Humanoid (Tokio Hotel album)

After the North American mini-tours in 2008, the band returned to their studio in Hamburg to record the album. Tokio Hotel founders and identical twin brothers Tom and Bill Kaulitz produced the majority of the album. Others helped produce various songs including the Matrix, Guy Chambers and Desmond Child (who worked on an album with the same theme for Scorpions). In total, 25 songs were recorded for the album with originally 13 making the final track listing. But when the track listing for both versions were released, it was found that 12 tracks would be on the standard versions while 16 tracks would be on the deluxe versions. The album title, Humanoid, is a word derived from science fiction which means 'human like'. Producer David Jost had explained the reasoning behind the album title to an interview with MTV: On 17 June 2009, short versions of two of the new English songs, "Dark Side of the Sun" and "Pain of Love", were leaked on the Internet. It was confirmed to be from Tokio Hotel and it would be on the album. On that same day, after the confirmation, every possible video on YouTube containing these two demos had been taken down due to copyright restrictions. On 9 August, it was announced that the first single from the album would be "Automatisch" in German and "Automatic" in English. On 20 August, MTV Buzzworthy released a video which previewed "Automatic" and Cherrytree Records announced that the English version of the song would be released in the US on 22 September. The video for the single(s) was released on 3 September. Upon the album's artwork being unveiled, MTV News likened its cover to the alternate artwork of Janet Jackson's "Feedback." On 5 November, the band performed the song "World Behind My Wall" at the 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards. This is the second single from the album, along with "Lass Uns Laufen". The Music Video for "Dark Side Of The Sun" was released on their website on 24 June 2010. This is said to be the third single from the album, but there is currently no German version (Sonnensystem) available. The music video is a collaboration of concert videos, clips and footage with, for the first time in all of Tokio Hotel's singles, audio being taken from an actual live performance instead of a studio take. ==Reception==

Critical response to Humanoid was mixed. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 57, based on four reviews. ==Track listing==

German version • Benzner • Roth • Jost • Peter Hoffmann • B. Kaulitz (co.) • T. Kaulitz (co.) • Kristian Nord (add.) }} • Roth • Benzner • Jost • B. Kaulitz • T. Kaulitz }} • Benzner • Roth • Jost • Hoffmann • B. Kaulitz (co.) • T. Kaulitz (co.) • Nord (add.) }} • Roth • Benzner • Jost • B. Kaulitz • T. Kaulitz }} • Benzner • Roth • Jost • Hoffmann • B. Kaulitz (co.) • T. Kaulitz (co.) • Nord (add.) }} • Roth • Benzner • Jost • Guy Chambers • B. Kaulitz • T. Kaulitz }} • Benzner • Roth • Jost • Hoffmann • B. Kaulitz (co.) • T. Kaulitz (co.) • Nord (add.) }} • Roth • Benzner • Jost • B. Kaulitz • T. Kaulitz }} • Benzner • Roth • Jost • Hoffmann • B. Kaulitz (co.) • T. Kaulitz (co.) • Nord (add.) }} • Roth • Benzner • Jost • B. Kaulitz • T. Kaulitz }} • Benzner • Roth • Jost • Hoffmann • B. Kaulitz (co.) • T. Kaulitz (co.) • Nord (add.) }} • Roth • Benzner • Jost • Chambers • B. Kaulitz • T. Kaulitz }} • Benzner • Roth • Jost • Hoffmann • B. Kaulitz (co.) • T. Kaulitz (co.) • Nord (add.) }} • Martin Kierszenbaum • Roth • Benzner • Jost • B. Kaulitz • T. Kaulitz • Nord }} • Benzner • Roth • Jost • Hoffmann • B. Kaulitz (co.) • T. Kaulitz (co.) • Nord (add.) }} • Roth • Benzner • Jost • the Matrix • B. Kaulitz • T. Kaulitz }} • The Matrix • Benzner • Roth • Jost • Hoffmann • Nord (add.) }} • Roth • Benzner • Jost • B. Kaulitz • T. Kaulitz }} • Benzner • Roth • Jost • Hoffmann • B. Kaulitz (co.) • T. Kaulitz (co.) • Nord (add.) }} • Roth • Benzner • Jost • B. Kaulitz • T. Kaulitz }} • Benzner • Roth • Jost • Hoffmann • B. Kaulitz (co.) • T. Kaulitz (co.) • Nord (add.) }} • Desmond Child • Benzner • Roth • Jost • B. Kaulitz • T. Kaulitz }} • Benzner • Roth • Jost • Hoffmann • B. Kaulitz (co.) • T. Kaulitz (co.) • Nord (add.) }} }} • The Matrix • Benzner • Roth • Jost • Hoffmann • Nord (add.) }} • Roth • Benzner • Jost • the Matrix • B. Kaulitz • T. Kaulitz }} • The Matrix • Benzner • Roth • Jost • Hoffmann • Nord (add.) }} • Roth • Benzner • Jost • the Matrix • B. Kaulitz • T. Kaulitz }} • The Matrix • Benzner • Roth • Jost • Hoffmann • Nord (add.) }} • Roth • Benzner • Jost • the Matrix • B. Kaulitz • T. Kaulitz }} • The Matrix • Benzner • Roth • Jost • Hoffmann • Nord (add.) }} }} English version • Benzner • Roth • Jost • Peter Hoffmann • B. Kaulitz (co.) • T. Kaulitz (co.) • Kristian Nord (add.) }} • Roth • Benzner • Jost • B. Kaulitz • T. Kaulitz }} • Benzner • Roth • Jost • Hoffmann • B. Kaulitz (co.) • T. Kaulitz (co.) • Nord (add.) }} • Roth • Benzner • Jost • B. Kaulitz • T. Kaulitz }} • Benzner • Roth • Jost • Hoffmann • B. Kaulitz (co.) • T. Kaulitz (co.) • Nord (add.) }} • Roth • Benzner • Jost • Guy Chambers • B. Kaulitz • T. Kaulitz }} • Benzner • Roth • Jost • Hoffmann • B. Kaulitz (co.) • T. Kaulitz (co.) • Nord (add.) }} • Roth • Benzner • Jost • B. Kaulitz • T. Kaulitz }} • Benzner • Roth • Jost • Hoffmann • B. Kaulitz (co.) • T. Kaulitz (co.) • Nord (add.) }} • Roth • Benzner • Jost • B. Kaulitz • T. Kaulitz }} • Benzner • Roth • Jost • Hoffmann • B. Kaulitz (co.) • T. Kaulitz (co.) • Nord (add.) }} • Roth • Benzner • Jost • Chambers • B. Kaulitz • T. Kaulitz }} • Benzner • Roth • Jost • Hoffmann • B. Kaulitz (co.) • T. Kaulitz (co.) • Nord (add.) }} • Martin Kierszenbaum • Roth • Benzner • Jost • B. Kaulitz • T. Kaulitz • Nord }} • Benzner • Roth • Jost • Hoffmann • B. Kaulitz (co.) • T. Kaulitz (co.) • Nord (add.) }} • Roth • Benzner • Jost • The Matrix • B. Kaulitz • T. Kaulitz }} • The Matrix • Benzner • Roth • Jost • Hoffmann • Nord (add.) }} • Roth • Benzner • Jost • The Matrix • B. Kaulitz • T. Kaulitz }} • The Matrix • Benzner • Roth • Jost • Hoffmann • Nord (add.) }} • Roth • Benzner • Jost • The Matrix • B. Kaulitz • T. Kaulitz }} • The Matrix • Benzner • Roth • Jost • Hoffmann • Nord (add.) }} • Desmond Child • Benzner • Roth • Jost • B. Kaulitz • T. Kaulitz }} • Benzner • Roth • Jost • Hoffmann • B. Kaulitz (co.) • T. Kaulitz (co.) • Nord (add.) }} }} • Benzner • Roth • Jost • Hoffmann • B. Kaulitz (co.) • T. Kaulitz (co.) • Nord (add.) }} • Roth • Benzner • Jost • The Matrix • B. Kaulitz • T. Kaulitz }} • The Matrix • Benzner • Roth • Jost • Hoffmann • Nord (add.) }} • Roth • Benzner • Jost • B. Kaulitz • T. Kaulitz }} • Benzner • Roth • Jost • Hoffmann • B. Kaulitz (co.) • T. Kaulitz (co.) • Nord (add.) }} • Roth • Benzner • Jost • The Matrix • Jonathan Davis • B. Kaulitz • T. Kaulitz }} • The Matrix • Benzner • Roth • Jost • Hoffmann • Nord (add.) }} }} • The Matrix • Benzner • Roth • Jost • Hoffmann • Nord (add.) }} • Roth • Benzner • Jost • The Matrix • B. Kaulitz • T. Kaulitz }} • The Matrix • Benzner • Roth • Jost • Hoffmann • Nord (add.) }} • Child • Benzner • Roth • Jost • B. Kaulitz • T. Kaulitz }} • Benzner • Roth • Jost • Hoffmann • B. Kaulitz (co.) • T. Kaulitz (co.) • Nord (add.) }} }} ==Personnel==

;Performance credits • Bill Kaulitz – lead vocals • Tom Kaulitz – guitar, piano, backing vocals • Georg Listing – bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals • Gustav Schäfer – drums, percussion, backing vocals • Strings on "Sonnensystem" • Violin and viola – Stefan Pintev, Rodrigo Reichel, Dana Matchin • Cello – Boris Matchin ; Production • Executive Producers: Patrick Benzner, Dave Roth, David Jost, Peter Hoffman • Co-producers: Bill Kaulitz and Tom Kaulitz • Management: David Jost and Benjamin Ebel ==Release history==

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