The Wild Life

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The Wild Life
Studio album by Slaughter

Publication
(s)

April 21, 1992

admission

1992

Label (s) Chrysalis Records

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

Hard rock

Title (number)

14th

running time

63:07

occupation

production

Mark Slaughter, Dana Strum

Studio (s)

Red Zone Studios, Pasha Music House

chronology
Stick It to Ya
1990 		The Wild Life Fear no Evil
1995

The Wild Life is the second studio album by the American hard rock band Slaughter , released in 1992 . It rose to number 8 on the US album charts .

background

The band had released their debut album in 1990 and had great success with it: Stick It to Ya reached number 18 on the Billboard 200 and was awarded double platinum. The singles Up All Night and Fly to the Angels made it into the top 40 of the US charts and Slaughter made it to number 1 on the MTV charts with eight videos . In 1991 the band recorded the song Shout It Out , which was used on the soundtrack to the movie Bill & Ted's Crazy Journey into the Future , but did not appear on The Wild Life .

The Wildlife was created by Dana Strum and Mark Slaughter produced and appeared on 21 April 1992. In the course of 1992 and 1993 five total singles extracted from the Album: Real Love, Out for Love, Dance for me baby, (all in 1992 ), Days Gone By and Reach for the Sky (both 1993), but only Real Love was able to record a chart success at all.

Track list

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
The Wild Life
  CH 37 05/17/1992 (3 weeks)
  UK 64 05/23/1992 (1 week)
  US 8th 05/09/1992 (23 weeks)
Singles
Real love
  US 69 08/22/1992 (8 weeks)
  1. "Reach for the Sky" (Slaughter, Strum) - 5:30
  2. "Out for Love" (Slaughter, Strum) - 3:31
  3. "The Wild Life" (Slaughter, Strum) - 3:24
  4. "Days Gone By" (Slaughter, Strum) - 4:34
  5. "Dance for Me Baby" (Slaughter, Strum) - 3:20
  6. "Times They Change" (Slaughter, Strum) - 7:07
  7. "Move to the Music" (Slaughter, Strum) - 4:37
  8. "Real Love" (Slaughter, Strum) - 3:40
  9. "Shake This Place" (Slaughter, Strum) - 3:36
  10. "Streets of Broken Hearts" (Slaughter, Strum) - 4:39
  11. "Hold On" (Slaughter, Strum) - 3:55
  12. "Do Ya Know" (Slaughter, Strum) - 6:25
  13. "Old Man" (Slaughter, Strum) - 5:26
  14. "Days Gone By" (acoustic instrumental version) (Slaughter, Strum) - 3:25

reception

Frank Albrecht wrote for Rock Hard that Slaughters "terrible contribution to the soundtrack" for "Bill And Ted's Bogus Journey" would have "foreshadowed something bad", but "the opener 'Reach For The Sky'" sweeps "all fears off the table". The band is “not effeminate”, the guitars are “fat, hard and loud, tralala choruses” are extremely rare. Instead, "earthy, riff-emphasized heavy rock with a certain portion of party feeling" dominates. He also gives "of course two wonderful ballads" that are "ideally suited for cozy hours for two". The “only problem with this disc” is “the excessively long playing time of 63 minutes”, which is responsible for one or the other “gap filler”. Otherwise tracks like 'Out For Love', the "atmospheric" 'Real Love', the "sing along" 'Do Ya Know' or "the all-important title track could absolutely convince". Albrecht complains about the lack of so-called “superhammers such as 'Up All Night' or 'Fly To The Angels,'” but notes that “The Wild Life” has “become a compact, honest album that really deserves its eight points " have.

The Wild Life was more commercially successful than the group's debut album: it debuted at number 8 on the Billboard 200 and stayed on the hit list for 23 weeks, reaching number 37 in Switzerland and number 64 in the UK . The single Real Love made it to number 69 on the US singles chart.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Sources chart placements: DE / CH / US
  2. ↑ Slaughter in the Official UK Charts (English)
  3. ↑ Review in Rock Hard, No. 62 (1992)