Where the Humans Eat is the first full-length album released by American singer-songwriter Willy Mason.

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.

Listening back, sometimes the wrong notes are the best parts of the song, the imperfections are what keeps it spontaneous and live-feeling."

The song "Oxygen" was covered by the operatic soprano Renée Fleming on her 2010 album Dark Hope.