''Playmate of the Year'' is the third studio album released by

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punk rock band Zebrahead, it is also their final album released via

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. The woman modelling on the album cover is American model and actress

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who was a ''

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in 1999 and named ''Playmate of the Year'' in 2000, of which the album refers to.

Singles

*"Deck the Halls (I Hate Christmas)" - released as a festive single during the Christmas season of 1999 and received airplay from many radio stations in the U.S and Japan. *"Playmate of the Year" - the title track of the album was released as the lead single in the summer of 2000 and received radio airplay worldwide, a music video accompanied its release in censored and uncensored versions. The video is also available as one of the extras on the ''Playboy 2001 Video Playmate Calendar''. In the beginning of the video the band wakes up in their apartment from the doorbell of a crowd of women with which the musicians later have fun. At the end of the video

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wakes up again, realizing that it was just a dream, then he opens the door to the postman, that gives him the new issue of journal "Playboy". *"Now or Never" - released exclusively as a radio-only single in Japan in 2001.

Track listing

Notes *The actual song from the track "In My Room" is 3:32 long, before being followed by about a minute of

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band member Tavis Werts playing the

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, followed by about five minutes of silence. At 8:41, a prank call to

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is played, the call is made by band member

impersonating his mother, demanding to know when the band is going to "start seeing some money" from their record label.

Personnel

Zebrahead *

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– lead vocals,

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*Greg Bergdorf –

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*Ben Osmundson –

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*Ed Udhus –

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Backing staff *

Howard Benson Howard Benson is an American music producer and multi-instrumentalist. He was nominated for the Producer of the Year Grammy Award in 2007 and 2008. Early life and education Benson was born and raised in a middle-class family in greater Philadel ...

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– mixing * Bobby Brooks –

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*Ernie Vigil; Mat Silva – assistant engineers *

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Chart positions

References

{{Authority control Zebrahead albums 2000 albums Columbia Records albums Albums produced by Howard Benson