Kerosene Hat
Encyclopedia
Kerosene Hat is Cracker
's second album
, released on August 24, 1993. It reached #1 on Billboard
s Top Heatseekers
chart, and #59 on the Billboard 200
album chart. The well-known hit single from this album, "Low", helped Cracker gain widespread notice.
Non-consecutive Track:
Hidden Tracks:
Note:
Cracker (band)
Cracker is an American alternative rock band featuring founders/songwriters singer David Lowery and guitarist Johnny Hickman. They are best known for their platinum-selling 1993 album, Kerosene Hat, featuring the hit songs "Low", "Euro-Trash Girl", and "Get Off This".Founders Lowery and Hickman...
's second album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
, released on August 24, 1993. It reached #1 on Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
s Top Heatseekers
Top Heatseekers
Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...
chart, and #59 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
album chart. The well-known hit single from this album, "Low", helped Cracker gain widespread notice.
Track listing
- "Low" (Lowery,Hickman) - 4:36
- "Movie Star" (Lowery)- 3:33
- "Get Off This" (Lowery/Hickman/Faragher) - 4:26
- "Kerosene Hat" (Lowery) 5:36
- "Take Me Down To The Infirmary" Lowery/Hickman) 4:05
- "Nostalgia" (Lowery/Hickman/Faragher) - 3:34
- "Sweet Potato" (Lowery/Hickman/Faragher) - 3:16
- "Sick Of Goodbyes" (Lowery/Linkous) - 3:10
- "I Want Everything" (Lowery)- 5:53
- "Lonesome Johnny Blues" (Hickman) - 2:48
- "Let's Go For A Ride" (Lowery/Hickman/Faragher) - 3:08
- "Loser" (Hunter/Garcia) - 6:11
Non-consecutive Track:
- 15. "Hi-Desert Biker Meth Lab" - 0:41
Hidden Tracks:
- 69. "Euro-Trash GirlEuro-Trash GirlEuro-Trash Girl is a single by Cracker, released in 1994. The song was originally released on the EP Tucson, and then as an unlisted track on the album Kerosene Hat...
" (Lowery/Hickman/Faragher/Peters)- 8:04 - 88. "I Ride My Bike" (Lowery/Hickman) 6:34
- 99. "Kerosene Hat" (Lowery) (Out Take) - 1:23
Note:
- Tracks 13 and 14, 16 to 68, 70 to 87 and 89 to 98 are hidden/blank tracks of 4, 5 or 6 seconds of silence. Tracks 69 and 88 were previously included on the "Tucson" EP.
- The album was recorded at a soundstage built in an old barn in Pioneertown, CaliforniaPioneertown, CaliforniaPioneertown, California is an unincorporated village in the Morongo Basin region of Southern California's Inland Empire Metropolitan Area. It is located approximately 56 miles east of San Bernardino.-History:...
. - The last words on the album are "Leather Tush" uttered by Bugs Salcido.
Personnel
- David LoweryDavid LoweryDavid Lowery is an American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter; he is the founder of alternative rock band, Camper Van Beethoven, and co-founder of the more traditional rock band, Cracker...
– vocals, guitar - Johnny HickmanJohnny HickmanJohnny Hickman is an American musician best known as the lead guitarist in the rock band Cracker.Hickman is a native of Redlands in San Bernardino County in California's Inland Empire. Prior to his tenure in Cracker, Hickman had stints in various California bands including The Unforgiven and The...
– lead guitar, vocals - Davey FaragherDavey FaragherDavey Faragher is an American bass guitarist from Redlands, California. Faragher's career took off and received critical notice as a founding member of the nineties band, Cracker, and his following work with The Imposters, the backing band for Elvis Costello since 2001.Faragher is an accomplished...
– bass, vocals - Michael UrbanoMichael UrbanoMichael Urbano is a studio drummer, band member, programmer, and record producer.One of his first gigs was as a member of Bourgeois Tagg, a 1980s band that was fronted by Brent Bourgeois and Larry Tagg and included Lyle Workman as the guitarist...
– drums