerts
  • UK CD edition (2009) With bonus track These Boots Are Made For Walkin'
  • UK digital edition (2009)




Singles
  • These Boots Are Made For Walkin' (featuring Robert Fripp
    Robert Fripp
    Robert Fripp is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He was ranked 42nd on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and #47 on Gibson.com’s "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". Among rock guitarists, Fripp is a master of crosspicking, a technique...

    ) (2009)


Promotional music videos
  • We Are The Humans (2008)
  • Quicksilver (2009)
  • These Boots Are Made For Walkin' (featuring Robert Fripp
    Robert Fripp
    Robert Fripp is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He was ranked 42nd on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and #47 on Gibson.com’s "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". Among rock guitarists, Fripp is a master of crosspicking, a technique...

    ) (2009)

See also

  • The Humans
    The Humans (band)
    The Humans are a rock band featuring singer Toyah Willcox, former REM drummer Bill Rieflin and musician Chris Wong. The band have released two studio albums, We Are The Humans and Sugar Rush and have performed live in the UK, Estonia and the USA....

  • Toyah Willcox
    Toyah Willcox
    Toyah Ann Willcox is an English actress and singer. In a career spanning more than thirty years Toyah has had 13 top 40 singles, released 22 studio albums, written two books, appeared in over forty stage plays and ten feature films, as well as voicing and presenting numerous television shows...

  • Bill Rieflin
  • Robert Fripp
    Robert Fripp
    Robert Fripp is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He was ranked 42nd on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and #47 on Gibson.com’s "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". Among rock guitarists, Fripp is a master of crosspicking, a technique...

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