The Wild Life (album)

The Wild Life is the second studio album by American rock band Slaughter. It was released in 1992 by Chrysalis Records. Album cover design by John Kosh.

The Wild Life
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 21, 1992
Recorded1991
Genre
Length63:18
LabelChrysalis
Producer
Slaughter chronology
Stick It Live
(1990)
The Wild Life
(1992)
Mass Slaughter: The Best of Slaughter
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2]

The album produced the hit singles "The Wild Life", "Days Gone By" and "Real Love". It was certified gold.

The album debuted at Number 8 on the Billboard 200 album Charts.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mark Slaughter and Dana Strum

The Wild Life track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Reach for the Sky"5:30
2."Out for Love"3:31
3."The Wild Life"3:24
4."Days Gone By"4:34
5."Dance for Me Baby"3:20
6."Times They Change"7:07
7."Move to the Music"4:37
8."Real Love"3:40
9."Shake This Place"3:36
10."Streets of Broken Hearts"4:39
11."Hold On"3:55
12."Do Ya Know"6:25
13."Old Man"5:26
14."Days Gone By" (acoustic instrumental version)3:35
2003 remaster bonus track
No.TitleLength
15."Real Love" (Demo)3:39
16."Perfect World"5:03

Personnel

Slaughter

Session members

  • A.T. Das – guitar
  • James SK Wān – bamboo flute

Production

  • Scott Cadwallader – production coordination
  • Jeff Clark – engineering
  • Gene Kirkland – photography
  • Scott Lovelis – engineering
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Jeff Moses – engineering, mixing assistant
  • John Schmit – mixing assistant

Charts

Album

Chart performance for The Wild Life
Chart (1992) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] 95
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[4] 37
UK Albums (OCC)[5] 64
US Billboard 200 8

Singles and album tracks

Chart performance for singles and album tracks from The Wild Life
Year Single Chart Position
1992 "Real Love" Hot 100 69
1992 "Real Love" Mainstream Rock Tracks 24
1992 "Out for Love" Mainstream Rock Tracks 5
1992 "Dance for Me Baby" Mainstream Rock Tracks 10
1992 "The Wild Life" Mainstream Rock Tracks 28
1993 "Days Gone By" Mainstream Rock Tracks 8
1993 "Reach for the Sky" Mainstream Rock Tracks 4

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[6] Gold 50,000^
United States (RIAA)[7] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. The Wild Life at AllMusic
  2. Rollingstone
  3. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 256.
  4. "Swisscharts.com – Slaughter – The Wild Life". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  5. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  6. "Canadian album certifications – Slaughter – Wild Life". Music Canada.
  7. "American album certifications – Slaughter – The Wild Life". Recording Industry Association of America.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.