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<i>Menace to Sobriety</i> (OPM album)

Menace to Sobriety (OPM album)

2000 studio album by OPM

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.[2] There is also a clean version of the album, which removes most of the profanities used on the explicit version and any drug references.

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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

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B-sides

  1. "Space People" - 3:45 (from Heaven Is a Halfpipe CD single)
  2. "Group Therapy" - 2:20 (from Heaven Is a Halfpipe CD single)
  3. "El Capitan (SoulChild Remix)" - 3:37 (from El Capitan CD single)
  4. "Undercover Freak (007 Version)" (from El Capitan CD single)
  5. "Stash Up (Funk Food Remix)" (from Stash Up Maxi single)
  6. "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

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References

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    Gallucci, Michael. "Menace to Sobriety - OPM | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
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    "OPM The Borderline London". Borderline London. Archived from the original on 2015-10-23. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
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    "Austriancharts.at – OPM – Menace To Sobriety" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
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    "Offiziellecharts.de – OPM – Menace To Sobriety" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
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    "Swisscharts.com – OPM – Menace To Sobriety". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
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    "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
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    "OPM Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
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