The Human Condition (2016)

The Human Condition is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Jon Bellion. The album was released on June 10, 2016, through Visionary Music Group and Capitol Records.

It was supported by four promotional singles: "Guillotine", "All Time Low", "80's Films", and "Maybe IDK". "All Time Low" was later announced as the lead single from the album and was released on May 13, 2016. Bellion released early versions of "All Time Low" and "Woke the Fuck Up" in 2015 along with the song "Woodstock (Psychedelic Fiction)", which was not featured on the record. "Overwhelming" was released as a single on April 25, 2017.

Artwork

The cover art for The Human Condition was created by David Ardinaryas Lojaya and Jacob Caljouw. Additionally, Lojaya and Caljouw created artwork for each of the tracks on the album. The recurrent themes throughout the fourteen pieces are "...young Jon, current Jon, and the old Jon [as well as] a woman who is throughout all the things, and she should be muse..".

Singles

"Guillotine", "80's Films", and "Maybe IDK" were released as promotional singles in early 2016.

"All Time Low" was released to digital retailers initially in 2015 alongside “Woke The F*ck Up”, with an updated mix being released on May 13, 2016, and later to Top 40 radio on August 30, 2016, as the lead single from the album.

"Overwhelming" was announced to be the second official single from the album, and was released to Top 40 radio on April 25, 2017.

Personnel

• Musicians
• Technical

Manny Marroquin – mixing (1, 6, 8–14)

Mark Williams – mixing (2–4, 7), engineering (1, 2, 4, 8–10, 12, 13), mixing assistance (14)

Volta – mixing (2–4), mixing assistance (14)

Sean Tallman – mixing (5)

Jon Bellion – mixing (7), engineering (1–4, 7–10, 12–14)

Raul Cubina – engineering (1, 8–10, 12, 13)

Mylon Hayde – engineering (4)

Jay Paul Bicknell – engineering (5)

Fraser T. Smith – engineering (6)

Matthew Emonson – engineering (6)

Jonathan Simpson – engineering (8)

Bradford Smith – engineering (11)

Chandler Harrod – engineering (14)

Chris Galland – mixing assistance (1, 6, 8–14)

Ike Shultz – mixing assistance (1, 6, 8–14)

Jon Schacter – engineering assistance (11)

The Human Condition Tour

On April 27, 2016, two days after the album was announced, Bellion revealed the dates of Part 1 of The Human Condition Tour. Later, Bellion revealed Part 2 and the European Leg on July 26, 2016 and September 29, 2016, respectively.

Commercial performance

In the United States, The Human Condition debuted at number 5 on the Billboard 200, with 40,000 equivalent album units, marking the second highest debut of the week. It was the fourth best-selling album of the week, selling 32,000 copies in its first week. On September 7, 2017, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over 500,000 units in the United States. "Woke the F*ck Up" was certified gold, also by the RIAA, in December 2018.