The Wild Life (album)

The Wild Life
Studio album by
Slaughter
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 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 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

Chart (1992) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] 95
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[4] 13
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)[5] 40
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[6] 49
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[7] 37
UK Albums (OCC)[8] 64
US Billboard 200[9] 8

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[10] Gold 50,000^
United States (RIAA)[11] 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. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 2136". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
  5. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  6. ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  7. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Slaughter – The Wild Life". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  8. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  9. ^ "Slaughter Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  10. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Slaughter – Wild Life". Music Canada.
  11. ^ "American album certifications – Slaughter – The Wild Life". Recording Industry Association of America.