Menace to Sobriety is the debut album by California band OPM

OPM (band)

OPM is a Southern California based ska punk band. OPM has a distinctive sound, combining hip hop, rock music, and pop with laid-back reggae.-Band history:...

, released in September 2000. The most notable tracks are "Heaven Is a Halfpipe" (which did well in the charts in the UK and Germany, also reaching #68 in Triple J's Hottest 100 for the year 2000

Triple J Hottest 100, 2000

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 in Australia) and "Fish Out of Water" which is on many compilation albums including "Skate to Hell". The album was also released in a clean version, which removes mostly all of the profanities used on the explicit version and any drug references.

Track listing

1. "Stash Up" – 2:58
2. "Punanny (Interlude)" – 0:33
3. "Heaven Is A Halfpipe" – 4:00
4. "El Capitan" – 3:22
5. "Undercover Freak" – 3:47
6. "Brighter Side" – 3:33
7. "Better Daze" – 3:58
8. "Trucha" – 4:00
9. "Dealerman" – 3:40
10. "Reality Check" – 3:58
11. "Rage Against the Coke Machine (Interlude)" – 1:03
12. "Unda" – 2:50
13. "15 Minutes (Interlude)" – 0:45
14. "Fish Out of Water" – 3:33
15. "Sound System" (including Hidden Track "War On Drugs") – 6:02

Videos

1. "Heaven Is A Halfpipe (Video)"
2. "Stash Up (Video)"
3. "El Capitan (Soul Child Remix) (Video)"

B-Sides

1. "Space People" - 3:45 (From Heaven Is A Halfpipe)
2. "Group Therapy" - 2:20 (From Heaven Is A Halfpipe)
3. "El Capitan (Soul Child Remix)" - 3:37 (From El Capitan)
4. "Undercover Freak (007 Version)" (From El Capitan)
5. "Stash Up (Funk Food Remix)" (From Stash Up)
6. "Heaven Is A Halfpipe (Original Demo) - 4:21 (From Stash Up)

Personnel

• Yo-Yo-Yobi (David Carner) - lead vocals, rapping
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  , scratching
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• DJ Swamp
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   (Ronald Keys Jr.) - keyboards, turntables