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{{Infobox album
| name = Humans
| type = [[Album]]
| artist = [[Earthstar (band)|Earthstar]]
| cover = Earthstar-humansonly.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1982
| recorded = 1981
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[New-age music|New age]], [[Electronic music|electronic]], [[Ambient music|ambient]], [[krautrock]]
| length = 44:51
| label = [[Sky Records|Sky]]
| producer =
| prev_title = [[Atomkraft? Nein, Danke!]]
| prev_year = 1981
| next_title = [[Axiom (Earthstar album)|Axiom]]
| next_year =
}}

'''''Humans Only''''' is the fourth full-length album (1982) by the [[United States|American]] electronic band [[Earthstar (band)|Earthstar]]. It was their third and final release for [[Hamburg]]-based [[Sky Records]] (in [[Germany]]).

''Humans Only'' was result of a partnership between Earthstar founder [[Craig Wuest]] and [[Utica, New York|Utica]], [[New York (state)|New York]]-based guitarist and songwriter Dan Hapanowicz (credited as Daniel Happ), who replaced longtime guitarist [[Dennis Rea]] on this album. ''Humans Only'' presented a far more conventional, softer, more guitar-oriented sound than previous releases. It is also the last album on which the [[Birotron]], the rarest of tape loop keyboard instruments, was played by Wuest. The two tracks with "funk" in the title aren't really funk at all, but they do reveal a more playful side to Earthstar's mainly [[electronic music]].

The track "Indian Dances" is a shorter, somewhat pared-down version of a song from the ''Sleeper the Nightlifer'' sessions, which featured original drummer/vibraphonist and contributing composer [[Daniel Zongrone]]. That album remained unreleased until 2023, when Made in Germany Music reissued both ''Humans Only'' and ''Sleeper the Nightlifer'' as part of the 5-CD set ''Collected Works''.<ref name="mig-2023-compilation">{{cite web
| title=Earthstar - Collected Works
| url=http://www.mig-music.de/en/releases/earthstar-2/
| website=MIG - made in germany music
| publisher=Made in Germany Music, GmbH
| access-date=20 December 2023
| ref=mig-2023-compilation
}}</ref>

==Track listing==
#"Rainbow Dome" – 5:48
#"Don't You Ever Wonder?" – 4:50
#"Indian Dances" – 8:04
#"One Flew Over the Ridge" – 5:28
#"TV Funk" – 7:38
#"Tip Toe Funk" – 13:20<br/>a. "Umbrey Flowing Lights"<br/>b. "25 Arrival Pieces"

==Personnel==
*[[Craig Wuest]] - Synthesizers, [[mellotron]], [[Birotron]], [[celesta|Celeste]], [[Tubular bells|chimes]], industrial box, horn keys, [[Percussion instrument|percussion]], [[composer]], [[Record producer|producer]], [[Audio engineering|engineer]], [[Mix engineer|mixed by]]
*Daniel Happ - Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bells, chimes, percussion, composer, producer, engineer, mixed by
*Andy Retscher - [[Bass guitar]], synth bass, Birotron, engineer, mixed by
*Bob Mishalanie - [[Drum kit]]
*Tim Finnegan - Sounds, wood blocks
*Meredith Salisbury - Vocals
*Mark Rowe - [[Saxophone|Sax]]
*[[Daniel Zongrone]] - Drums, [[vibraphone]]
*Melanie Coiro - Bells
*Kathy Fusco - [[Flute]]
*John Leogrande - Congas
*Mark Magnet Kimsinger - Rattle, voices
*Anne Hacker - Flute
*John Bunkfeldt - Engineer, mixed by
*Bob Yeager - Engineer, mixed by

In addition, a nine piece string section appeared on the album.

==Notes==
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== References ==
* Discogs [http://www.discogs.com/release/1237166 Discogs: Earthstar - Humans Only]. Retrieved June 30, 2008.
* Prog Archives [http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=16269 Earthstar - Humans Only]. Retrieved June 30, 2008.
* Planet Mellotron [http://www.planetmellotron.com/reve1.htm#earthstar Earthstar]. Retrieved August 20, 2007.

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[[Category:1982 albums]]
[[Category:Earthstar (band) albums]]

Humans Only - Revision history

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