Editing No Stranger to Shame

{{Infobox album
| name         = No Stranger to Shame
| type         = [[Studio album]]
| artist       = [[Uncle Kracker]]
| cover        = No Stranger to Shame.jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = August 27, 2002
| recorded     =
| studio       = 
| genre        = {{hlist|[[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]|[[country music|country]]|[[Southern rock]]}}
| length       = 45:31
| label        = [[Lava Records|Lava]]
| producer     = {{hlist|[[Kid Rock]] <small>([[Executive producer|exec.]])</small>|[[Michael Bradford]]|[[Uncle Kracker]] <small>({{abbr|co.|co-producer}})</small>}}
| prev_title   = [[Double Wide (album)|Double Wide]]
| prev_year    = 2000
| next_title   = [[Seventy Two and Sunny]]
| next_year    = 2004
| misc         = {{Singles
 | name        =
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[In a Little While (Uncle Kracker song)|In a Little While]]
 | single1date = August 12, 2002
 | single2     = [[Drift Away#Uncle Kracker featuring Dobie Gray version|Drift Away]]
 | single2date = October 27, 2002
 | single3     = Memphis Soul Song
 | single3date = 2003
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=Allmusic>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/no-stranger-to-shame-mw0000223730|title=No Stranger to Shame - Uncle Kracker {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|last=Fuoco|first=Christina|date=|website=[[AllMusic]]|language=en-us|access-date=January 23, 2020}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev2score = B−<ref name=EW>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2002/09/27/no-stranger-shame/|title=No Stranger to Shame Review|last=Sinclair|first=Tom|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=2002-09-27|accessdate=2012-05-04}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref name=LATimes>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-oct-13-ca-racka13-story.html|title=Quick Spins (Uncle Kracker: ''No Stranger to Shame'')|last=Lecaro |first=Lina|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=2002-10-13|access-date=2012-12-23}}</ref>
}}

'''''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 [[Single (music)|single]]s "[[In a Little While (Uncle Kracker song)|In a Little While]]" and "[[Drift Away]]" (featuring original singer [[Dobie Gray]]), the latter reaching #9 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''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 music|rock]] by [[AllMusic]],<ref name=Allmusic/> and as [[southern rock]] by ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''.<ref name=EW/> The album also incorporates elements of [[hip hop music|hip hop]]<ref name=Allmusic/><ref name=EW/> and [[country music|country]].<ref name=LATimes/> 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 [[Uncle Kracker|Matthew Shafer]] and [[Michael Bradford]], except where noted.
{{Track listing
| all_writing = 
| title1 = Keep It Comin{{'-}}
| writer1 = 
| length1 = 3:22
| title2 = Thunderhead Hawkins
| writer2 = 
| length2 = 3:48
| title3 = [[In a Little While (Uncle Kracker song)|In a Little While]]
| writer3 = 
| length3 = 4:09
| title4 = I Wish I Had a Dollar
| writer4 = 
| length4 = 4:04
| title5 = [[Drift Away#Uncle Kracker featuring Dobie Gray version|Drift Away]]
| writer5 = [[Mentor Williams]]
| length5 = 4:15
| title6 = Baby Don't Cry
| writer6 = 
| length6 = 4:26
| title7 = I Do
| writer7 = 
| length7 = 3:11
| title8 = Memphis Soul Song
| writer8 = {{hlist|Shafer|Bradford|Martin "Tino" Gross}}
| length8 = 3:58
| title9 = I Don't Know
| writer9 = 
| length9 = 3:57
| title10 = To Think I Used to Love You
| writer10 = 
| length10 = 3:29
| title11 = Letter to My Daughters
| writer11 = {{hlist|Shafer|Bradford|[[David Allan Coe]]}}
| length11 = 3:08
| title12 = No Stranger to Shame
| writer12 = 
| length12 = 3:40
| total_length = 45:31
}}

==Personnel==
{{div col}}
* [[Uncle Kracker|Matthew Shafer]] – [[Lead vocalist|lead vocals]], co-[[Record producer|producer]]
* [[Jimmie "Bones" Trombly]] – [[Backing vocalist|background vocals]] <small>(tracks 2, 10)</small>, [[organ (music)|organ]] & [[piano]] <small>(tracks: 1, 8)</small>, [[Drum kit|drums]] <small>(track 9)</small>
* [[Michael Bradford]] – background vocals <small>(tracks: 4, 10)</small>, additional vocals <small>(tracks: 5, 12)</small>, [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]] <small>(tracks: 1-9, 11-12)</small>, [[guitar]] <small>(tracks: 1-11, 12)</small>, [[bass guitar]] <small>(tracks: 1-9, 12)</small>, drums <small>(tracks: 2-4, 8)</small>, [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]], producer
* [[Dobie Gray]] – [[Singing|vocals]] <small>(track 5)</small>
* [[Beth Hart]] – background vocals <small>(track 7)</small>
* [[Mark McGrath]] – additional vocals <small>(track 12)</small>
* Richard Baker – piano <small>(track 5)</small>
* [[Dean Parks]] – guitar <small>(tracks: 5, 10)</small>
* [[Philip Sayce]] – guitar <small>(track 6)</small>
* [[Wild Rose (band)|Wanda Vick]] – [[dobro]], [[fiddle]] and [[mandolin]] <small>(track 10)</small>
* [[Jimmy Johnson (bassist)|Jimmy Johnson]] – bass guitar <small>(track 10)</small>
* Larry Paxton – [[Double bass|upright bass]] <small>(track 11)</small>
* [[Russ Kunkel]] – drums <small>(tracks: 5, 10)</small>
* [[Scott Krauss]] – drums <small>(track 6)</small>
* Jeffrey Fowlkes – drums <small>(tracks: 7, 8)</small>
* [[Dan Higgins]] – [[saxophone]] <small>(track 7)</small>
* [[Bill Reichenbach Jr.]] – saxophone <small>(track 7)</small>
* [[Jerry Hey]] – [[trumpet]] <small>(track 7)</small>
* [[Kid Rock|Robert James Ritchie]] – [[executive producer]]
* Andy VanDette – [[Mastering (audio)|mastering]]
* F. Scott Shafer – photography
{{div col end}}

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2002)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Austria|70|artist=Uncle Kracker|album=Double Wide|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 23, 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|92|id=9458|artist=Uncle Kracker|album=Double Wide|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 23, 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|43|artist=Uncle Kracker|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 23, 2020}}
|}
=== Year-end charts ===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (2002)
!scope="col"|Position
|-
!scope="row"|Canadian Alternative Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040902000408/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_alt2.html|archivedate=September 2, 2004|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_alt2.html|title=Canada's Top 200 Alternative albums of 2002|website=[[Jam!]]|accessdate=March 28, 2022}}</ref>
|align=center|186
|}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=UNCLE KRACKER|title=NO STRANGER TO SHAME|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2002|certyear=2003|accessdate=January 23, 2020|refname=RIAA}}
{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Discogs master|282941|Uncle Kracker – No Stranger To Shame}}

{{Uncle Kracker}}

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[[Category:2002 albums]]
[[Category:Lava Records albums]]
[[Category:Uncle Kracker albums]]
[[Category:Southern rock albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Michael Bradford]]