2009 studio album by Uncle Kracker
Happy Hour Released September 15, 2009 (2009-09-15 ) Recorded 2009 Studio Genre Length 43 :34 Label Producer
Happy Hour is the fourth studio album by American musician Uncle Kracker . It was released on September 15, 2009 via Top Dog/Atlantic Records . Production was handled by Rob Cavallo , except for "Good to Be Me ", which was produced by Kid Rock , and "Hot Mess", which was produced by S*A*M and Sluggo .
The album peaked at number 38 on the Billboard 200 and number 13 on the Top Rock Albums in the United States. Its lead single, "Smile " made it to number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 .
Critical reception [ edit ] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic rated the album two-and-a-half stars out of five, saying "his attitude gets in his way, his party-hearty quips never jibing with his marshmallow music".[1] Mikael Wood of Entertainment Weekly wrote: "Uncle Kracker's always believed in the power of positive thinking (or at least in the power of a case of Coors Light ), so there's little here that hints at his recent troubles. Instead, you get smarmy frat-country jams about taking a seat at the corner bar and discovering that your girlfriend has a girlfriend now. On "Livin’ the Dream", he even comforts himself by quoting Whitesnake ".[2]
Track listing [ edit ] Title Writer(s) 1. "Smile " 3:21 2. "Another Love Song" 3:32 3. "My Girlfriend" 3:00 4. "Livin' the Dream" 3:45 5. "Corner Bar" Shafer Martin "Tino" Gross 4:18 6. "Me Again" (featuring Jesse Lee ) 3:36 7. "Good to Be Me " 4:12 8. "I Hate California" 3:38 9. "Hot Mess" 2:52 10. "Hey Hey Hey" 3:29 11. "I'm Not Leaving" 4:30 12. "Mainstreet " Robert Clark Seger 3:27 Total length: 43:34
iTunes Deluxe EditionTitle Writer(s) 13. "Celebrate" 3:40 14. "Josephine" Dave Bassett 3:29 15. "Let Me Love You" 3:36 16. "Smile" (Video) 3:30
iTunes Deluxe Edition (Pre-Order Only) Title 17. "Happy Hour" (featuring Leo Sayer) 4:55
Outtakes "Vegas Baby" (featuring Mr. Hahn of Linkin Park ) - 4:07 "The One That Got Away" - 3:34 "That's What's Happenin" - 3:37 Personnel [ edit ] Matthew "Uncle Kracker " Shafer – main artist, vocals Jessica Lee "Jesse Lee " Levin – featured artist, vocals (track 6) Alfie Silas Durio – backing vocals Carmen Carter – backing vocals Clydene Jackson – backing vocals Rae Rae Jensen – backing vocals Ty Stone – backing vocals Herschel Boone – backing vocals (track 7) Dave Katz – backing vocals & programming (track 9) Sam Hollander – backing vocals & programming (track 9) Neal Tiemann – guitar Tim Pierce – guitar Marlon Young – acoustic guitar & bass (track 7) Sean Gould – guitar & engineering (track 9) Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards James "Jimmie Bones" Trombly – B3 electric piano (track 7) Ben Levels – organ (track 9) Alex Al – bass Chris Chaney – bass Michael Bradford – bass Paul Bushnell – bass Sean Hurley – bass Rashawn Ross – trumpet Dorian Crozier – percussion & programming Steve Stetson – drums (track 7) Dan Chase – programming Doug McKean – programming, engineering Mike Fasano – drum technician David Campbell – strings arranger (track 1) Rob Cavallo – producer Robert "Kid Rock " Ritchie – producer & programming (track 7) Jaime Neely – assistant producer Chris Lord-Alge – mixing Al Sutton – engineering & mixing (track 7) Lars Fox – Pro-Tools engineering Aaron Walk – engineering assistant Russ Waugh – engineering assistant Steve Rea – engineering assistant Andrew Schubert – additional mixing Brad Townsend – additional mixing Keith Armstrong – mixing assistant Nik Karpen – mixing assistant Ted Jensen – mastering Alex Kirzhner – art direction, design Chris Woehrle – design Kristie Borgmann – design Chapman Baehler – photography Craig Rosen – A&R Lesley Melincoff – A&R Pete Ganbarg – A&R Cheryl Jenets – product management Lee Trink – management Vera Salamone – management Chris Stang – marketing Thomas Valentino – legal Kyle Wilensky – booking Mitch Rose – booking Rick Roskin – booking References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]
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