Editing Cheating at Solitaire

{{Infobox album|
| name         = Cheating at Solitaire
| type         = [[Album]]
| artist       = [[Mike Ness]]
| cover        = CheatingAtSolitaire.jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = April 13, 1999
| recorded     = 1998
| venue        = 
| studio       = 
| genre        = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[rock and roll]], [[Folk music|folk]], [[Country music|country]], [[roots rock]], [[Americana (music)|Americana]], [[Cowpunk]]
| length       = 
| label        = [[Time Bomb Recordings|Time Bomb]]
| producer     = [[Mike Ness]], James Saez
| prev_title   = 
| prev_year    = 
| next_title   = [[Under the Influences]]
| next_year    = 1999
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r401773|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]</ref>
|rev2= [[Robert Christgau]]
|rev2score={{rating-Christgau|neither}}<ref>[http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=mike+ness Mike Ness Reviews]</ref>
}}
'''''Cheating at Solitaire''''' is the first solo [[album]] from [[Social Distortion]] frontman [[Mike Ness]]. Released in 1999, it bypasses much of [[Social Distortion]]'s [[Punk rock|punk]] muscle in favor of a more roots-oriented approach to [[rock and roll]]. It features cameos by [[Bruce Springsteen]], [[Brian Setzer]], and members of [[Royal Crown Revue]]. [[Johnny Cash]] was invited to perform on the song "Ballad of a Lonely Man", but was too ill to record at the time.

"Dope Fiend Blues" and "I'm In Love w/My Car" were originally written/recorded in 1994 as a demo of [[Social Distortion]]'s fifth album ''[[White Light, White Heat, White Trash]]''.<ref>[http://course1.winona.edu/mhauge/personal/sxdx/sets_art/demos/#losttracks2 Social Distortion & Mike Ness Trade List] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110065515/http://course1.winona.edu/mhauge/personal/sxdx/sets_art/demos/#losttracks2#losttracks2 |date=2017-01-10 }}. Retrieved on July 29, 2006.</ref> Ness also originally wrote some of the songs on this album around 1997 while Social Distortion was planning their sixth album.

== Track listing ==
{{Tracklisting
| all_writing = Mike Ness, except where noted
| title1 = The Devil in Miss Jones
| length1 = 3:49
| title2 = [[Don't Think Twice, It's All Right|Don't Think Twice]]
| length2 = 3:47
| writer2 = [[Bob Dylan]]
| title3 = Misery Loves Company
| length3 = 3:47
| title4 = Crime Don't Pay
| length4 = 3:31
| title5 = Rest of Our Lives
| length5 = 3:44
| title6 = You Win Again
| writer6 = [[Hank Williams]]
| title7 = Cheating at Solitaire
| length7 = 3:53
| title8 = No Man's Friend
| length8 = 4:57
| title9 = Charmed Life
| length9 = 3:38
| title10 = Dope Fiend Blues
| length10 = 5:17
| title11 = Ballad of a Lonely Man
| length11 = 3:25
| title12 = I'm in Love with My Car
| length12 = 4:41
| title13 = If You Leave Before Me
| length13 = 4:19
| title14 = [[Long Black Veil]]
| length14 = 4:04
| writer14 = [[Danny Dill]], [[Marijohn Wilkin]]
| title15 = Send Her Back
| length15 = 2:57
| writer15 = Al Ferrier
| total_length = 59:00
}}

=== Vinyl Version ===
{{Track listing
| title16 = Company C
| length16 = 5:03
| total_length = 1:04:03
}}

== Personnel ==
* Bob Breen – assistant engineer
* Jolie Clemens – artwork
* Tom Corbett – mandolin
* Mando Dorame – tenor saxophone
* Paul Ericksen – assistant engineer
* [[Josh Freese]] – drums, snare drums
* [[Daniel Glass (drummer)|Daniel Glass]] – drums, snare drums
* Martin Klemm – mixing assistant
* Chris Lawrence – guitar, pedal steel
* Veikko Lepisto – electric bass, upright bass
* [[Jamie Muhoberac]] – keyboards, Hammond organ
* Mike Ness – acoustic guitar, guitar, vocals, producer, artwork, mixing
* James Saez – acoustic guitar, guitar, percussion, keyboards, producer, engineer, slide guitar, mixing
* F. Scott Schafer – photography
* Eddy Schreyer – mastering
* [[Brian Setzer]] – guitar (on "Crime Don't Pay")
* [[Bruce Springsteen]] – guitar, vocals (on "Misery Loves Company")
* [[Billy Zoom]] – guitar (on "Dope Fiend Blues")

==Charts==
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! scope="col"| Chart (1999)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|80|artist=Mike Ness|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 12, 2025}}
|}

== References ==
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[[Category:Mike Ness albums]]
[[Category:1999 debut albums]]
[[Category:Time Bomb Recordings albums]]