''Felons and Revolutionaries'' is the debut studio album by American

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band Dope. The album was released in 1999 on

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and has sold over 236,000 copies in the United States,Nielsen SoundScan sales figures
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hit "

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" 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

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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

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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, 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

;Album ;Single

References

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