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Humanity: Hour I is the sixteenth studio album by the German heavy metal band Scorpions, which was released in Europe on May 14, 2007 and in the United States and Canada on August 28, 2007. Humanity: Hour 1 is a concept album based on a loose storyline by Desmond Child and futurist Liam Carl, which predicts a world torn apart by a civil war between humans and robots. This apocalyptic nightmare serves as a warning shot to all mankind, whose only hope of survival is to reclaim our humanity.[7]

The album was produced by James Michael and Desmond Child, who also provide backing vocals. The song "Humanity" was performed for the first time by Scorpions on March 24, 2007 in Brussels, Belgium and released as the first single from the album.

Also of note is the band's logo on the album's cover: the text font is similar to their first two albums, as opposed to the band's more famous logo. This marks only the third time in the band's career (and the first time in 33 years) the less familiar font has been used. However, if one looks closely, their more familiar logo can be seen on the back of the neck of the female android.

The opening track "Hour I" has been used as the intro of the NHL's Minnesota Wild since the 2007-08 season.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hour I"Rudolf Schenker, James Michael, Desmond Child, John Lowery3:26
2."The Game of Life"Klaus Meine, Child, Mikael Nord Andersson, Martin Hansen4:04
3."We Were Born to Fly"Matthias Jabs, Eric Bazilian, Marti Frederiksen3:59
4."The Future Never Dies"Meine, Child, Bazilian, Jason Paige, Russ Irwin4:03
5."You're Lovin' Me to Death"Schenker, Child, Andreas Carlsson, Bazilian3:15
6."321"Schenker, Child, Frederiksen, Paige3:53
7."Love Will Keep Us Alive"Meine, Child, Bazilian, Frederiksen4:32
8."We Will Rise Again"Jabs, Michael, Paige, Child3:49
9."Your Last Song"Schenker, Child, Bazilian3:44
10."Love Is War"Jabs, Michael, Child, Frederiksen4:20
11."The Cross"Jabs, Michael, Child, Frederiksen4:28
12."Humanity"Meine, Child, Bazilian5:26
Bonus tracks available on Limited Edition, LP, and Japan releases
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Cold"Jabs, Child, Bazilian, Frederiksen3:52
14."Humanity (Radio Edit)"Meine, Child, Bazilian4:06
15."Love Will Keep Us Alive (Radio Edit)"Meine, Child, Bazilian, Frederiksen4:06

Personnel

Band members
Additional musicians
Production

Charts

Year Chart Position
2007 Greek Albums Chart[8] 1
Russian Albums Chart[citation needed] 5
Argentinian Albums Chart[9] 8
German Albums Chart[10] 9
French Albums Chart[11] 16
Swiss Albums Chart[12] 27
Finnish Albums Chart[13] 29
Swedish Albums Chart[14] 36
Canadian Albums Chart[citation needed] 40
Austrian Albums Chart[15] 41
Italian Albums Chart[16] 44
Czech Republic Albums Chart[16] 47
Oricon Japanese Albums Charts[17] 54
Spanish Albums Chart[18] 59
Billboard 200 (US)[19] 63
Ultratop Belgian Charts[20] 79
GfK Dutch Charts[21] 91
Mexican Albums Chart[22] 97

References

  1. ^ Jurek, Thom. "Scorpions Humanity: Hour I review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
  2. ^ "Scorpions - Humanity -Hour I". Metal Storm. 22 September 2010. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
  3. ^ Williams, Alun. "Scorpions - Humanity -Hour I". Classic Rock. About.com. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
  4. ^ Bowar, Chad. "Scorpions - Humanity -Hour I". Heavy Metal. About.com. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
  5. ^ Blackie, Andrew (26 September 2007). "Scorpions: Humanity". PopMatters. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
  6. ^ Kaye, Don (June 2007). "Scorpions - Humanity - Hour 1 (Ariola)". Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner Records. Retrieved 2012-12-26.
  7. ^ Humanity: Hour I (Media notes). New York City: Sony BMG. 2007. {{cite AV media notes}}: |format= requires |url= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |publisherid= (help); Unknown parameter |albumlink= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |artist= ignored (|others= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ "Top 50 Ξένων Aλμπουμ - Εβδομάδα 25/2007". IFPI Greece. June 2007. Archived from the original on 5 July 2007. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
  9. ^ "SCORPIONS: 'Humanity - Hour 1' Reaches Position No. 16 On Japanese Chart". Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner Records. 14 July 2007. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
  10. ^ "Album – Scorpions, Humanity – Hour I". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
  11. ^ "Scorpions – Humanity – Hour I (album)". Lescharts.com (in French). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
  12. ^ "Scorpions – Humanity – HourI". Hitparade.ch (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
  13. ^ "Scorpions – Humanity – Hour I (album)". Finnishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
  14. ^ "Scorpions – Humanity – Hour I (album)". Swedishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
  15. ^ "Scorpions – Humanity – Hour I (album)". Austriancharts.at (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
  16. ^ a b "SCORPIONS: 'Humanity - Hour 1' First-Week Chart Positions Revealed". Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner Records. 8 June 2007. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
  17. ^ "スコーピオンズ - スコーピオンズのアルバム売り上げランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
  18. ^ "Scorpions – Humanity – Hour I (album)". Spanishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
  19. ^ "Humanity: Hour 1 Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
  20. ^ "Scorpions – Humanity – Hour I". Ultratop (in French). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
  21. ^ "Scorpions – Humanity – Hour I (album)". GfK Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
  22. ^ "Scorpions – Humanity – Hour I (album)". Mexicancharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
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