| Human the Death Dance | ||||
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| Released | May 8, 2007 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 54:42 | |||
| Label | Epitaph Records | |||
| Producer | Odd Nosdam, Mr. Cooper, Buck 65, Mark Isham, Alias, Sixtoo, Ant, Big Cats!, Kurtis SP, Miles Bonny, Reanimator | |||
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Human the Death Dance is the third solo studio album by American rapper Sage Francis. [1] It was released on Epitaph Records on May 8, 2007. [2] It peaked at number 97 on the Billboard 200 chart. [3]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 77/100 [4] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| Billboard | favorable [6] |
| Christgau's Consumer Guide |  [7] |
| Drowned in Sound | 7/10 [1] |
| Pitchfork | 7.9/10 [8] |
| PopMatters |   [2] |
| The Skinny | [9] |
| Spin |  [10] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | [11] |
| XLR8R | favorable [12] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 77, based on 16 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [4]
David Jeffries of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "Human the Death Dance may be his most personal effort, but it's also an incredibly well-built full-length -- even when it borrows from a handful of genres -- and it's arguably his best lyrical effort, undoubtedly his best production-wise." [5] Roque Strew of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.9 out of 10, saying, "'Going Back to Rehab' weaves allusions to the greats, Nas and Biggie, into a six-minute tapestry that encompasses everything great about Sage Francis's strongest album to date: Its neon rainbow of tones and moods, the almost telepathic harmony between producer and rapper, the riveting fault-line tiptoe between memoir and manifesto." [8]
| No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Growing Pains Intro" | 0:37 | |
| 2. | "Underground for Dummies" | Odd Nosdam | 4:13 |
| 3. | "Civil Obedience" | Mr. Cooper | 4:19 |
| 4. | "Got Up This Morning" | Buck 65 | 3:11 |
| 5. | "Good Fashion" | Mark Isham | 1:34 |
| 6. | "Clickety Clack" | Alias | 3:59 |
| 7. | "Midgets and Giants" | Alias | 3:54 |
| 8. | "Broccilude" | Sixtoo | 1:14 |
| 9. | "High Step" | Ant | 1:53 |
| 10. | "Keep Moving" | Alias | 4:36 |
| 11. | "Waterline" | Mark Isham | 2:02 |
| 12. | "Black Out on White Night" | Big Cats! | 4:36 |
| 13. | "Hell of a Year" | Kurtis SP | 4:11 |
| 14. | "Call Me Francois" | Miles Bonny | 3:11 |
| 15. | "Hoofprints in the Sand" | Reanimator | 5:01 |
| 16. | "Going Back to Rehab" | 6:11 |
Credits adapted from liner notes.
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 [3] | 97 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard) [13] | 8 |
| US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [14] | 7 |
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