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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 Kid Rock duet "Good to Be Me". 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" (featuring Kid Rock)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

Personnel

  • Alex Al - bass guitar
  • Herschel Boone - background vocals
  • Mike Bradford - bass guitar
  • Paul Bushnell - bass guitar
  • David Campbell - string arrangements
  • Carmen Carter - background vocals
  • Chris Chaney - bass guitar
  • Daniel Chase - programming
  • Sheryl Crow - background vocals on "Smile"
  • Dorian Crozier - drums, percussion, programming
  • The Crushettes - background vocals
  • Alfie Durio - background vocals
  • Sean Gould - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • Sam Hollander - programming, background vocals
  • Sean Hurley - bass guitar
  • Clydene Jackson - background vocals
  • Dave Katz - programming, background vocals
  • Uncle Kracker - lead vocals
  • Jesse Lee - vocals on "Me Again"
  • Ben Levels - Hammond organ
  • Doug McKean - programming
  • Jamie Muhoberac - keyboards
  • Tim Pierce - electric guitar
  • Rae Rae - background vocals
  • Kid Rock - programming and vocals on "Good To Be Me"
  • Rashawn Ross - trumpet
  • Steve Stetson - drums
  • Ty Stone - background vocals
  • Neal Tiemann - acoustic guitar
  • James Trombly - Hammond organ, piano
  • Marlon Young - bass guitar, acoustic guitar

Chart performance

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

References

  1. ^ a b https://www.allmusic.com/album/r1627629/review
  2. ^ Wood, Mikael (2009-09-18). "Happy Hour Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2012-05-04. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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