Copper Gone

Copper Gone
Studio album by Sage Francis
Released	June 3, 2014 (2014-06-03)
Studio	Strange Famous Manor
Genre	Hip hop
Length	54:04
Label	Strange Famous Records
Producer	Cecil Otter, Alxndrbrwn, James Hancock, Poindexter, Reanimator, Le Parasite, Buck 65, Prolyphic, Anders Parker, Alias, Dub Sonata, John Ash, Kurtis SP
Sage Francis chronology
Li(f)e (2010) Copper Gone (2014)

Copper Gone is the fifth solo studio album by American rapper Sage Francis. ^[1] It was released on Strange Famous Records on June 3, 2014. ^[2] It is the first official studio album after Sage Francis announced his hiatus, which lasted for four years. ^[3] It peaked at number 180 on the Billboard 200 chart. ^[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	64/100 [5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
Exclaim!	9/10 [7]
HipHopDX	3.5/5 [8]
PopMatters	[9]
RapReviews.com	8.5/10 [10]
The Skinny	[11]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 64, based on 7 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". ^[5]

Bram E. Gieben of The Skinny gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "On the evidence of Copper Gone, Francis is back on top form, spitting the kind of melancholic, philosophical couplets which made him the go-to emcee for literate lyrics laced with dense, allusive layers of meaning." ^[11]

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Pressure Cooker"	Cecil Otter	4:02
2.	"Grace"	Alxndrbrwn	3:28
3.	"ID Thieves"	James Hancock, Poindexter	3:16
4.	"Cheat Code"	Reanimator	4:05
5.	"Dead Man's Float"	Cecil Otter	4:08
6.	"Over Under"	Le Parasite	2:48
7.	"Make Em Purr"	Buck 65	3:39
8.	"Vonnegut Busy"	Prolyphic	4:50
9.	"Thank You"	Anders Parker	3:52
10.	"The Set Up"	Alias	4:05
11.	"The Place She Feared Most"	Reanimator	3:10
12.	"Once Upon a Blood Moon"	Dub Sonata	4:23
13.	"Say Uncle"	John Ash	4:14
14.	"Maint Reqd"	Kurtis SP	4:03

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Sage Francis – vocals
• Cecil Otter – production (1, 5)
• Alxndrbrwn – production (2)
• James Hancock – production (3)
• Poindexter – production (3)
• Reanimator – production (4, 11)
• Le Parasite – production (6)
• Buck 65 – production (7)
• Prolyphic – production (8)
• Anders Parker – production (9)
• Alias – production (10), mixing
• Dub Sonata – production (12)
• John Ash – production (13)
• Kurtis SP – production (14)
• Dilly Dilly – vocals
• Athena Hiotis – piano
• Joshua Trinidad – horns
• Daddy Kev – mastering
• Jelena Bojanic – artwork
• Irena Mihalinec – graphic design
• Sarah "Inkymole" Coleman – illustration
• Prentice Danner – photography
• Davor Drokan – photography

Charts

Chart (2014)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 [12]	180
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [13]	24
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [14]	32

References

1. Israel, Janine; Evans, Alan; Paddy, Chelsea; Tan, Monica (December 2, 2014). "The mixtape: Megan Washington, Sage Francis, Jane Tyrrell and more". The Guardian . Retrieved February 5, 2018.
2. Soderberg, Brandon (May 27, 2014). "Stream Sage Francis' Nervy, Confessional Return on 'Copper Gone'". Spin . Retrieved February 5, 2018.
3. Kangas, Chaz (May 30, 2014). "Sage Francis' Copper Gone Sees Him Back on His D.I.Y. Grind". The Village Voice . Archived from the original on February 6, 2018. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
4. "Billboard 200: The Week of June 21, 2014". Billboard . Retrieved February 5, 2018.
5. "Copper Gone by Sage Francis". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved February 5, 2018.
6. Jeffries, David. "Copper Gone - Sage Francis". AllMusic . Retrieved February 5, 2018.
7. Bauer, Matt (June 2, 2014). "Sage Francis - Copper Gone". Exclaim! . Retrieved February 5, 2018.
8. Grant, Ronald (June 16, 2014). "Sage Francis - Copper Gone". HipHopDX . Retrieved February 5, 2018.
9. Finley, Adam (June 5, 2014). "Sage Francis: Copper Gone". PopMatters . Retrieved February 5, 2018.
10. Gase, Zach (June 24, 2014). "Sage Francis :: Copper Gone :: Strange Famous Records". RapReviews.com. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
11. Gieben, Bram E. (May 27, 2014). "Sage Francis - Copper Gone". The Skinny . Retrieved February 5, 2018.
12. "Sage Francis Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
13. "Sage Francis Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
14. "Sage Francis Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 5, 2018.

External links

• Copper Gone at Discogs (list of releases)
• Copper Gone at MusicBrainz (list of releases)