Humor Risk (album)

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Humor Risk
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Studio album by
Cass McCombs
ReleasedNovember 8, 2011
Genre Indie folk [1] , indie rock [1]
Length41:11
Label Domino
Producer Cass McCombs, Ariel Rechtshaid, John Webster Johns
Cass McCombs chronology
Wit's End
(2011)		Humor Risk
(2011)		 Big Wheel and Others
(2013)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 78/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
Spin — [3]
Pitchfork 7.6/10 [1]
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Drowned in Sound 8/10 [5]
The Quietus — [6]

Humor Risk is the sixth full-length album by Cass McCombs. It was released on November 8, 2011, just seven months after the release of McCombs' previous album, Wit's End. In an interview with the Pitchfork website, McCombs said the two albums were made simultaneously. He explained: "Wit's End was started years ago and it slowly made its way to the finish line. Humor Risk was just punched out. They're friends but they're different. Wit's End is like a stew; Humor Risk is the raw food diet."

Contents

"Robin Egg Blue" was the first single released, on November 28, 2011. [7]

Track listing

All songs written by Cass McCombs

  1. "Love Thine Enemy" – 3:56
  2. "The Living Word" – 5:44
  3. "The Same Thing" – 6:13
  4. "To Every Man His Chimera" – 5:21
  5. "Robin Egg Blue" – 3:42
  6. "Mystery Mail" – 7:50
  7. "Meet Me at the Mannequin Gallery" – 4:28
  8. "Mariah" – 3:55

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Cass McCombs: Humor Risk Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Humor Risk by Cass McCombs". Metacritic. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Cass McCombs, "Humor Risk"". Spin. November 15, 2011. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Album Review: Cass McCombs – "Humor Risk"". NME. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  5. ↑ Leedham, Robert (October 17, 2011). "Cass McCombs – Humor Risk". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved December 25, 2025.
  6. ↑ Smith, Barnaby (November 9, 2011). "Cass McCombs – Humor Risk". The Quietus. Retrieved December 25, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Cass McCombs' 'Humour Risk' to be Released this Monday". dominorecordco.com. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
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