Life (Sage Francis album)

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Li(f)e
Life-cover.jpg
Studio album by
Sage Francis
ReleasedMay 11, 2010 (2010-05-11)
StudioEngine Studios, Chicago, Illinois
Genre Hip hop
Length47:50
Label Anti-
Producer Brian Deck
Sage Francis chronology
Human the Death Dance
(2007)		Li(f)e
(2010)		 Copper Gone
(2014)
Singles from Li(f)e
  1. "Slow Man"
    Released: March 30, 2010 [1]
  2. "The Best of Times"
    Released: April 22, 2010 [2]

Li(f)e is the fourth solo studio album by American rapper Sage Francis. [3] It was released on Anti- on May 11, 2010. [4] It peaked at number 145 on the Billboard 200 chart. [5] The cover art was created by Shepard Fairey. [6] "Slow Man" and "The Best of Times" were released as the singles from the album. [1] [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 68/100 [7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The A.V. Club B− [9]
Consequence of Sound D− [10]
HipHopDX 4.0/5 [11]
Pitchfork 6.3/10 [12]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [13]
RapReviews7.5/10 [14]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [15]
Tiny Mix Tapes Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [16]
URB Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [17]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 68, based on 15 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [7]

Brett Uddenberg of URB gave the album 4.5 stars out of 5, saying, "Backed by an unusual consortium of indie rockers, Rhode Island's finest dissects the human condition with brutal honesty and unparalleled wit." [17] Meanwhile, Jesse Cataldo of Slant Magazine gave the album 2 stars out of 5, describing it as "a collection of songs that never fully gets off the ground, spooling out like never-ending spoken introductions, as the rapper futilely waits for his beats to come to life." [15]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Little Houdini" Sage Francis, Jason Lytle 6:46
2."Three Sheets to the Wind"Sage Francis, Chris Walla 3:31
3."I Was Zero"Sage Francis, Richard Terfry, Brian Deck, Tim Rutili, Jim Becker, Gordon Patriarca4:18
4."Slow Man"Sage Francis, Joey Burns, John Convertino3:38
5."Diamonds and Pearls"Sage Francis, Thomas Hagerman, Shawn Gilbert, Jeanie Schroder, Nicholas Iurata4:02
6."Polterzeitgeist"Sage Francis, Tim Rutili, Jim Becker, Brian Deck4:05
7."The Baby Stays"Sage Francis, Tim Rutili3:41
8."16 Years"Sage Francis, Kurt Read, Brian Deck, Tim Rutili, Jim Becker, Gordon Patriarca3:45
9."Worry Not"Sage Francis, Tim Fite 3:19
10."London Bridge"Sage Francis, Chris Walla 2:10
11."Love the Lie"Sage Francis, Mark Linkous 3:13
12."The Best of Times"Sage Francis, Yann Tiersen 5:31

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Charts

Chart (2010)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [18] 145
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [19] 28
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [20] 29

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  2. 1 2 "Sage Francis - The Best Of Times (Single)". Anti- . Retrieved February 4, 2018.
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