Happy Hour (Uncle Kracker album)

Happy Hour

Studio album by Uncle Kracker

Released

September 15, 2009

Recorded

2009

Genre

Rock, country pop, alternative rock, rap rock, pop rock

Length

45:12

Label

Top Dog/Atlantic

Producer

Rob Cavallo

Uncle Kracker chronology

Seventy Two and Sunny
(2004)

Happy Hour
(2009)

Happy Hour: The South River Road Sessions
(2010)

Singles from Happy Hour

"Smile"
Released: July 13, 2009
"Good to Be Me"
Released: July 2010

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Entertainment Weekly	C+^[2]

Happy Hour is Uncle Kracker's fourth studio album. It was released on September 15, 2009 under Atlantic Records. The album includes the single "Smile". 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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Smile"	Matthew Shafer, Blair Daly, J.T. Harding, Jeremy Bose	3:22
2.	"Another Love Song"	Shafer, Mark McGuinn, Kevin Fish, Michael Bradford	3:32
3.	"My Girlfriend"	Shafer, Daly, Harding	3:00
4.	"Livin' the Dream"	Shafer, Josh Abraham, Luke Walker, Oliver Goldstein, David Coverdale, Bernie Marsden	3:45
5.	"Corner Bar"	Shafer, Martin Gross	4:18
6.	"Me Again" (featuring Jesse Lee)	Shafer, Daly, Harding, Jesse Lee	3:36
7.	"Good to Be Me" (featuring Kid Rock)	Shafer, Brett James, Harding, Robert J. Ritchie	4:12
8.	"I Hate California"	Shafer, James	3:38
9.	"Hot Mess"	Shafer, Sam Hollander, Dave Katz	2:52
10.	"Hey Hey Hey"	Shafer, Daly, Harding	3:29
11.	"I'm Not Leaving"	Shafer, Bradford	4:30
12.	"Mainstreet"	Bob Seger	3:27

iTunes Deluxe Edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Celebrate"		3:40
14.	"Josephine"		3:29
15.	"Let Me Love You"		3:36
16.	"Smile" (Video)	Shafer, Daly, Harding, Bose	3:30

iTunes Deluxe Edition (Pre-Order Only)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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
Kid Rock- programming and vocals on "Good To Be Me"
Jesse Lee- vocals on "Me Again"
Ben Levels- Hammond organ
Doug McKean- programming
Jamie Muhoberac- keyboards
Tim Pierce- electric guitar
Rae Rae- background vocals
Rashawn Ross- trumpet
Steve Stetson- drums
Ty Stone- background vocals
Neal Tiemann- acoustic guitar
James Trombly- Hammond organ, piano
Uncle Kracker- lead vocals
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 2 http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1627629/review
↑ Wood, Mikael (2009-09-18). "Happy Hour Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2012-05-04.

Uncle Kracker

Studio albums	Double Wide (2000) No Stranger to Shame (2002) Seventy Two and Sunny (2004) Happy Hour (2009) Midnight Special (2012)

Extended plays	Happy Hour: The South River Road Sessions (2010)

Singles	"Follow Me" "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah" "In a Little While" "Drift Away" "Memphis Soul Song" "Rescue" "Writing It Down" "Smile" "Good to Be Me" (with Kid Rock) "My Hometown" "Nobody's Sad on a Saturday Night" "Blue Skies"

Guest singles	"When the Sun Goes Down" (with Kenny Chesney)

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