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{{Infobox album
| name = Hellyeah
| type = studio
| artist = [[Hellyeah]]
| cover = Hellyeahcover.jpg
| alt =
| released = April 10, 2007
| recorded = 2006 – January 2007
| venue =
| studio = Chasin Jason Studios ([[Dalworthington Gardens, Texas]])
| genre = [[Groove metal]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=DiVita |first=Joe |date=September 8, 2022 |title=Mudvayne Have Been Working on New Music - 'Everything's on the Table Right Now' |url=https://loudwire.com/mudvayne-working-on-new-music/ |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=[[Loudwire]]}}</ref>
| length = 43:47
| label = [[Epic Records|Epic]]
| producer = * [[Vinnie Paul]]
* Sterling Winfield
* Hellyeah
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = [[Stampede (Hellyeah album)|Stampede]]
| next_year = 2010
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Hellyeah
| type = studio
| single1 = [[You Wouldn't Know (Hellyeah song)|You Wouldn't Know]]
| single1date = February 27, 2007
| single2 = [[Alcohaulin' Ass]]
| single2date = October 2, 2007
| single3 = [[Thank You (Hellyeah song)|Thank You]]
| single3date = 2008
}}
}}
'''''Hellyeah''''' is the debut album by American [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Hellyeah]], featuring various members of [[Pantera]], [[Mudvayne]], [[Damageplan]], and [[Nothingface (band)|Nothingface]].
According to [[MusicMight]], the band finished album recordings in January 2007, and the single "[[You Wouldn't Know (Hellyeah song)|You Wouldn't Know]]" went to U.S. radio in late February.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.musicmight.com/artist/united+states/texas/hellyeah | title = Hellyeah (U.S.A.) | author = Gary Sharpe-Young | publisher = MusicMight.com | date = February 15, 2007 | accessdate = April 18, 2007}}</ref> This is the only album to feature original bassist [[Jerry Montano]].

"[[You Wouldn't Know (Hellyeah song)|You Wouldn't Know]]" is about the difficulty of maintaining one's integrity in the profit-obsessed music industry. "[[Thank You (Hellyeah song)|Thank You]]" is a tribute to all of the band's recently departed family members: [[Vinnie Paul]]'s brother [[Dimebag Darrell]], [[Tom Maxwell (guitarist)|Tom Maxwell]]'s mother, and [[Chad Gray]]'s grandmother.

{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[About.com]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/fr/hellyeahself.htm|title=Hellyeah - Hellyeah|publisher=[[About.com]]|access-date=July 25, 2009|archive-date=February 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211220515/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/fr/hellyeahself.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev2 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1031139|pure_url=yes}}|title=Hellyeah - Hellyeah|publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
| rev3 = [[Blabbermouth.net]]
| rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=1087 |title=CD Reviews |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930225735/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=1087 |archivedate=September 30, 2007 }}</ref>
| rev4 = [[Metal Hammer]]
| rev4score = {{Rating|7|10}}
| rev5 = [[Terrorizer Magazine]]
| rev5score = {{Rating|5|10}}
}}

The album debuted at number 9 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], selling 45,000 copies in its first week.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1052694/now-remains-no-1-as-bright-eyes-debuts-high
| title = 'NOW' Remains No. 1 As Bright Eyes Debuts High
| author = Katie Hasty
| publisher = billboard.com
| date = April 18, 2007
| accessdate = April 18, 2007
}}</ref> As of September 26, 2007, it has sold 188,670 copies in the U.S. The album has been certified gold in the United States.<ref name="RIAA"/>

== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Hellyeah
| title1 = HELLYEAH
| length1 = 3:30
| title2 = [[You Wouldn't Know (Hellyeah song)|You Wouldn't Know]]
| length2 = 4:18
| title3 = Matter of Time
| length3 = 3:46
| title4 = Waging War
| length4 = 3:05
| title5 = [[Alcohaulin' Ass]]
| length5 = 3:54
| title6 = GodDamn
| length6 = 3:20
| title7 = In the Mood
| length7 = 0:58
| title8 = Star
| length8 = 3:42
| title9 = Rotten to the Core
| length9 = 3:52
| title10 = [[Thank You (Hellyeah song)|Thank You]]
| length10 = 4:31
| title11 = Nausea
| length11 = 4:59
| title12 = One Thing
| length12 = 3:50
|total_length = 43:47
}}

{{Track listing
| headline = Best Buy bonus track
| title13 = Alcohaulin' Ass
| length13 = 3:27
| note13 = acoustic version
}}

== Certifications ==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=Hellyeah|title=Hellyeah|award=Gold|relyear=2007|certyear=2021|access-date=September 15, 2024|refname="RIAA"}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}

==Personnel==
;Hellyeah
*[[Chad Gray]] – vocals
*[[Greg Tribbett]] – guitar
*[[Tom Maxwell (guitarist)|Tom Maxwell]] – guitar
*[[Jerry Montano]] – bass
*[[Vinnie Paul]] – drums
;Production
*[[record producer|Produced]], [[audio engineering|engineered]], [[audio mixing (recorded music)|mixed]], and [[audio mastering|mastered]] by Vinnie Paul and [[Sterling Winfield]]
*Co-produced by Hellyeah
*Additional guitar tracks recorded by Drew Mazurek

==References==
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[[Category:2007 debut albums]]
[[Category:Epic Records albums]]
[[Category:Hellyeah albums]]

Hellyeah (album) - Revision history

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