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,Nielsen SoundScan sales figures 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
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.
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 "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 Dope Edsel Dope – lead vocals, programming, rhythm guitar, bass Simon Dope – keyboards, percussion, sampling Tripp Eisen – lead guitar, backing vocals Acey Slade – 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 Album Chart (1999)PeakpositionUS Top Heatseekers25
Single SongChart (2000)Peakposition"You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"US Mainstream Rock Tracks37
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