Happy Hour (Uncle Kracker album)

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Happy Hour
Happyhourcover.jpg
Studio album by
Uncle Kracker
ReleasedSeptember 15, 2009 (2009-09-15)
Recorded2009
Studio
Genre
Length43:34
Label
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 via Top Dog and Atlantic Records. It is his final album on both labels. 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.

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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

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly C+ [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] 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 Michelob Ultra), 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

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Smile"
3:21
2."Another Love Song"
3:32
3."My Girlfriend"
  • Shafer
  • Harding
  • Daly
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"
  • Shafer
  • James
3:38
9."Hot Mess"
2:52
10."Hey Hey Hey"
  • Shafer
  • Harding
  • Daly
3:29
11."I'm Not Leaving"
  • Shafer
  • Bradford
4:30
12."Mainstreet" Robert Clark Seger 3:27
Total length:43:34
iTunes Deluxe Edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Celebrate" 3:40
14."Josephine" Dave Bassett 3:29
15."Let Me Love You" 3:36
16."Smile" (Video)
  • Shafer
  • Harding
  • Daly
  • Bose
3:30
iTunes Deluxe Edition (Pre-Order Only)
No.TitleLength
17."Happy Hour" (featuring Leo Sayer)4:55
Outtakes

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2009)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [3] 38
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [4] 13

References

  1. 1 2 3 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Uncle Kracker - Happy Hour Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Wood, Mikael (September 9, 2009). "Happy Hour". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Uncle Kracker Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Uncle Kracker Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
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