Human the Death Dance is the third solo album by Sage Francis

Sage Francis

Paul "Sage" Francis is a hip-hop artist from Providence, Rhode Island.-Biography:Born Paul Francis in Miami, Florida, Sage Francis is a rapper/writer/performer from Providence, Rhode Island. He is the founder and CEO of the independent hip-hop record label Strange Famous Records...

, released on Epitaph Records

Epitaph Records

Epitaph Records is a Hollywood, California based independent record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. The label was originally "just a logo and a P.O. box" created in the 1980s for the purpose of selling Bad Religion records, but has evolved into a large independent record...

 on May 8, 2007. The title of the album is also the title of a poem by spoken word

Spoken word

Spoken word is a form of poetry that often uses alliterated prose or verse and occasionally uses metered verse to express social commentary. Traditionally it is in the first person, is from the poet’s point of view and is themed in current events....

 artist Buddy Wakefield

Buddy Wakefield

Buddy Wakefield is an American performance poet/slam poet, whose latest works have been released by Righteous Babe Records and Write Bloody Publishing .- Biography :...

, who is signed to Francis' record label, Strange Famous Records

Strange Famous Records

Strange Famous Records is an underground hip-hop music label based in Providence, Rhode Island, started by Sage Francis. Artists on its roster include B...

. Excerpts of this poem, performed by Wakefield, appear at the end of the tracks "Hell of a Year," "Keep Moving," and "Black Out on White Night."

An instrumental version of the album was sent out with pre-orders placed before 5:00 PM on April 23, 2007, from the online store of Strange Famous Records.

The song "Water Line" appears at the end of the 2008 film Pride and Glory

Pride and Glory (film)

Pride and Glory is a 2008 crime drama film directed by Gavin O'Connor. It stars Edward Norton, Colin Farrell, Jon Voight, and Noah Emmerich. The film was released on October 24, 2008, in the United States....

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Track listing

Performers

• Sage Francis
  Sage Francis
  Paul "Sage" Francis is a hip-hop artist from Providence, Rhode Island.-Biography:Born Paul Francis in Miami, Florida, Sage Francis is a rapper/writer/performer from Providence, Rhode Island. He is the founder and CEO of the independent hip-hop record label Strange Famous Records...
  
   - Vocals
• Jolie Holland
  Jolie Holland
  Jolie Holland is an American singer and performer who combines elements of folk, traditional, country, rock, jazz, and blues...
  
   - Fiddle, Vocals on "Got Up This Morning" and "Black Out on White Night"
• Nathan Harrop - Harmonica on "Got Up This Morning"
• Christopher Sneddon - Synthesizer on "Clickety Clack"
• Bernard Dolan - Vocal arrangement on "Broccilude," Vocals on "High Step"
• Buddy Wakefield - Vocals on "Keep Moving," "Black Out on White Night" and "Hell of a Year"
• DJ Orator - Scratches on "Call Me Francois"
• Laura Escudé
  Laura Escudé
  Laura Escudé is a critically acclaimed music technologist, violinist, composer, sound designer and educator. She specializes in the software program Ableton Live and became one of the first Ableton Certified Trainers in 2008...
  
   - Violin on "Going Back to Rehab"
• Scott Begin - Drums on "Going Back to Rehab"

Production

• Alias
  Alias (artist)
  Brendon Whitney, known as Alias, is an abstract hip hop musician and producer. He is mainly affiliated with the anticon. label/collective.-Biography:...
  
   - Production on "Clickety Clack," "Midgets and Giants" and "Keep Moving"
• Ant
  Ant (producer)
  Ant is a hip hop producer whose full name is Anthony Davis.He is best known as being one half of the hip hop group Atmosphere, but has worked with many other artists and projects, mostly with Rhymesayers Entertainment, such as Brother Ali, I Self Devine, Felt and The Dynospectrum...
  
   - Production on "High Step"
• Big Cats - Production on "Black Out on White Night"
• Buck 65
  Buck 65
  Richard Terfry , who uses the stage name Buck 65, is a Canadian experimental artist, MC and turntablist. Underpinned by an extensive background in abstract hip hop, his more recent music has extensively incorporated blues, country, rock, folk and avant garde influences.Terfry is also a radio host,...
  
   - Production on "Got Up This Morning"
• Kurt SP - Production on "Hell of a Year"
• Mark Isham
  Mark Isham
  Mark Isham is an American trumpeter, synthesist, and film composer. He works in a variety of genres, including jazz, electronic, and film.-Life and career:...
  
   - Production on "Good Fashion" and "Water Line"
• Miles Bonny
  Miles Bonny
  Miles Bonny is a record producer, singer, trumpeter, and DJ. Miles currently lives in Kansas City, Missouri. The grandson of Helen Bonny, he was born in New York, New York to Francis Bonny and Anne Grothe and grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey, where he attended Teaneck High School. He moved to...
  
   - Production on "Call Me Francois"
• Mr. Cooper - Production on "Civil Obedience"
• Odd Nosdam
  Odd Nosdam
  Odd Nosdam is a musician, DJ, artist, and co-founder and ex-art director of record label/collective Anticon.Nosdam was first noticed for the drone and warped pop of his former group cLOUDDEAD ; he has worked closely with Mike Patton on his Peeping Tom project and remixed tracks by a variety of...
  
   - Production on "Underground for Dummies"
• Reanimator - Production and scratches on "Hoofprints in the Sand"
• Sixtoo
  Sixtoo
  Sixtoo was the main project of a Canadian hip hop DJ, MC and producer Vaughn Robert Squire between 1996-2007. He has since retired the Sixtoo name pursuing other directions in electronic music, with a large genre shift from experimental hip hop to deeper club sounds of various temposSquire rose to...
  
  - Production on "Broccilude"
• Tom Inhaler - Production on "Going Back to Rehab," String arrangements on "Got Up this Morning"

External links

• Official Website