A Healthy Distrust

A Healthy Distrust
Studio album by Sage Francis
Released	February 8, 2005
Genre	Hip hop
Length	47:27
Label	Epitaph Records
Producer	Alias, Controller 7, Daddy Kev, Danger Mouse, Joe Beats, Reanimator, Sixtoo, Varick Pyr
Sage Francis chronology
Personal Journals (2002) A Healthy Distrust (2005) Human the Death Dance (2007)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	78/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Drowned in Sound	9/10[3]
Exclaim!	favorable[4]
Pitchfork Media	8.0/10[5]
PopMatters	[6]
Stylus Magazine	B[7]
Tiny Mix Tapes	[8]

A Healthy Distrust is the second studio album by American rapper Sage Francis. It was released on Epitaph Records in 2005.

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, A Healthy Distrust received an average score of 78% based on 26 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"The Buzz Kill"	Reanimator	4:05
2.	"Sea Lion" (featuring Will Oldham on guitar and vocals)	Alias	3:01
3.	"Gunz Yo"	Danger Mouse	3:03
4.	"Escape Artist"	Alias	4:15
5.	"Product Placement"	Alias	2:15
6.	"Voice Mail Bomb Threat"	Joe Beats	1:39
7.	"Dance Monkey"	Daddy Kev	2:53
8.	"Sun vs. Moon"	Reanimator	3:28
9.	"Agony in Her Body"	Controller 7	4:17
10.	"Crumble" (featuring Alias on guitar and drums)	Sixtoo	2:00
11.	"Ground Control"	Sixtoo	3:52
12.	"Lie Detector Test"	Reanimator	2:47
13.	"Bridle"	Varick Pyr	2:11
14.	"Slow Down Gandhi"	Reanimator	4:52
15.	"Jah Didn't Kill Johnny" (featuring Tom Inhaler on guitar and Nathan Harrop on harmonica)		2:49

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Independent Albums[9]	17
Heatseekers Albums[10]	12

References

1. "A Healthy Distrust - Sage Francis". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
2. Bush, John. "A Healthy Distrust - Sage Francis". AllMusic. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
3. Diver, Mike (January 31, 2005). "Sage Francis - A Healthy Distrust". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
4. Quinlan, Thomas (February 1, 2005). "Sage Francis - A Healthy Distrust". Exclaim!. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
5. Howe, Brian (February 10, 2005). "Sage Francis: A Healthy Distrust". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
6. Braidwood, Stefan (February 16, 2005). "Sage Francis: A Healthy Distrust". PopMatters. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
7. Bennett, Michael (February 10, 2005). "Sage Francis - A Healthy Distrust". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
8. Ranta, Alan. "Sage Francis - A Healthy Distrust". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
9. "Sage Francis - Chart history - Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
10. "Sage Francis - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved April 1, 2016.

External links

• A Healthy Distrust at Discogs (list of releases)
• "Bridle" on SoundCloud