Humanoid (Accept album)

Humanoid is the seventeenth studio album by German heavy metal band Accept, released on 26 April 2024.[4] It is the band's first studio album on Napalm Records, with whom Accept had signed with in February 2022.[5]

Humanoid
Studio album by
Released26 April 2024
Recorded2023–2024
StudioBackstage Recording Studios Ltd., Derbyshire, England
Length48:13
LabelNapalm
ProducerAndy Sneap
Accept chronology
Too Mean to Die
(2021)
Humanoid
(2024)
Singles from Humanoid
  1. "Humanoid"
    Released: 28 February 2024[1]
  2. "The Reckoning"
    Released: 27 March 2024[2]
  3. "Frankenstein"
    Released: 24 April 2024[3]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Blabbermouth.net7.5/10[6]

Humanoid has received positive reviews from critics. Dom Lawson of Blabbermouth.net gave the album a rating of seven-and-a-half out of ten, writing, "For those who enjoyed the previous five, there is absolutely nothing here that fails to live up to expectations. Accept are, and have always been, exceptionally good at heavy metal. It's their thing", and added that the album "can be devoured as another generous serving of fresh metal anthems." Lawson also referred to "Unbreakable" and "Mind Games" as "among the finest songs that the band have written since 2009", and "Straight Up Jack" as "so unapologetic about its debt to AC/DC that resistance is useless."[6]

Track listing

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Original Edition
No.TitleLength
1."Diving into Sin"4:01
2."Humanoid"4:36
3."Frankenstein"4:15
4."Man Up"5:09
5."The Reckoning"4:35
6."Nobody Gets Out Alive"4:07
7."Ravages of Time"4:16
8."Unbreakable"4:54
9."Mind Games"4:06
10."Straight Up Jack"3:28
11."Southside of Hell"4:57
Total length:48:19
Bonus Track
No.TitleLength
12."Hard Times"3:40

Personnel

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Accept

Additional contributors

Charts

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Chart performance for Humanoid
Chart (2024) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7] 2
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8] 58
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9] 121
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[10] 19
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[11] 5
Hungarian Physical Albums (MAHASZ)[12] 39
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[13] 45
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[14] 57
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[15] 4
Scottish Albums (OCC)[16] 45
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[17] 22
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[18] 6
UK Album Downloads (OCC)[19] 41
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[20] 13
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[21] 7

References

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  1. ^ "Accept Shares Music Video For Title Track Of Upcoming Album 'Humanoid'". Blabbermouth.net. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Accept Shares Music Video For New Single 'The Reckoning'". Blabbermouth.net. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Accept Shares Lyric Video For New Single 'Frankenstein'". Blabbermouth.net. 24 April 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Accept Announces New Album Humanoid". Blabbermouth.net. 6 February 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Accept Signs Worldwide Deal With Napalm Records". Blabbermouth.net. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  6. ^ a b Lawson, Dom (24 April 2024). "Reviews - Humanoid". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Accept – Humanoid" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Ultratop.be – Accept – Humanoid" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Ultratop.be – Accept – Humanoid" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Accept: Humanoid" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Accept – Humanoid" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista (fizikai hanghordozók) – 2024. 25. hét". MAHASZ. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  13. ^ "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2024-05-06/p/5" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  14. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot Albums – Week of May 1, 2024". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  15. ^ "OLiS - oficjalna lista sprzedaży - albumy" (in Polish). OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Note: Change the date to 26.04.2024–02.05.2024 under "zmień zakres od–do:". Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  16. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  17. ^ "Veckolista Album, vecka 18". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  18. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Accept – Humanoid". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  19. ^ "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  20. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  21. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 May 2024.