Menace to Sobriety | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | June 13, 1995 | |||
Recorded | 1994–1995 | |||
Length | 44:14 49:49 (non-U.S.) | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
Producer | GGGarth | |||
Ugly Kid Joe chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Entertainment Weekly | B [3] |
Kerrang! | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
MusicHound Rock | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Menace to Sobriety is the second studio album by American rock band Ugly Kid Joe. [7] It was released in 1995 through Mercury Records. [5] The album title is an allusion to the movie Menace II Society. It peaked at No. 25 on the UK Albums Chart. [8] "Milkman's Son", "Tomorrow's World" and "Cloudy Skies" were released as singles. Music videos were released for "Tomorrow's World", "Milkman's Son", and "Cloudy Skies".
Trouser Press noted that singer Whitfield Crane adopted "a new and nasty W. Axl Rose vocal affliction on some songs", and wrote that the band "reintroduce themselves as a growly, serious rock lot attempting to fill the gap left by the Gunners' silence". [9] The Washington Post called the album "more varied and tuneful than its predecessor". [10]
Chart (1995) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums ( ARIA) [11] | 19 |
Austrian Albums ( Ö3 Austria) [12] | 24 |
Belgian Albums ( Ultratop Wallonia) [13] | 28 |
Dutch Albums ( Album Top 100) [14] | 86 |
Finnish Albums ( Suomen virallinen lista) [15] | 26 |
German Albums ( Offizielle Top 100) [16] | 29 |
Swiss Albums ( Schweizer Hitparade) [17] | 22 |
UK Albums ( OCC) [18] | 25 |
US Billboard 200 [19] | 178 |
Menace to Sobriety | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | June 13, 1995 | |||
Recorded | 1994–1995 | |||
Length | 44:14 49:49 (non-U.S.) | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
Producer | GGGarth | |||
Ugly Kid Joe chronology | ||||
|
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Entertainment Weekly | B [3] |
Kerrang! | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
MusicHound Rock | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Q | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Select | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Menace to Sobriety is the second studio album by American rock band Ugly Kid Joe. [7] It was released in 1995 through Mercury Records. [5] The album title is an allusion to the movie Menace II Society. It peaked at No. 25 on the UK Albums Chart. [8] "Milkman's Son", "Tomorrow's World" and "Cloudy Skies" were released as singles. Music videos were released for "Tomorrow's World", "Milkman's Son", and "Cloudy Skies".
Trouser Press noted that singer Whitfield Crane adopted "a new and nasty W. Axl Rose vocal affliction on some songs", and wrote that the band "reintroduce themselves as a growly, serious rock lot attempting to fill the gap left by the Gunners' silence". [9] The Washington Post called the album "more varied and tuneful than its predecessor". [10]
Chart (1995) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums ( ARIA) [11] | 19 |
Austrian Albums ( Ö3 Austria) [12] | 24 |
Belgian Albums ( Ultratop Wallonia) [13] | 28 |
Dutch Albums ( Album Top 100) [14] | 86 |
Finnish Albums ( Suomen virallinen lista) [15] | 26 |
German Albums ( Offizielle Top 100) [16] | 29 |
Swiss Albums ( Schweizer Hitparade) [17] | 22 |
UK Albums ( OCC) [18] | 25 |
US Billboard 200 [19] | 178 |