# Menace to Sobriety (OPM album)

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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. 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".

## Track listing
### B-sides

* "Space People" - 3:45 (from Heaven Is a Halfpipe CD single)
* "Group Therapy" - 2:20 (from Heaven Is a Halfpipe CD single)
* "El Capitan (SoulChild Remix)" - 3:37 (from El Capitan CD single)
* "Undercover Freak (007 Version)" (from El Capitan CD single)
* "Stash Up (Funk Food Remix)" (from Stash Up Maxi single)
* "Heaven Is A Halfpipe (Original Demo)" - 4:21 (from Stash Up Maxi single)

## Personnel

* OPM – producers (tracks: 1, 4, 6–8, 10, 12, 14), co-producers (track 9), art direction & design
* Matthew Meschery – vocals (tracks: 1, 3-10, 12, 14), keyboards (tracks: 7, 8, 10), programming (tracks: 1, 8)
* John Edney – vocals (tracks: 1, 3-10, 12, 14), cover, illustration
* Geoff "Casper" Turney – guitar (tracks: 1, 3-10, 12, 14)
* Ronald Keys Jr. – scratches (tracks: 4, 8, 14)

### Additional musicians

* James Kevin Dotson – vocals (tracks: 5–7, 12), bass (tracks: 1, 4, 6, 7, 12, 14), guitar (tracks: 1, 3, 5–7, 9, 12, 14), keyboards (track 14)
* Angelo Moore – vocals (tracks: 7, 12), saxophone (track 12)
* Asdru Sierra – vocals & horns (track 8)
* Ulises Bella – vocals & horns (track 8)
* Miguel Ángel Huidobro Preciado – vocals (track 8)
* Brady Willmon – vocals (track 10), beatboxing (track 14)
* Garry Hughes – keyboards & drum programming (tracks: 3, 5, 9), producer (track 15), co-producer (tracks: 3. 5. 9)
* Nat Gleason – piano (track 3), keyboards (tracks: 4, 12)
* Eric Avery – guitar (track 1)
* Josh Deutsch – guitar (tracks: 3, 5), bass (track 3), drum programming (tracks: 3, 5, 9), producer (tracks: 3, 5, 9, 15)
* Rusty Anderson – guitar (track 3)
* David Rainger – guitar & bass (track 5)
* David Mansfield – pedal steel guitar (track 9)
* Sean E Demott – guitar (track 10), bass (tracks: 8, 10)
* Melvin Gibbs – bass (tracks: 3, 9)
* Leslie Van Trease – drums (tracks: 6, 7, 9, 12, 14)
* Michael Patterson – drum programming (tracks: 3, 5), programming (tracks: 1, 4, 6, 10, 12), producer (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6–8, 10-14), co-producer (track 5), engineering (tracks: 3, 5, 8, 9), mixing (tracks: 3, 4, 8, 9, 12), recording (tracks: 1, 4, 6–8, 12, 14)
* Alan Friedman – drum programming (track 3)
* Ryan Boesch – programming (tracks: 8, 10)
* Mike Pandos – percussion (track 7)
* Jiro Yamaguchi – percussion (track 8)
* Daniel Deutsch – harmonica (track 5)
* Dylan Ramos – beatboxing (track 14)
* Paige Taite – beatboxing (track 14)
* Malcolm Michiles – scratches (tracks: 3, 5, 15)
* Craig Kallman – producer (tracks: 3, 5, 9)
* Samuel Vaughan Merrick IV – engineering (tracks: 3, 5, 9)
* Jeff Moleski – engineering (track 5), additional recording (tracks: 7, 12)
* David Kahne – mixing (track 5)
* Stephen Marcussen – mastering
* Stewart Whitmore – digital editor
* Thomas Bricker – art direction & design
* Kristin J. Klosterman – photography
* Sean Murphy – photography
* Cindy Hartman – A&R coordinator
* Kevin Williams – A&R

## Chart history

| Chart (2000–01) | Peak position |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) | 23 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) | 32 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC) | 22 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) | 66 |
| UK Albums (OCC) | 31 |
| UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) | 5 |
| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) | 22 |