No Stranger to Shame | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | August 27, 2002 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 45:31 | |||
Label | Lava | |||
Producer | ||||
Uncle Kracker chronology | ||||
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Singles from No Stranger to Shame | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Entertainment Weekly | B−[2] |
Los Angeles Times | [3] |
No Stranger to Shame is the second studio album by American recording artist Uncle Kracker. It was released on August 27, 2002 via Lava Records. The album peaked at number 43 on the Billboard 200, spawning two charted singles "In a Little While" and "Drift Away" (featuring original singer Dobie Gray), the latter reaching #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on July 29, 2003.
The music of No Stranger to Shame, like its predecessor, features an eclectic sound broadly categorized as rock by AllMusic,[1] and as southern rock by Entertainment Weekly.[2] The album also incorporates elements of hip hop[1][2] and country.[3] It is his last album to receive a parental advisory label and his last to feature rapping, on the songs "Keep It Comin'" and "No Stranger to Shame".
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Keep It Comin'" | 3:22 | |
2. | "Thunderhead Hawkins" |
| 3:48 |
3. | "In a Little While" |
| 4:09 |
4. | "I Wish I Had a Dollar" |
| 4:04 |
5. | "Drift Away" | Mentor Williams | 4:15 |
6. | "Baby Don't Cry" |
| 4:26 |
7. | "I Do" |
| 3:11 |
8. | "Memphis Soul Song" |
| 3:58 |
9. | "I Don't Know" |
| 3:57 |
10. | "To Think I Used to Love You" |
| 3:29 |
11. | "Letter to My Daughters" |
| 3:08 |
12. | "No Stranger to Shame" |
| 3:40 |
Total length: | 45:31 |
Chart (2002) | Peak position |
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Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[4] | 70 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5] | 92 |
US Billboard 200[6] | 43 |
Chart (2002) | Position |
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Canadian Alternative Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[7] | 186 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA)[8] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |