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Happy Hour (Uncle Kracker album)

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Happy Hour
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 15, 2009
Recorded2009
Genre
Length45:12
LabelTop Dog/Atlantic
Producer
Uncle Kracker chronology
Seventy Two and Sunny
(2004)
Happy Hour
(2009)
Happy Hour: The South River Road Sessions
(2010)
Singles from Happy Hour
  1. "Smile"
    Released: July 13, 2009
  2. "Good to Be Me"
    Released: July 12, 2010

Happy Hour is the fourth studio album by American musician Uncle Kracker. It was released on September 15, 2009 under Atlantic Records. The album includes the single "Smile", which was originally released to pop, but later remixed to country music. Also released to the country format was the song "Good to Be Me" which was later recorded as a duet with Kid Rock. Rob Cavallo produced the album, except for "Good to Be Me", which was produced by Kid Rock, and "Hot Mess", which was produced by S*A*M and Sluggo.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyC+[2]

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]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Smile"Matthew Shafer, Blair Daly, J. T. Harding, Jeremy Bose3:21
2."Another Love Song"Shafer, Mark McGuinn, Kevin Fish, Michael Bradford3:32
3."My Girlfriend"Shafer, Daly, Harding3:00
4."Livin' the Dream"Shafer, Josh Abraham, Luke Walker, Oliver Goldstein, David Coverdale, Bernie Marsden3:45
5."Corner Bar"Shafer, Martin Gross4:18
6."Me Again" (featuring Jesse Lee)Shafer, Daly, Harding, Jesse Lee3:36
7."Good to Be Me"Shafer, Brett James, Harding, Robert J. Ritchie4:12
8."I Hate California"Shafer, James3:38
9."Hot Mess"Shafer, Sam Hollander, Dave Katz2:52
10."Hey Hey Hey"Shafer, Daly, Harding3:29
11."I'm Not Leaving"Shafer, Bradford4:30
12."Mainstreet"Bob Seger3:27
iTunes Deluxe Edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Celebrate" 3:40
14."Josephine" 3:29
15."Let Me Love You" 3:36
16."Smile" (Video)Shafer, Daly, Harding, Bose3:30
iTunes Deluxe Edition (Pre-Order Only)
No.TitleLength
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

Chart performance

Chart (2009) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 38
U.S. Billboard Top Rock Albums 13

References

  1. ^ a b c https://www.allmusic.com/album/r1627629/review
  2. ^ a b Wood, Mikael (2009-09-18). "Happy Hour Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2012-05-04.