Menace to Sobriety

• Artist: Ugly Kid Joe
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• Release Date: 1995
• Total Time: 44:24
• Genre: Rock

Review

On their second full-length album, California's rattiest pop-metal scuzzbags let their dim light shine. When they made it big with "Everything About You," everything about Ugly Kid Joe screamed "one-hit wonder," but on Menace to Sobriety the bandmembers prove they're not going to let their 15 minutes go quietly. Forget the pop, Menace is UKJ's metal offering. Out come the Sabbath references, the monster grooves, and the snarly vocals: This is as ugly as they got. The band's schoolyard sense of humor is still intact, and here the Joe backs it up with the ability to bring the noise, big time. Add grunge maven GGGarth's spanking tight production, and Menace is by far the UKJ album with the most bang for your buck. Highlights include the funk-addled punch of "C.U.S.T.," the coiled surge of "Jesus Rode a Harley," and Whitfield Crane's venomous vocal turn on "God." Ironically though, Menace to Sobriety turned out to be Ugly Kid Joe's poorest seller, and the band was dropped by its label, Mercury, soon after. America's Least Wanted, indeed. ~ Leslie Mathew, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Intro		Ugly Kid Joe	(1:49)
God	Ugly Kid Joe	Ugly Kid Joe	(2:54)
Tomorrow's World	Whitfield Crane, Cordell Crockett, Klaus Eichstadt, Dave Fortman, Shannon Larkin	Ugly Kid Joe	(4:18)
Clover		Ugly Kid Joe	(3:34)
C.U.S.T.	Whitfield Crane, Cordell Crockett, Klaus Eichstadt, Dave Fortman, Shannon Larkin	Ugly Kid Joe	(2:59)
Milkman's Son	Whitfield Crane, Cordell Crockett, Klaus Eichstadt, Dave Fortman, Shannon Larkin	Ugly Kid Joe	(3:51)
Suckerpath		Ugly Kid Joe	(4:53)
Cloudy Skies	Ugly Kid Joe	Ugly Kid Joe	(4:28)
Jesus Rode a Harley		Ugly Kid Joe	(3:15)
In/In		Ugly Kid Joe	(3:37)
V.I.P.		Ugly Kid Joe	(3:46)
Oompa	Ugly Kid Joe	Ugly Kid Joe	(2:04)
Candle Song	Ugly Kid Joe	Ugly Kid Joe	(2:56)

Credits

Dave Fortman (?), Patricia Sullivan (Digital Editing), Eric Caudieux (Programming), Jeff Tisman (Photography), Mark Leialoha (Photography), Alan Yoshida (Mastering), Tom Fletcher (Engineer), Krish Sharma (Second Engineer), Bill Kennedy (Mixing), Tom Fletcher (Vocals (Background)), Efren Herrera (Second Engineer), Klaus Eichstadt (?), Ugly Kid Joe (?), Krish Sharma (Mixing), Shannon Larkin (?), Brad Divens (Vocals (Background)), Jennifer Barry (Vocals (Background)), Whitfield Crane (?), GGGarth (Producer), GGGarth (Mixing), Cordell Crockett (?)

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