America's Least Wanted

America's Least Wanted
Studio album by Ugly Kid Joe
Released September 8, 1992
Recorded 1991 - 1992 at Devonshire Studios, North Hollywood, CA
Genre Rock, hard rock, heavy metal
Length 59:08
Label Mercury
Producer Ugly Kid Joe,
Mark Dodson,
Michael Dodson,
Ryan Dorn
Ugly Kid Joe chronology
As Ugly as They Wanna Be
(EP)
(1991)		 America's Least Wanted
(1992)		 Menace to Sobriety
(1995)
Alternative cover
Censored cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

America's Least Wanted is the full-length debut album by rock band Ugly Kid Joe, released in September 1992 (see 1992 in music). The title is a parody of the famous phrase "America's Most Wanted". "Cat's in the Cradle" is a cover of American singer/songwriter Harry Chapin.

Two of the songs had previously been included on the band's debut E.P. "As Ugly as They Wanna Be" but were slightly retouched for this L.P.: "Madman" was given a new vocal track while "Everything About You" (perhaps the band's most well known song) was given a spoken intro by actress and then Saturday Night Live cast member Julia Sweeney as her questionably gendered character, Pat. Incidentally, this wasn't the first time the song had been associated with "SNL" - it had previously been included in the SNL-based movie "Wayne's World".

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Neighbor" – 4:43
  2. "G*dd*mn Devi|" – 4:53
  3. "Come Tomorrow" (Lahr) – 4:54
  4. "Panhandlin' Prince" – 5:41
  5. "Busy Bee" – 4:08
  6. "Don't Go" – 4:30
  7. "So Damn Cool" – 4:24
  8. "Same Side" – 4:48
  9. "Cats in the Cradle" (Harry Chapin) – 4:01
  10. "I'll Keep Tryin'" (Reed) – 4:58
  11. "Everything About You" – 4:20
  12. "Madman" ('92 Remix) – 3:37
  13. "Mr. Recordman" – 4:11

Personnel

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

Year Chart Position
1992 Billboard 200 27

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1992 "Neighbor" United StatesU.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 29
1992 "Neighbor" United KingdomUK Singles Chart 28
1992 "So Damn Cool" United KingdomUK Singles Chart 44
1993 "Busy Bee" United StatesU.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 22
1993 "Cat's in the Cradle" United StatesU.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 3
1993 "Cat's in the Cradle" United StatesU.S. Billboard Hot 100 6
1993 "Cat's in the Cradle" United StatesU.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream 11
1993 "Cat's in the Cradle" United KingdomUK Singles Chart 7
1993 "Busy Bee" United KingdomUK Singles Chart 39

Notes

  1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r58321
Ugly Kid Joe
Studio albums
America's Least Wanted · Menace to Sobriety · Motel California
Extended plays
Compilation albums
Singles
"Everything About You" · "Madman" · "Neighbor" · "So Damn Cool" · "Cat's in the Cradle" · "Busy Bee" · "N.I.B." · "Tomorrow's World" · "Milkman's Son" · "Cloudy Skies" · "It's a Lie" · "Sandwich"
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