Product Description

Produced by multiple Grammy-Award winner Rob Cavallo, Happy Hour is a breezy blend of country-flavored pop and rock and roll that showcases not only the Detroit native's natural appeal as a likeable Everyman, but also his considerable gifts as a songwriter. Though many know him from his early years as the DJ in Kid Rock's Twisted Brown Trucker Band, Uncle Kracker has had impressive success as a songwriter, racking up co-writing credits on Kid Rock's blockbuster hits 'Bawitdaba,' 'Cowboy,' 'Forever,' 'Only God Knows Why,' and 2008's No. 1 'All Summer Long,' as well as his own Adult Top 40 No. 1 'Follow Me' (from his 2000 double-platinum debut Double Wide). On 'Smile,' the buoyant first single, Uncle Kracker's soulful drawl unspools over massively hooky choruses.

Track Listing

1. Smile
2. Another Love Song
3. My Girlfriend
4. Livin' The Dream
5. Corner Bar
6. Me Again (feat. Jesse Lee)
7. Good To Be Me
8. I Hate California
9. Hot Mess
10. Hey Hey Hey
11. I'm Not Leaving
12. Mainstreet

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #515 in Music
• Released on: 2009-09-15
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced

Customer Reviews

Great!
One of the coolest and catchiest albums I've heard in awhile. Loaded with great hooks, you'll start humming and singing along after only a few spins. Overall, most of the songs are very laid back (definitely U.K.'s style), but you can tell they've been jazzed up to be radio hits. My only gripe is on "Livin' the Dream"... a great song overall, but definitely wrecked by having Kracker's vocals overly processed for the first half of the song.

Definite highlights are: "Smile", "Another Love Song", "Me Again" (a great duet), "My Girlfriend", and "Livin' the Dream".

Definitely the best album Uncle Kracker has released to date.

Happy Hour - A Good Effort
From all the reviews this album has received by the time I write mine, none of them were really positive. And truly, none of them really made sense to me, once the focus was everything but the recording itself.

"Happy Hour" is easy listening, a combination of soft rock with elements of country music that get together pretty well. Lyrics seem to be written from a personal point of view rather than a product of fantasizing. Nothing that could be called a masterpiece, but also far away from being way too idiotic.

Pretty much the norm these days, the CD version has only 12 tracks while the digital deluxe version has 3 extra tracks that would be very welcome to the physical option, noting that with such addition, the full length of the album does not exceed the storage limit for an audio CD.

This is a recommended release for this mid-September 2009.

Why isnt this getting the radio play it deserves?
So far only 7 songs into the album, i've loved each song. It's really rare for me to ever think that about hearing tunes for the first time, but Uncle Krackers long wait has been worth it. I'm really surprised how good this album sounds. Ranging from rock, hip hop, and country, makes a decent combination that seems to be working better to me then Kid Rocks last couple of albums. I hope this album gets some radio play soon and it gets the respect it should be receiving.

Now the albums finished, ive loved every track. Been a long time since that's happened!

There doesn't seem to be a song that is as catchy as some of Uncle Krackers previous songs, but the songs here do sound great. check it out, it wont kill you.