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Vox Humana is also the title of a 1984 album by rock band Daniel Amos, released on Refuge Records .

Vox Humana was a much brighter album than the one that preceded it, Doppelganger. The songs were catchy, snythesizer driven pop songs, with lyrics that focus on technology's role in the US culture. "Travelog" was a song about a television obsessed man "basking in the blue light".

Danish author Soren Kierkegaard, Polish poet Czeslaw Milosz, and Britons Malcolm Muggeridge and William Blake are all quoted in the liner notes of the album. DA also included a beautiful tribute to Blake with the ballad, "William Blake."

"Dance Stop", a song condemning nuclear arms escalation, asked listeners to dance to the song and stop suddenly when the word "stop" is sang. Due to the fast, upbeat punk rock style of the song, it is nearly impossible to follow the song's musical directions. The song went on to become a popular concert favorite for DA fans in later years, with audience members doing their best to follow the rules.

Vox Humana was the third of a four part series of albums by DA entitled The Alarma! Chronicles, which also included the albums Alarma!, Doppelganger, and Fearful Symmetry. The band raised eyebrows on the tour that followed each release, by presenting a full miltimedia event complete with video screens sychronized to the music, something that was unusual in the early 1980s for any band.

In 1984, DA was Terry Scott Taylor on rhythm guitars and lead vocals, Tim ChandlerTim Chandler is a bass player, best known for his work with the rock bands Daniel Amos, The Swirling Eddies (credited as "Berger Roy Al") and The Choir. Chandler has played bass for hundreds of bands on the road and on various recordings, including Tonio on bass guitar, and Ed McTaggartEd McTaggart is a drummer, best known for his work with the rock band Daniel Amos. McTaggart joined DA in 1976, after years of playing with Bill Sprouse, jr. s band The Road Home. McTaggart is also an art director that has designed album covers for hundre on drums. Guitarist Greg FleschGreg Flesch is a guitarist and musician, best known for his work with the rock bands Daniel Amos and The Swirling Eddies (credited as "Gene Pool"). Flesch also works in the Atmospheric Laser Spectroscopy Group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, and keyboardist Rob WatsonRobert D. Watson is a keyboard player, producer and composer, best known for his work with the rock bands Daniel Amos and The Swirling Eddies (credited as "Arthur Fhardy"). Watson has also worked with Donna Summer, The Platters, The Surfaris, Tonio K and joined in time for the 1984 Alarma! Tour.

Side One:

1. "Travelog" (Taylor)
2. "(It's The Eighties, So Where's Our) Rocket Packs" (Taylor)
3. "Home Permanent" (Taylor)
4. "It's Sick" (Taylor)
5. "William Blake" (Words and Music by Taylor, Arrangement by Taylor/Chandler)
6. "Dance Stop" (Words and Music by Taylor, Arrangement by Taylor/Chandler)

Side Two:

1. "Live And Let Live" (Taylor)
2. "When Worlds Collide" (Taylor)
3. "As The World Turns" (Taylor)
4. "She's All Heart" (Taylor)
5. "The Incredible Shrinking Man" (Taylor)
6. "Sanctuary" (Taylor)