Happy Hour is the fourth studio album by American musician Uncle Kracker. It was released on September 15, 2009 via Top Dog/Atlantic Records. Production was handled by Rob Cavallo, except for "Good to Be Me", which was produced by Kid Rock, and "Hot Mess", which was produced by S*A*M and Sluggo.

The album peaked at number 38 on the Billboard 200 and number 13 on the Top Rock Albums in the United States. Its lead single, "Smile" made it to number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Critical reception

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". Mikael Wood of Entertainment Weekly wrote: "Uncle Kracker's always believed in the power of positive thinking (or at least in the power of a case of Coors Light), so there's little here that hints at his recent troubles. Instead, you get smarmy frat-country jams about taking a seat at the corner bar and discovering that your girlfriend has a girlfriend now. On "Livin’ the Dream", he even comforts himself by quoting Whitesnake".

Track listing

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

Matthew "Uncle Kracker" Shafer – main artist, vocals
Jessica Lee "Jesse Lee" Levin – featured artist, vocals (track 6)
Alfie Silas Durio – backing vocals
Carmen Carter – backing vocals
Clydene Jackson – backing vocals
Rae Rae Jensen – backing vocals
Ty Stone – backing vocals
Herschel Boone – backing vocals (track 7)
Dave Katz – backing vocals & programming (track 9)
Sam Hollander – backing vocals & programming (track 9)
Neal Tiemann – guitar
Tim Pierce – guitar
Marlon Young – acoustic guitar & bass (track 7)
Sean Gould – guitar & engineering (track 9)
Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards
James "Jimmie Bones" Trombly – B3 electric piano (track 7)
Ben Levels – organ (track 9)
Alex Al – bass
Chris Chaney – bass
Michael Bradford – bass
Paul Bushnell – bass
Sean Hurley – bass
Rashawn Ross – trumpet
Dorian Crozier – percussion & programming
Steve Stetson – drums (track 7)
Dan Chase – programming
Doug McKean – programming, engineering
Mike Fasano – drum technician
David Campbell – strings arranger (track 1)
Rob Cavallo – producer
Robert "Kid Rock" Ritchie – producer & programming (track 7)
Jaime Neely – assistant producer
Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
Al Sutton – engineering & mixing (track 7)
Lars Fox – Pro-Tools engineering
Aaron Walk – engineering assistant
Russ Waugh – engineering assistant
Steve Rea – engineering assistant
Andrew Schubert – additional mixing
Brad Townsend – additional mixing
Keith Armstrong – mixing assistant
Nik Karpen – mixing assistant
Ted Jensen – mastering
Alex Kirzhner – art direction, design
Chris Woehrle – design
Kristie Borgmann – design
Chapman Baehler – photography
Craig Rosen – A&R
Lesley Melincoff – A&R
Pete Ganbarg – A&R
Cheryl Jenets – product management
Lee Trink – management
Vera Salamone – management
Chris Stang – marketing
Thomas Valentino – legal
Kyle Wilensky – booking
Mitch Rose – booking
Rick Roskin – booking

Charts

References

External links
 

2009 albums
Uncle Kracker albums
Atlantic Records albums
Albums produced by Kid Rock
Albums produced by Rob Cavallo
Albums recorded at Capitol Studios
Country albums by American artists