''Human's Lib'' is the debut album by British pop musician Howard Jones. It was released in March 1984 and entered the UK Album Charts at the no. 1 spot, spending a total of 57 weeks in the charts. The album sold 100,000 copies in its first week of release and has been certified 2 Platinum by the BPI for sales in excess of 600,000 copies. The album went gold in many European countries and was a big hit in Japan and also went gold in the US.
Four songs from this album were released as singles in the UK, all of which reached the top 20: \"New Song\" peaked at #3, \"What Is Love?\" at #2, \"Hide and Seek\" at #12, and \"Pearl in the Shell\" at #7. \"New Song\" and \"What Is Love?\" also made it into the Billboard charts in the US-going top 30.
\"Equality\" was released as a single only in South Africa, as a commentary about the policy of apartheid there at the time.
At the beginning of the NCIS episode Detour someone in the NCIS office shows his Human's Lib t-shirt.