--- id: 62fd15a1-bfd9-471b-9902-f769b043bf69 title: 'Where the Humans Eat: Willy Mason''s 2004 Studio Album' abstract: This document is a Wikipedia article about 'Where the Humans Eat,' the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Willy Mason, released in 2004. It details the recording process at Old Soul Studio in Catskill, New York, highlighting the live performance style and minimal takes used to capture spontaneity. The article also lists the personnel involved, including Willy Mason and his brother Sam, and provides professional ratings from sources like AllMusic and Pitchfork Media. classification: primary: '78.02' secondary: - '786.2' - '070.4' udc_main_class: '7' tags: - Willy Mason - Studio Album - Music - '2004' - Recording - Wikipedia topics: - Music - Entertainment - Biography author: '' created_at: '2026-05-31T23:44:32.163383' updated_at: '2026-06-01T02:14:15.660088' sources: - type: url uri: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_the_Humans_Eat format: url_fetch udc_label: Music version: '1' --- ## Card: Where the Humans Eat: Willy Mason's 2004 Studio Album This document is a Wikipedia article about 'Where the Humans Eat,' the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Willy Mason, released in 2004. It details the recording process at Old Soul Studio in Catskill, New York, highlighting the live performance style and minimal takes used to capture spontaneity. The article also lists the personnel involved, including Willy Mason and his brother Sam, and provides professional ratings from sources like AllMusic and Pitchfork Media. ## Classification Primary: 78.02 | Secondary: 786.2, 070.4 | Tags: Willy Mason, Studio Album, Music, 2004, Recording, Wikipedia | Topics: Music, Entertainment, Biography ## Content Where the Humans Eat - Wikipedia Jump to content Main menu Main menu move to sidebar hide Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Special pages Search Search Appearance Donate Create account Log in Personal tools Donate Create account Log in Contents move to sidebar hide (Top) 1 Track listing 2 References Toggle the table of contents Where the Humans Eat Add languages Add links Article Talk English Read Edit View history Tools Tools move to sidebar hide Actions Read Edit View history General What links here Related changes Upload file Permanent link Page information Cite this page Get shortened URL Print/export Download as PDF Printable version In other projects Wikidata item Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2004 studio album by Willy Mason Where the Humans Eat Studio album  by Willy Mason Released October 12, 2004 Recorded Old Soul Studio Label Team Love Records Producer Willy Mason, Sam Mason, Tom Schick Willy Mason chronology Where the Humans Eat (2004) If the Ocean Gets Rough (2007) Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [ 1 ] Pitchfork Media 7.0/10 [ 2 ] Where the Humans Eat is the first full-length album released by American singer-songwriter Willy Mason . It was recorded in Catskill, New York in early May 2004. Songs were mostly recorded live, and feature Mason singing and playing guitar (adding cello, accordion , and vibraphone in the studio), and his younger brother Sam on drums. Mason wanted to capture the atmosphere of a live performance in the recordings, and tried to avoid re-recording songs: “I made a rule that we couldn’t record any of the songs in more than three takes. It allows you to make mistakes and accept those mistakes. Listening back, sometimes the wrong notes are the best parts of the song, the imperfections are what keeps it spontaneous and live-feeling." The album's two singles, "Oxygen" and "So Long", charted on the UK Singles Chart , and the album reached No. 38 on the UK Albums Chart in 2005. The song "Oxygen" was covered by the operatic soprano Renée Fleming on her 2010 album Dark Hope . This album is the second release of Team Love Records . Track listing [ edit ] Gotta Keep Movin' All You Can Do Still a Fly Where the Humans Eat Fear No Pain Hard Hand to Hold Letter No. 1 Sold My Soul Our Town So Long Oxygen 21st Century Boy References [ edit ] ^ Where the Humans Eat at AllMusic ^ "Where the Humans Eat" . Pitchfork . Authority control databases MusicBrainz release group This 2000s folk album-related article is a stub . 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