Menace to Sobriety (OPM album)
2000 studio album by OPM
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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.[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.
ReleasedAugust 15, 2000
Recorded2000
Studio
- MNO (Los Angeles, California)
- Axis Recording (New York City, New York)
- The Mix Room (Los Angeles, California)
- Record Plant (Los Angeles, California)
- A&M (Hollywood, California)
- Soundcastle (Los Angeles, California)
Length47:53
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| Released | August 15, 2000 | |||
| Recorded | 2000 | |||
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| Length | 47:53 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
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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
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Stash Up" | 2:58 |
| 2. | "Punanny" (Interlude) | 0:33 |
| 3. | "Heaven Is a Halfpipe" | 4:18 |
| 4. | "El Capitan" | 3:21 |
| 5. | "Undercover Freak" | 3:47 |
| 6. | "Brighter Side" | 3:32 |
| 7. | "Better Daze" | 3:58 |
| 8. | "Trucha" | 4:01 |
| 9. | "Dealerman" | 3:40 |
| 10. | "Reality Check" | 3:58 |
| 11. | "Rage Against the Coke Machine" (Interlude) | 1:03 |
| 12. | "Unda" | 2:50 |
| 13. | "15 Minutes" (Interlude) | 0:45 |
| 14. | "Fish out of Water" | 3:33 |
| 15. | "Sound System" ("War on Drugs" (hidden track)) | 6:03 |
| Total length: | 47:53 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 16. | "Space People" | 3:46 |
| Total length: | 51:09 | |
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| 16. | "El Capitan" (Soulchild Remix) | 3:33 |
| Total length: | 50:56 | |
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| 16. | "Feel the Pain" | 3:16 |
| Total length: | 50:40 | |
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
Charts
| Chart (2000–01) | Peak position |
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| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[3] | 23 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[4] | 32 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC)[5] | 22 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[6] | 66 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[7] | 31 |
| UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[8] | 5 |
| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[9] | 22 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United Kingdom (BPI)[10] | Silver | 60,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||