Felons and Revolutionaries

1999 studio album by Dope

Felons and Revolutionaries

Studio album by

Dope

Released| September 14, 1999
Recorded| 1999
Studio| Greene Street Recording (New York City)
Genre|

* Nu metal
* industrial metal
* speed metal[1]

Length| 47:41
Label|

* Epic
* Flip

Producer|

* Edsel Dope
* John Travis

Dope chronology
|  | Felons and Revolutionaries
(1999)  | Life
(2001)

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|

Singles from  Felons and Revolutionaries

1. "Debonaire" / "Sick"
Released: 1999
2. "Pig Society"
Released: 1999
3. "Everything Sucks"
Released: 1999
4. "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"
Released: 2000

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal| 4/10[3]
Metal Hammer| 7/10[4]
NME| 7/10[5]

Felons and Revolutionaries is the debut studio album by American industrial metal band Dope. The album was released in 1999 on Epic Records and has sold over 236,000 copies in the United States,[6] making it their best-selling album to date. It was re-released on June 17, 2000, with their cover of the Dead or Alive hit "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" as a bonus track. "Pig Society", "Everything Sucks", "Sick", and "Debonaire" were also released as singles, but did not chart.

## Track listing

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All tracks are written by Edsel Dope, except where noted.

No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Pig Society"|  | 3:14
2.| "Debonaire"|  | 2:33
3.| "Everything Sucks"|  | 3:01
4.| "Sick"|

* Edsel Dope
* Simon Dope

| 3:11
5.| "Kimberly's Ghost"|  | 3:18
6.| "Spine for You"|  | 4:39
7.| "One Fix"|  | 3:41
8.| "Fuck tha Police" (N.W.A cover)|

* Ice Cube
* MC Ren

| 4:04
9.| "Intervention"|  | 2:45
10.| "America the Pitiful"|  | 2:42
11.| "Shit Life"|  | 4:13
12.| "Wake Up"|  | 3:20
13.| "I Am Nothing"|  | 4:12
Total length:| 47:41

Later pressing bonus trackNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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|
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14.| "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" (Dead or Alive cover)|

* Pete Burns
* Steve Coy
* Wayne Hussey
* Tim Lever
* Mike Percy

| 2:43

* The track listing on the back cover of some pressings does not list the song "Fuck tha Police" as appearing on the record. This is most likely due to a typographical error, censorship, or the producers using too much of the space on the back of the album for the artwork. The original pressing for the album's Canadian release does list the song on the back cover. There are also reports that some versions of the album actually did not contain this song.[citation needed]

* On the later pressing that included "You Spin Me 'Round (Like a Record)", the song "Everything Sucks" is actually the Andy Wallace remix version.

## Appearances in other media

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* "Debonaire" is used during the SWAT assault scene in the movie The Fast and the Furious.
* "Debonaire" is featured in the Scream 3 soundtrack.
* "Debonaire" was used as the entrance theme of the wrestler Rhino in ECW. It was also used as the opening song for their video game Anarchy Rulz. Also used in the movie Run All Night starring Liam Neeson and Joel Kinnaman.

## Personnel

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Dope

* Edsel Dope – lead vocals, programming, additional guitars, bass
* Simon Dope – keyboards, percussion, sampling
* Tripp Eisen – lead guitar
* Acey Slade – rhythm guitar, bass, backing vocals
* Preston Nash – drums

Additional personnel

* DJ Lethal – screaming hummingbird on track 12
* The N.Y.C. Dope Choir – backing vocals on track eight

Production

* Jordan Schur – executive production and A&R
* Edsel Dope – production, arrangements, artwork, design, digital editing, engineering, layout, mixing
* Chip Quigley – management and direction
* John Travis – production, engineering, recording, mixing
* Acey Slade – engineering
* Eric Too – assistant engineering
* Derek Carlson – assistant engineering
* Mr. Big Head – assistant engineering
* Jay Baumgardner – mixing
* Blumpy – mixing
* Will Gibson – A&R coordination for Flip
* Kaz Utsunomiya – A&R for Epic
* Larry Robinson – business affairs
* Joe Serling – legal representation
* Howie Weinberg – mastering
* Roger Lian – editing
* John Ditmar – booking
* Peter Ciccotto – design
* Marina Chavez – photography
* Chapman Baehler – photography
* Mear at Conart – artwork

## Chart positions

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Album
Chart (1999)  | Peak
position

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Top Heatseekers | 25

Single
Song  | Chart (2000)  | Peak
position

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"You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"  | Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks | 37

## References

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1. ^ William Ruhlmann (September 14, 1999). "Felons and Revolutionaries – Dope | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
2. ^ "Felons and Revolutionaries". AllMusic.
3. ^ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 126\. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
4. ^ Gabler, Pete (December 1999). "Under the Hammer". Metal Hammer. No. 69\. UK: Future plc. p. 76.
5. ^ "Felons And Revolutionaries". NME. September 12, 2005. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. (September 12, 2005)
6. ^ Nielsen SoundScan sales figures

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Dope

* Edsel Dope
* Acey Slade
* Daniel Fox
* Chris Warner

* Simon Dope
* Preston Nash
* Tripp Eisen
* Angel Bartolotta
* Derrick Tribbett
* Nikk Dibs
* Virus

Studio albums|

* Felons and Revolutionaries
* Life
* Group Therapy
* American Apathy
* No Regrets
* Blood Money Part 1
* Blood Money Part Zer0

Compilation albums|

* Felons for Life

Related articles|

* Discography

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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