Seventy Two and Sunny

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Seventy Two and Sunny
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Studio album by
Uncle Kracker
ReleasedJune 29, 2004
Recorded2003-2004
StudioChunky Style Music Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre
Length52:46
LabelLava
Producer
Uncle Kracker chronology
No Stranger to Shame
(2002) 		Seventy Two and Sunny
(2004) 		Happy Hour
(2009)
Singles from Seventy Two and Sunny
  1. "Rescue"
    Released: 2004
  2. "Writing It Down"
    Released: 2004
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic52/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic2/5 stars[4]
Billboard(favorable)[5]
Blender2/5 stars[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[6]
Rolling Stone2/5 stars[1]
Spin(6/10)[2]
The Village Voice(unfavorable)[7]

Seventy Two and Sunny is Uncle Kracker's third studio album, released on Lava Records on June 29, 2004. It is Uncle Kracker's first album not to receive a parental advisory sticker and to feature no rap songs. It is also his last to be released on Lava Records.

Critical reception[]

Seventy Two and Sunny was met with "mixed or average" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 52 based on 8 reviews.[3]

In a review AllMusic, John Luerssen noted the album is "largely absent of originality", while going on to say "like the bulk of Uncle Kracker's second musical helping, it's dang hard to swallow."[4] David Browne of Entertainment Weekly said: "Kracker's voice is too banal - and his material too mundane - to cut as deeply as his rural heroes."[6]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Uncle Kraker and Mike Bradford, unless noted.

Seventy Two and Sunny track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."This Time"Mike Bradford3:41
2."Rescue"Diane Warren4:04
3."Further Down the Road"Bradford4:23
4."Don't Know How (Not to Love You)"
4:10
5."What Do We Want?"Bradford3:34
6."Writing It Down"Bradford4:37
7."A Place at My Table"Bradford4:16
8."Some Things You Can't Take Back"Bradford4:11
9."Blues Man"Bradford3:19
10."Songs About Me, Songs About You"Bradford3:34
11."Please Come Home"
  • M. Miers
  • Shafer
3:59
12."You're Not Free"Bradford3:31
13."Last Night Again" (featuring Kenny Chesney) 2:57

Personnel[]

  • Uncle Kracker – lead vocals
  • Mike Bradford – banjo, bass guitar, dobro, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, pedal steel guitar, piano, keyboards, drums, background vocals
  • Laurie Melanson – dobro, acoustic guitar, harmonica, hi–string guitar
  • Frank J. Myers – acoustic guitar, background vocals
  • Dan Dugmore – pedal steel guitar
  • Brent Mason – electric guitar
  • Eric Gorfain – violin
  • John Catchings – cello
  • Larry Paxton – double bass
  • Richard Baker – piano
  • Jerome Day – drums
  • Eddie Bayers – drums
  • Russ Kunkel – drums
  • Annie Ray Bradford – introduction vocals
  • Kenny Chesney – lead vocals on "Last Night Again"
  • Bret Michaels – background vocals on "Last Night Again"
  • Phil Vassar – piano and background vocals on "Writing It Down"

Charts[]

Chart performance for Seventy Two and Sunny
Chart (2004) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[8] 39

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Rolling Stone review". Archived from the original on February 8, 2009. Retrieved 2012-05-04.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Spin review". Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c Critic reviews at Metacritic
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Luerssen, John. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  5. ^ "Billboard review". Archived from the original on August 8, 2004. Retrieved 2012-09-26.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Browne, David (July 9, 2004). "Entertainment Weekly Review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on October 9, 2021. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  7. ^ "The Village Voice review". The Village Voice. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  8. ^ "Uncle Kracker Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 10, 2021.

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