Menace to Sobriety | ||||
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Released | August 15, 2000 | |||
Recorded | 2000 | |||
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Length | 47:53 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
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Singles from Menace to Sobriety | ||||
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AllMusic | [1] |
Menace to Sobriety is the debut studio album by American rock group OPM. It was released in August 2000 via Atlantic Records,and was re-released on September 8,2015 as part of its 15-year anniversary. [2] There is also a clean version of the album,which removes most of the profanities used on the explicit version and any drug references.
The album spawned three charted singles and music videos for:"Heaven Is a Halfpipe" (which also reached #68 in Triple J's Hottest 100 for the year 2000 in Australia),"El Capitan" and "Stash Up".
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Stash Up" | 2:58 |
2. | "Punanny" (Interlude) | 0:33 |
3. | "Heaven Is a Halfpipe" | 4:18 |
4. | "El Capitan" | 3:21 |
5. | "Undercover Freak" | 3:47 |
6. | "Brighter Side" | 3:32 |
7. | "Better Daze" | 3:58 |
8. | "Trucha" | 4:01 |
9. | "Dealerman" | 3:40 |
10. | "Reality Check" | 3:58 |
11. | "Rage Against the Coke Machine" (Interlude) | 1:03 |
12. | "Unda" | 2:50 |
13. | "15 Minutes" (Interlude) | 0:45 |
14. | "Fish out of Water" | 3:33 |
15. | "Sound System" ("War on Drugs" (hidden track)) | 6:03 |
Total length: | 47:53 |
No. | Title | Length |
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16. | "Space People" | 3:46 |
Total length: | 51:09 |
No. | Title | Length |
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16. | "El Capitan" (Soulchild Remix) | 3:33 |
Total length: | 50:56 |
No. | Title | Length |
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16. | "Feel the Pain" | 3:16 |
Total length: | 50:40 |
Chart (2000–01) | Peak position |
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Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [3] | 23 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [4] | 32 |
Scottish Albums (OCC) [5] | 22 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [6] | 66 |
UK Albums (OCC) [7] | 31 |
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [8] | 5 |
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [9] | 22 |
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