No Stranger to Shame
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", 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.
Music
The music of No Stranger to Shame, like its predecessor, features an eclectic sound broadly categorized as rock by AllMusic, and as southern rock by Entertainment Weekly. The album also incorporates elements of hip hop and country. 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".Track listing
All tracks written by Matthew Shafer and Michael Bradford, except where noted.Personnel
- Matthew Shafer – lead vocals, co-producer
- Jimmie "Bones" Trombly – background vocals, organ & piano, drums
- Michael Bradford – background vocals, additional vocals, keyboards, guitar, bass guitar, drums, mixing, producer
- Dobie Gray – vocals
- Beth Hart – background vocals
- Mark McGrath – additional vocals
- Richard Baker – piano
- Dean Parks – guitar
- Philip Sayce – guitar
- Wanda Vick – dobro, fiddle and mandolin
- Jimmy Johnson – bass guitar
- Larry Paxton – upright bass
- Russ Kunkel – drums
- Scott Krauss – drums
- Jeffrey Fowlkes – drums
- Dan Higgins – saxophone
- Bill Reichenbach Jr. – saxophone
- Jerry Hey – trumpet
- Robert James Ritchie – executive producer
- Andy VanDette – mastering
- F. Scott Shafer – photography