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
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
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
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
Charts
References
External links
Studio albums Extended plays Singles Guest singles Related