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| Released | May 25, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | Orphan Studios and Southern Living At Its Finest, Atlanta, GA NG Studios, New York City, NY New Reflections, Nashville, TN Chicky World, Austin, TX | |||
| Genre | Folk rock, Americana | |||
| Label | SMG, Artemis | |||
| Producer | Shawn Mullins | |||
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Useful Music is a studio album initially released in May 1999 under the SMG Records label by Josh Joplin Band, and again in January 2001 through Artemis Records after the band had renamed itself Josh Joplin Group following a change in its line-up. While the album did not enjoy widespread commercial success, it peaked at #22 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart and spawned a moderate hit with its first single, "Camera One", which quickly reached #1 on the Triple A airplay chart, the highest position ever achieved by an independent release at that point (February 2001). Featuring a more rock-edged, radio-friendly sound than most of the other material on Useful Music, the song was also featured in an episode of the comedy series Scrubs (season 1, episode 7, "My Super Ego").