^ Human Racing, AllMusic, retrieved 14 August 2014.^ "Nik Kershaw To Release Expanded Reissue Of 'Human Racing '".^ Billboard magazine - Reviews: albums - Appage 60."Human Racing – Nik Kershaw | Songs, Reviews, Credits". "I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (No.Sheri Kershaw – backing vocals on "Faces".Paul Westwood – additional bass guitar on "I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me".Paul "Wix" Wickens – keyboards Fairlight CMI.Nik Kershaw – lead and background vocals vocal percussion and effects guitar bass guitar keyboards percussion.Side 1 was baked on 15 September 2011, and Side 2 on 23 February 2005.Ĭredits are adapted from the album's liner notes. The master tapes were later baked for preservation purposes. The master tapes also show that the album was completed in November 1983. "Wide Boy" was dropped before the album's official release, but was later released on Kershaw's next album, The Riddle. They show the original track listing of the album was: Side 1 The master tapes for Human Racing are shown in the booklet that accompanies the 2012 re-release. "Cloak and Dagger" (live at Hammersmith Odeon 1984) "I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (extended 12" remix) "Wouldn't It Be Good" (extended 12" remix) Side one No.Īdditional tracks Bonus tracks on 2012 release Track listing Īll tracks are written by Nik Kershaw. Smash Hits magazine gave the album a highly negative review, awarding it 1 out of 10, and calling it "Competent but relentlessly dull synthesised meanderings of no importance to anyone but Mr Kershaw himself (and even he doesn't sound that interested)." Reviewing retrospectively for AllMusic, critic Scott Bultman wrote of the album: "His debut, although rough around the edges, showed talent and promise.". The reissue is a 2-CD set with the original album digitally remastered from the original 1/2" mix tapes the bonus content consists of associated 12" mixes and B-sides including a previously unreleased version of "Bogart", a special brass mix of "Shame on You" and a live version of "Cloak and Dagger" recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon.
The album was re-released on 27 February 2012, on Universal's new Re-presents imprint featuring rare bonus content. The album was certified multi-platinum by the BPI. The album was the 22nd highest selling album of 1984 in the UK and received a nomination for Best British Album at the 1985 Brit Awards. 13 " I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" at No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart " Dancing Girls" peaked at No. The album launched four charting singles in the UK. The album also reached the top ten in several other countries including Germany, Finland, and Norway. Kershaw's most commercially successful solo album, it went on to peak at No. Several songs like "Drum Talk" were based around improvisation other songs, like " I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me", had a political message.
It was originally released in February 1984, on the label MCA. Human Racing is the debut studio album by the English singer-songwriter Nik Kershaw.