Tracklist
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Discs1
GenreAlternative, Rap, Rock
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Released2000-08-22
Record labelColumbia Records
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Last updatedMay 30th, 2020
AboutPlaymate of the Year is the third studio album released by American punk rock band Zebrahead, it is also their final album released via Columbia Records.
The woman modelling on the album cover is American model and actress Jodi Ann Paterson who was a Playboy Playmate in 1999 and named Playmate of the Year in 2000, of which the album refers to. The album cover and its CD case content also closely resembles the album cover and CD case content of the band's follow-up release Stupid Fat Americans.
Japanese bonus tracks
All I Need
Deck the Halls (I Hate Christmas)
European bonus track
Get Back
Track 4 (Hidden demo track "Place in France" plays at 3:29)
Track 9 (Hidden demo track "Wookie" plays at 3:34)
Track 12 (Tavis Werts of Reel Big Fish performing on didgeridoo plays at 3:35 and prank call plays at 8:41)
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 Justin Mauriello wakes up again, realising 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.
The woman modelling on the album cover is American model and actress Jodi Ann Paterson who was a Playboy Playmate in 1999 and named Playmate of the Year in 2000, of which the album refers to. The album cover and its CD case content also closely resembles the album cover and CD case content of the band's follow-up release Stupid Fat Americans.
Japanese bonus tracks
All I Need
Deck the Halls (I Hate Christmas)
European bonus track
Get Back
Track 4 (Hidden demo track "Place in France" plays at 3:29)
Track 9 (Hidden demo track "Wookie" plays at 3:34)
Track 12 (Tavis Werts of Reel Big Fish performing on didgeridoo plays at 3:35 and prank call plays at 8:41)
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 Justin Mauriello wakes up again, realising 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.