Only Human is the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter Calum Scott, released on 9 March 2018 through Capitol Records.^[3]^[4] The album was re-released in November 2018 as the "special edition" featuring four additional tracks.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
auspOp	^[5]
Express & Star	5/10^[6]
Gay Times	^[7]
Metro Weekly	^[8]
Renowned for Sound	^[9]

Only Human received generally positive reviews from music critics. David from auspOp gave the album four of out five, and complimented the "personal" lyrics, writing: "Most of the songs here are a great listen and you can appreciate the effort that's gone into creating such a great debut".^[5] Francesca Lamaina of Renowned for Sound gave the album three out of five stars, saying: "Only Human is a decent debut album... Some tracks lack of spirit and suffocates among incessant repetitions. However, Calum Scott's voice is incredibly wonderful."^[9] Nick Levine of Gay Times gave the album four of out five and said that "Only Human offers a classy assortment of soulful stompers, gospel-tinged ballads and more reflective downtempo moments", adding: "This is an impressive and affecting debut that proves there’s much more to Calum Scott than a kinda surprising Robyn cover."^[7]

Track listing

*Only Human* – Standard edition^[10]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"If Our Love Is Wrong"	Calum Scott Philip Plested Kane Parfitt	Fraser T. Smith	3:23
2.	"Give Me Something"	Scott Jayson DeZuzio Hayley Warner	DeZuzio	3:16
3.	"Rhythm Inside"	Scott Jon Maguire Corey Sanders Kasper Larsen Mitch Hansen	Smith	3:32
4.	"You Are the Reason"	Scott Maguire Sanders	Smith	3:24
5.	"Come Back Home"	Scott Jordan Riley Sanders	Smith	3:10
6.	"Stop Myself (Only Human)"	Scott Warren Felder Sean Douglas Talay Riley James Harris III Terry Lewis	Felder	3:27
7.	"Dancing On My Own"	Robin Carlsson Patrik Berger	Jon McIntyre	4:20
8.	"Only You"	Scott Steve Garrigan Mark Prendergast	Smith	3:45
9.	"Won't Let You Down"	Scott Phil Cook Sanders	Smith	3:14
10.	"What I Miss Most"	Scott Oscar Görres James Ghaleb Sanders	Görres	3:51
11.	"Hotel Room"	Scott Jamie Scott Sanders	Smith	3:40

*Only Human* – Deluxe edition bonus tracks^[11]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
12.	"Good to You"	Scott Phil Shaouy Ross Golan	Phil Paul Andrew Bolooki	3:50
13.	"Not Dark Yet"	Bob Dylan	Smith	3:35
14.	"Dancing on My Own" (Tiësto Remix)	Carlsson Berger	McIntyre Tiësto^[a]	3:42

*Only Human* – CD deluxe edition bonus track^[12]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
15.	"You Are the Reason" (Duet Version, with Leona Lewis)	Scott Maguire Sanders	Smith Chris Spilfogel^[v]	3:10

*Only Human* – 2018 Special Edition^[13]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
16.	"Need to Know"	Scott JHart Amy Allen Danny Majic Justin Franks	Majic^[p] DJ Frank E^[p] JHart^[v]	2:47
17.	"No Matter What"	Scott Toby Gad	Smith	3:56
18.	"Sore Eyes"	Scott Plested Parfitt	KIN Maguire	3:18
19.	"White Christmas" (1 Mic 1 Take/Live from Abbey Road Studios)	Irving Berlin	Scott	2:20

Notes

^{^[p]} signifies a primary and vocal producer.
^{^[r]} signifies a remixer.
^{^[v]} signifies a vocal producer.
Stop Myself (Only Human) samples Human by The Human League.

Personnel

Musicians

Calum Scott – vocals (all tracks), background vocals (tracks 1, 3–5, 7–9, 16)
Fraser T. Smith – drum programming (tracks 1, 3, 5, 8, 9), guitar (1, 9, 13), keyboards (1, 9, 17), piano (3, 9), acoustic guitar (3), programming (4, 15)
Richard Pryce – double bass (tracks 1, 3, 5, 8, 11, 15)
Chris Worsey – cello (tracks 1, 3, 15)
Ian Burdge – cello (tracks 1, 3, 15)
Rachel Robson – viola (tracks 1, 3, 4, 15)
Reiad Chibah – viola (tracks 1, 3, 4, 15)
Alison Dods – violin (tracks 1, 3, 4, 15)
Louisa Fuller – violin (tracks 1, 3, 4, 15)
Lucy Wilkins – violin (tracks 1, 3, 4, 15)
Natalia Bonner – violin (tracks 1, 3–5, 8, 11, 15)
Nicky Sweeney – violin (tracks 1, 3, 4, 15)
Oli Langford – violin (tracks 1, 3, 4, 15)
Richard George – violin (tracks 1, 3, 4, 15)
Rick Koster – violin (tracks 1, 3, 4, 15)
Claire Orsler – viola (track 1, 4, 15)
Dion Wardle – piano (track 1), keyboards (4, 15)
Jayson DeZuzio – bass guitar, drums, guitar, keyboards, percussion, programming, strings (track 2)
Sally Herbert – string arrangement (tracks 3, 4, 15)
Tobi Oyenrinde – music direction, conductor (tracks 4, 9, 15)
Dawn Connie Morton-Young – choir (tracks 4, 3, 15)
Isaac Opoku-Kyerematen – choir (tracks 4, 3, 15)
Jayando Cole – choir (tracks 4, 3, 15)
Keshia Smith – choir (tracks 4, 3, 15)
Kwaku Agyemang – choir (tracks 4, 3, 15)
Nathan J. Gardner – choir (tracks 4, 3, 15)
Rebecca Thomas – choir (tracks 4, 3, 15)
Shola Graham – choir (tracks 4, 3, 15)
Simone Brown – choir (tracks 4, 3, 15)
Reuben James – piano (tracks 4, 5, 8, 11, 15)
Althea Edwards – background vocals (tracks 5, 8, 9)
Paul Boldeau – background vocals (tracks 5, 8, 9)
Sabrina Ramikie – background vocals (tracks 5, 8, 9)
Ben Epstein – bass guitar (tracks 5, 8, 9)
Bryony James – cello (tracks 5, 8, 11)
Bryony Moody – cello (tracks 5, 8)
Rosie Danvers – cello, string arrangement (tracks 5, 8, 11)
Jamiel Blake – drums (tracks 5, 8)
Camilla Pay – harp (tracks 5, 11)
Emma Owens – viola (tracks 5, 8, 11)
Nick Ban – viola (tracks 5, 8, 11)
Anna Croad – violin (tracks 5, 8, 11)
Debbie Widdup – violin (tracks 5, 8, 11)
Eleanor Mathieson – violin (tracks 5, 8, 11)
Jenny Sacha – violin (tracks 5, 8, 11)
Patrick Kiernan – violin (tracks 5, 8, 11)
Sally Jackson – violin (tracks 5, 8, 11)
Stephen Morris – violin (tracks 5, 8, 11)
Tobie Tripp – violin (tracks 5, 8, 9), string arrangement (9)
Oak Felder – background vocals, programming (track 6)
Sean Douglas – background vocals (track 6)
Talay Riley – background vocals (track 6)
Adam Wakeman – Hammond organ (tracks 8, 9)
Dexter Hercules – drums (track 9)
James Alan Ghaleb – background vocals (track 9)
Oscar Görres – guitar, keyboards, percussion, programming (track 10)
Phil Shaouy – background vocals, bass guitar, guitar, piano (track 12)
Ross Golan – background vocals (track 12)
Tiësto – remixing (track 14)
JHart – background vocals (track 16)
DJ Frank E – bass guitar, drums, guitar, piano, synthesizer (track 16)
Danny Majic – bass guitar, drums, guitar, piano, synthesizer (track 16)
Nate Albert – guitar (track 16)
Ayo Oyerinde – piano (track 17)
Frank van Essen – string quartet, strings direction (track 17)
Jon Maguire – acoustic guitar, bass guitar (track 18)
Adam Prosser – drums (track 18)
Jon Lilygreen – electric guitar (track 18)
Aled Rhys Evans – keyboards (track 18)
MTM Choir – choir (track 19)
Andrew Yeates – piano (track 19)
Wired Strings – strings (track 19)

Technical

Chris Gehringer – mastering (tracks 1–14, 16–18)
Robert Vosgien – mastering (track 15)
Phil Tan – mixing (tracks 1, 6, 8)
Joe Zook – mixing (tracks 2, 4, 5, 9, 12, 13, 18)
Serban Ghenea – mixing (tracks 3, 10)
John McIntyre – mixing, engineering (tracks 7, 14)
Ash Howes – mixing (track 15)
Manny Marroquin – mixing (tracks 16, 17)
Geoff Swan – mixing (track 19)
Manon Grandjean – engineering (tracks 1, 3–5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 17
Jayson DeZuzio – engineering (track 2)
Oak Felder – engineering (track 6)
Andrew Bolooki – engineering (track 12)
Phil Shaouy – engineering (track 12)
Brandon Buttner – engineering (track 15)
DJ Frank E – engineering (track 16)
Danny Majic – engineering (track 16)
Kenta Yonesaka – engineering (track 17)
Tre Nagella – engineering (track 17)
Jon Maguire – engineering (track 18)
Lewis Jones – engineering (track 19)
John Hanes – mix engineering (tracks 3, 10)
Chris Galland – mix engineering (tracks 16, 17)
Bill Zimmerman – mixing assistance (tracks 1, 4, 6, 8, 11
Dan Ewin – engineering assistance (tracks 1, 3, 5, 8, 11
Ross Newbauer – mixing assistance (tracks 2, 5, 9, 12, 13
Robin Florent – mixing assistance (tracks 16, 17)
Scott Desmarais – mixing assistance (tracks 16, 17)
Niko Battistini – mixing assistance (track 19)
Rob Brinkman – engineering assistance (tracks 4, 9)
Keith "Daquan" Sorrells – engineering assistance (track 6)
William Delaney – engineering assistance (track 12)
Connor Hughes – engineering assistance (track 19)
Matt Jones – engineering assistance (track 19)

Visuals

Katie Moore – design
Frank W. Ockenfels III – photography

Charts

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (2018–19)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[14]	5
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[15]	41
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[16]	35
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[17]	90
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[18]	27
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)^[19]	86
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[20]	75
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[21]	34
Irish Albums (IRMA)^[22]	19
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[23]	26
Portuguese Albums (AFP)^[24]	19
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[25]	2
South African Albums (RISA)^[26]	7
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[27]	39
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[28]	13
UK Albums (OCC)^[29]	4
US Billboard 200^[30]	66

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (2018)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[31]	52

Chart (2019)	Position
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)^[32]	69
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[33]	64

Chart (2020)	Position
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)^[34]	72
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[35]	50

Chart (2021)	Position
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)^[36]	91
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[37]	72

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[38]	Gold	35,000^‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)^[39]	2× Platinum	40,000^‡
Norway (IFPI Norway)^[40]	Gold	10,000^*
Poland (ZPAV)^[41]	Platinum	20,000^‡
Singapore (RIAS)^[42]	Platinum	10,000^*
United Kingdom (BPI)^[43]	Gold	100,000^‡
United States (RIAA)^[44]	Gold	500,000^‡
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

External links

Calum Scott

Calum Scott
Discography
Albums	Only Human Bridges
Singles	"Dancing On My Own" "Rhythm Inside" "You Are the Reason" "What I Miss Most" "No Matter What" "Where Are You Now" "Woke Up in Love" "Run with Me" "Whistle"
Featured singles	"Rain in Ibiza"