America's Least Wanted
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| Studio album by Ugly Kid Joe | ||||
| Released | September 8, 1992 | |||
| Recorded | 1991-1992 at Devonshire Studios, North Hollywood, California | |||
| Genre | Rock, hard rock, heavy metal | |||
| Length | 59:08 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
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Ugly Kid Joe, Mark Dodson, Michael Dodson, Ryan Dorn |
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| Alternative cover | ||||
Censored edition
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| Allmusic |   |
| Entertainment Weekly | C− |
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America's Least Wanted is the full-length debut album by rock band Ugly Kid Joe, released in September 1992. The title is a parody of the famous phrase "America's Most Wanted".
The album was a commercial success, charting three singles on the Mainstream Rock Tracks ("Neighbor", "Busy Bee" and "Cat's in the Cradle"). "Everything About You" peaked at No. 3 in the UK Singles Chart and at No. 9 in the Billboard Hot 100. "Cat's in the Cradle" (a 1974 folk rock song by Harry Chapin), also reached made the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number six, earning the album two top 10 Billboard hit singles. The latter song also made it to No. 11 on the Top 40 Mainstream. As of 1995, the album has been certified double platinum.
Two of the songs had previously been included on the band's 1991 debut EP As Ugly as They Wanna Be though some small changes were made for this album: "Madman" was given a new vocal track while "Everything About You" was given a spoken intro by actress and then Saturday Night Live cast member Julia Sweeney as her questionably gendered character, Pat. It had previously been included in the SNL-based movie Wayne's World, which was released seven months before.
The difference between CD and LP versions of this album is that the song "Goddamn Devil" appears as its first track on the B-side.
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