Ultra Panic
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Ultra Panic is the sixth and - as of 2010 - last studio album by Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...

 ska rock
Ska punk
Ska punk is a fusion music genre that combines ska and punk rock. It achieved its highest level of commercial success in the United States in the late 1990s. Ska-core is a subgenre of ska punk, blending ska with hardcore punk.The characteristics of ska punk vary, due to the fusion of contrasting...

 band MU330
MU330
MU330 are a ska punk band from St. Louis, Missouri.Formed by students of St. Louis University High School in 1988, MU330 played a self-described brand of music called "Psycho Ska", high energy ska punk marked by manic performances and humorous, often strange lyricism...

, released on Asian Man Records
Asian Man Records
Asian Man Records is a small, DIY record label run by Mike Park in Monte Sereno, California. Park started a record label and began releasing music in 1989 under the name Dill Records, with the Asian Man label established May 1996.-Artists:...

 in 2002.

Ultra Panic marked MU330's return to a predominantly ska
Ska
Ska |Jamaican]] ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues...

-based sound, following the heavy indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 slant of Crab Rangoon
Crab rangoon (MU330 album)
Crab Rangoon is the third studio album by American ska rock band MU330, released on Asian Man Records in 1997.Crab Rangoon marked a major turning point in MU330's sound, moving from the manic punk rock-infused third wave ska of their previous albums and into a more mellow indie rock influenced...

and their 1999 self-titled
MU330 (Self-Titled)
MU330 is the fourth studio album by American ska rock band MU330, released on Asian Man Records in 1999.-Track listing:All songs written and composed by Dan Potthast except where otherwise noted.#"Vow Vow" - 1:53#"Favorite Show" - 3:36...

 album. Critical response to the album was largely positive, with AllMusic rating it with a 4.5 out of 5 score, calling it "a must for everyone who's eagerly awaiting the fourth wave".

Track listing

All songs written by Dan Potthast except where noted otherwise.
  1. "Raw Fish" - 1:33
  2. "Tell Another One" - 2:34
  3. "Lied To" - 1:20
  4. "Oh My God" - 1:46
  5. "KKK Hiway" - 0:41
  6. "Serious" - 1:51
  7. "Hey Now" (Potthast/Diebold) - 2:50
  8. "Speedbump" - 2:59
  9. "My Gun Is Broken" (Potthast/Moll) - 3:26
  10. "Let's Go Again" - 2:15
  11. "Deeper" - 2:33
  12. "I Could Wait" - 1:59
  13. "Hi My Name Is John" - 0:45
  14. "These Rocks Have Energy" - 2:12
  15. "Please Spare the Jokes" - 0:51
  16. "Dropping the Ball" - 1:46
  17. "You Win Again" - 2:15

Personnel

  • Dan Potthast - guitar
    Guitar
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     and vocals
  • Ted Moll - drums
    Drum kit
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     and vocals
  • Chris Diebold - bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

  • Robert Bell - trombone
    Trombone
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  • Gerry Lundquist - trombone and chainsaw

Additional musicians

  • John Paul Camp III - tenor saxophone
    Tenor saxophone
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  • Chaz Linde - organ
    Electronic organ
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Production

  • Engineered by Lance Reynolds and Scott Adamson
  • Recorded at Semaphore Recording in Chicago, Illinois
  • Additional recording at DAM Recording in Chicago, and Dan & Steve's house in St. Louis, Missouri
    St. Louis, Missouri
    St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...

  • Mixed at Private Studios in Urbana, Illinois
    Urbana, Illinois
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