Happy Hour (Uncle Kracker album)

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
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[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]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Smile"	Matthew Shafer, Blair Daly, J.T. Harding, Jeremy Bose	3:21
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
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 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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