EXCELLENT album! The band manages to mix a number of different styles and yet it still flows so well from song to song! There are songs you can head bang to, songs that make you want to cry, songs that you can just jump around and dance to. It's a little of everything. This entire album is so well written, produced, and performed. The sound is so dynamic on Humanoid because the band has really added so many more elements to their music and made it much more complex. Bill's voice is stronger and he has more vocal control. He also uses a much wider vocal range than previously and his English has greatly improved so his pronunciation is much better. The musicians in the band make greater use of their own abilities, whipping out electronic drum sets, pianos, and keyboards to add to their usual drums/bass/guitar setup. Add in some synthesizers to all of that and you've got some VERY powerful, very rich sounding songs.

The songs, for all of the added electronic elements (of which I'm a huge fan), still sound like Tokio Hotel and you can rock out to great guitar riffs, pounding drums, and a great bass beat. Tokio Hotel's sound has matured to the point where I really feel this is an album designed for young adults like me to enjoy instead of one intended for a teen crowd that just happens to be enjoyable for an adult. Their new sound is more accessible to the average listener without losing the elements that make Tokio Hotel unique. Everyone of all ages can enjoy this very easily because it's so easy to jam along to the songs!

I'm extremely impressed with this album and I'm very proud of how much the band has grown. They took a risk by changing things up and going in a slightly different direction but I'm glad they did it and decided to develop their sound instead of keeping the same sound album after album. It's still Tokio Hotel, it's just Tokio Hotel for an older crowd. I'm extremely pleased with this and can't wait for them to tour here in the US! :)

I thought Zimmer/Scream was great but Humanoid is LIGHT YEARS ahead of it in every way. From the complexity of the music, to the strength of the vocals, to the lyrics and production, everything is just better and more developed.

This is a magnificent new album. It has all the melodic creativity, personal feelings, social commentary and perfectly tight instrumentals from the previous albums. Added are more adventuresome harmonies and rhythms, more complex vocals, keyboards and a number of supporting electronic sound effects. For Tokio Hotel fans, it will reinforce their love, and it should also gain a broader audience. The previous albums still sound great after hearing this album; it's just that they are a bit simpler. Be sure to get the deluxe edition! Also, be assured that the mechanized images used to promote the album (the cover picture, etc.) do not fully convey the human feelings of the music.

The first song that I ever heard from Tokio Hotel was Monsoon and I loved it. I purchased this album hoping that it would be just as good and it surpassed my expectations by a mile. This is some of the most unique music I have ever heard and the best vocals without a doubt. I can't wait for the next album.

Humanoid, with it's electronic mix and sometimes '80s throwback feel, is, in many ways, the album I've been waiting for. With a bit of nipping and tucking as far as the tracklisting and choices of bonus songs, it could be perfect. The European versions, which have a slightly different order to the songs (meaning different songs are and are not put into the Bonus section) are closer to getting it spot-on right.

Tracks 1-8 flow wonderfully - these are without a doubt the strongest songs: "Noise," "Darkside of the Sun," "Automatic," "World Behind My Wall," "Humanoid," "Forever Now," "Pain of Love," and "Dogs Unleashed." The aural experience of these songs and the way they were placed is amazing. It's hard to even pick standouts (though I am pretty much hopelessly addicted to "Darkside" by itself). These, plus "Phantomrider," "Alien," (both US bonus tracks) and "Zoom" (in that order) would have made a pretty flawless album.

Things lose a bit of edge, however, with three back-to-back songs co-written and produced by The Matrix. You may know that The Matrix at one point were interviewed as major players on this record, reportedly producing at least eight tracks. On the European album, only one made the Standard album. On the US version, the superior "Phantomrider" and "Alien" were demoted to bonus tracks, while Matrix tracks "Hey You" and "Love and Death" were placed on the standard. This does make the US Standard weaker. I had high hopes for The Matrix collaboration, but it doesn't seem they really grasped Tokio Hotel, so much as they tried to mold them into a generic alt-rock group. While Guy Chambers and Desmond Child seamlessly contributed to other tracks, The Matrix tracks have problems, from the cautiously racy "Human Connect to Human" (the German version, with lyrics pondering in wonder that soul mates ever manage to find each other, works much better) to the sports arena anthem "Hey You" (which for some awesome reason has sci-fi lyrics in German). "Love and Death" works the best. I won't even comment on the English-only bonus tracks "That Day" and "Screamin'." These songs feel set apart - and looking at the liners, you can see that, unlike the rest of the album, these were songs that didn't have Bill and Tom Kaulitz's hands in them as co-producers. This is not the case for the Chambers and Child collabs.

The Standard album ends with "Zoom into Me," a piano and vocal ballad that brings everything back to where it should be.

It's almost as if there was a mutiny - maybe sometime last spring, when the album was announced to be delayed as the record label explained that Bill and Tom had come up with new songs (one of which we now know is "Automatic"), they decided to go back to working primarily with their longtime production team (Jost, Roth, Benzer, and Hoffmann). In any event, it was definitely worth the delay.

My 13-year-old daugther discovered Tokio Hotel. I wasn't sure what the big deal was ... then she got the Humanoid CD for Christmas. Wow. Once I started listening I couldn't stop. I listen to it in the car all the time -- whether she is with me or not (I am 45.) We have the version with both the english and the german. It is worth getting!