Humor Risk (album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Humor Risk

| type = Album

| artist = Cass McCombs

| cover = Casscover.jpg

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| released = November 8, 2011

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| length = 41:11

| label = Domino

| producer = Cass McCombs, Ariel Rechtshaid, John Webster Johns

| prev_title = Wit's End

| prev_year = 2011

| next_title = Big Wheel and Others

| next_year = 2013

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{{Music ratings

| MC = 78/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/humor-risk/cass-mccombs|title=Humor Risk by Cass McCombs|publisher=|accessdate=1 October 2016}}

|rev1 = Spin magazine

|rev1score = {{Rating|7|10}}{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/cass-mccombs-|title=Cass McCombs, ‘ Humor Risk’ (Domino) - SPIN|date=15 November 2011|publisher=|accessdate=1 October 2016}}

|rev2 = Pitchfork Media

|rev2score = 7.6/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16014-humor-risk/|title=Cass McCombs: Humor Risk Album Review - Pitchfork|publisher=|accessdate=1 October 2016}}

|rev3 = NME

|rev3score = {{rating|6|10}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/cass-mcCombs/12424|title=Album Review: Cass McCombs - 'Humor Risk' - NME.COM|first=|last=NME.COM|publisher=|accessdate=1 October 2016}}

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Humor Risk is the sixth full-length album by Cass McCombs. It was released on November 8, 2011, just seven months after the release of McCombs' previous album, Wit's End. In an interview with the Pitchfork website, McCombs said the two albums were made simultaneously. He explained: "Wit's End was started years ago and it slowly made its way to the finish line. Humor Risk was just punched out. They're friends but they're different. Wit's End is like a stew; Humor Risk is the raw food diet."

"Robin Egg Blue" was the first single released, on November 28, 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.dominorecordco.com/uk/news/04-11-11/cass-mccombs-humour-risk-to-be-released-this-monday/|title=Cass McCombs' 'Humour Risk' to be Released this Monday|publisher=|accessdate=1 October 2016}}