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from

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frontman Mike Ness. Released in 1999, it bypasses much of

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muscle in favor of a more roots-oriented approach to

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. It features cameos by Bruce Springsteen,

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, and members of

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. 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

's fifth album '' White Light, White Heat, White Trash''.Social Distortion & Mike Ness Trade List
. Retrieved on July 29, 2006. Ness also originally wrote some of the songs on this album around 1997 while Social Distortion was planning their sixth album.

Track listing

* All songs by Mike Ness unless otherwise noted. # "The Devil in Miss Jones" – 3:49 # "

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" (

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) – 3:47 # "Misery Loves Company" – 3:47 # "Crime Don't Pay" – 3:31 # "Rest of Our Lives" – 3:44 # "You Win Again" ( Hank Williams) – 3:11 # "Cheating at Solitaire" – 3:53 # "No Man's Friend" – 4:57 # "Charmed Life" – 3:38 # "Dope Fiend Blues" – 5:17 # "Ballad of a Lonely Man" – 3:25 # "I'm in Love w/My Car" – 4:41 # "If You Leave Before Me" – 4:19 # "

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) – 4:04 # "Send Her Back" (Al Ferrier) – 2:57 # "Company C" – 5:03 (Bonus song on Vinyl Version)

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 – drums, snare drums * Martin Klemm – mixing assistant * Chris Lawrence – guitar, pedal steel * Veikko Lepisto – electric bass, upright bass *

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– 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 *

– guitar (on "Crime Don't Pay") * Bruce Springsteen – guitar, vocals (on "Misery Loves Company") *

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– guitar (on "Dope Fiend Blues")

Charts

* Peak position:

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#80 on May 1, 1999

References

{{Authority control Mike Ness albums 1999 debut albums Time Bomb Recordings albums