Human the Death Dance

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Album
Human the Death Dance
Human the Death Dance cover
Studio album by Sage Francis
Released 2007
Label Epitaph Records
Producer(s) Odd Nosdam, Mr. Cooper, Buck 65, Mark Isham, Big Cats!, Alias, Sixtoo, Ant, Kurt SP, Miles Bonny, Reanimator, Tom Inhaler

Human the Death Dance is an upcoming album by Sage Francis, set to be released on Epitaph Records on May 8th 2007, in both CD and double LP format. It leaked on the internet on March 2nd, 2007. The title of the album is also the title of a poem by spoken word artist Buddy Wakefield, who is signed to Francis' record label, Strange Famous Records. Excerpts of this poem, performed by Wakefield, appear at the end of the tracks Hell of a Year and Keep Moving.

Contents

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# Title Time Producer(s) Guest Performer(s)/Notes
1 Growing Pains Intro 0:37 Snippets of childhood raps arranged by Sage Francis
2 Underground For Dummies 4:13 Odd Nosdam
3 Civil Obedience 4:19 Mr. Cooper Cuts by Reanimator
4 Good Fashion 1:34 Mark Isham
5 Got Up This Morning 3:11 Buck 65 Jolie Holland - Fiddle and vocals (arrangement by Tom Inhaler), Nathan Harrop - Harmonica
6 Black Out On White Night 4:36 Big Cats! Jolie Holland - vocals
7 Clickety Clack 3:59 Alias Intro synth by Christopher Sneddon
8 Midgets And Giants 3:54 Alias
9 Broccilude 1:14 Sixtoo Vocal sample arrangement by Sage Francis and Bernard Dolan
10 High Step 1:53 Ant Outro vocal performed by Bernard Dolan
11 Keep Moving 4:36 Alias Outro vocal performed by Buddy Wakefield
12 Water Line 2:02 Mark Isham
13 Hell Of A Year 4:11 Kurt SP Outro vocal performed by Buddy Wakefield
14 Call Me Francois 3:11 Miles Bonny Scratches by DJ Orator
15 Hoofprints In The Sand 5:01 Reanimator Scratches by Reanimator
16 Going Back To Rehab 6:11 Tom Inhaler Acoustic, Electric & Bass Guitar and Piano - Tom Inhaler, Violin - Laura Escrude, Live drums - Scott Begin, Scratching and Drum Programming - Reanimator, Intro and Outro vocals - excerpts of PCP Poetry by Bryan Lewis Saunders.

[edit] Double LP

Side # Title Time Producer(s) Guest Performer(s)
A 1 Growing Pains Intro 0:37
2 Underground For Dummies 4:13 Odd Nosdam
3 Civil Obedience 4:19 Mr. Cooper Cuts by Reanimator
4 Got Up This Morning 3:11 Buck 65 Jolie Holland - Fiddle and vocals, Nathan Harrop - Harmonica
5 Good Fashion 1:34 Mark Isham
B 6 Clickety Clack 3:59 Alias
7 Midgets And Giants 3:54 Alias
8 Broccilude 1:14 Sixtoo
9 High Step 1:53 Ant
10 Keep Moving 4:36 Alias
C 11 Water Line 2:02 Mark Isham
12 Black Out On White Night 4:36 Big Cats! Jolie Holland - vocals
13 Hell Of A Year 4:11 Kurt SP
14 Call Me Francois 3:11 Miles Bonny
D 15 Hoofprints In The Sand 5:01 Reanimator
16 Going Back To Rehab 6:11 Tom Inhaler

[edit] Trivia

  • In the months leading up to the release of the album, Sage Francis released a number of promotional videos online. These included a video of Bernard Dolan in an Evel Knievel costume whilst attacking his fridge, a sound clip of Underground for Dummies over a video of Jack White recording the White Stripes album, Icky Thump, and a sound clip of Clickety Clack over a video including a clip of Star Wars kid.