It's Five O'Clock Somewhere (album) - Composition

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It's Five O'Clock Somewhere is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Slash's Snakepit, released in February 1995. The album was a moderate commercial success, reaching number 70 on the American Billboard 200 album chart and selling over a million copies worldwide.[8] The songs "Beggars & Hangers-On" and "Good to Be Alive" were released as singles and promo videos were made for each track.

It's Five O'Clock Somewhere

Studio album by

Slash's Snakepit

Released

February 14, 1995

Recorded

1994

Studio

Conway Studios, Record Plant Studios and Rumbo Recorders

Genre

Hard rock, blues rock, southern rock, stoner rock

Length

69:40

Label

Geffen

Producer

Mike Clink, Slash

Slash's Snakepit chronology

It's Five O'Clock Somewhere
(1995)

Ain't Life Grand
(2000)

Singles from It's Five O'Clock Somewhere

"Beggars and Hangers-on"
Released: February 1995[1] (February 1995[2])
"Good to Be Alive"
Released: June 1995[3] (June 1995[4])

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Entertainment Weekly	A−[6]
Rolling Stone	[7]

The album was recorded as Guns N' Roses, Saul "Slash" Hudson's main group at the time, were struggling to come to agreement on musical style on their next album. Slash's Guns N' Roses bandmates Matt Sorum, Dizzy Reed, Gilby Clarke as well as associate Teddy Andreadis all contributed to the album. Sorum stated that it "could have been a Guns N' Roses album, but [lead singer] Axl [Rose] didn't think it was good enough".[9]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Neither Can I"	Slash, Eric Dover	6:44
2.	"Dime Store Rock"	Gilby Clarke, Dover, Slash	4:54
3.	"Beggars & Hangers-On"	Slash, Duff McKagan, Dover	6:15
4.	"Good to Be Alive"	Slash, Clarke, Dover	4:51
5.	"What Do You Want to Be"	Slash, Matt Sorum, Dover	6:17
6.	"Monkey Chow"	Clarke	4:12
7.	"Soma City Ward"	Slash, Sorum, Dover, Izzy Stradlin	3:50
8.	"Jizz da Pit" (instrumental)	Slash, Mike Inez	2:48
9.	"Lower"	Slash, Sorum, Dover	4:55
10.	"Take It Away"	Slash, Dover, Sorum	4:44
11.	"Doin' Fine"	Slash, Dover	4:17
12.	"Be the Ball"	Slash	5:16
13.	"I Hate Everybody (But You)"	Slash, Dover	4:41
14.	"Back and Forth Again"	Slash, Dover	5:56
Total length:			69:40

Personnel

Slash's Snakepit

Slash – lead and rhythm guitars, slide guitar, backing vocals, production
Eric Dover – lead vocals
Gilby Clarke – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Mike Inez – bass, backing vocals
Matt Sorum – drums, backing vocals

Additional musicians

Dizzy Reed – keyboards, backing vocals
Teddy Andreadis – harmonica
Paulinho da Costa – percussion

Production personnel

Mike Clink – production, engineering
Steve Thompson – mixing
Michael Barbiero – mixing
Jerry Finn – engineering
John Radzin – engineering
Rick Raponi – engineering
Robbes Steiglitz – engineering
Shawn Berman – engineering
Jay Ryan – additional engineering
Noel Golden – additional engineering
George Marino – mastering

Miscellaneous

The album cover artwork has been released by ConArt, a graphic company owned by Slash's brother, the art direction was done by Tony Hudson, Slash, and Kevin Reagan and the photos were done by Gene Kirkland and Robert John.
"Be the Ball" was written by Slash upon the request of Data East, a company who sells pin ball machines.
The band also worked on three more songs that have neither been released nor been played live.[10]

Charts

Chart performance for *It's Five O'Clock Somewhere*
Chart (1995)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[11]	26
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[12]	15
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[13]	50
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[14]	19
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[15]	19
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[16]	27
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[17]	11
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[18]	15
UK Albums (OCC)[19]	15

Certifications

Certifications for *It's Five O'Clock Somewhere*
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[20]	Gold	100,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

"Slash's Snakepit Discography | Music, albums and songs".
"Slash's Snakepit Discography | Music, albums and songs".
"Slash's Snakepit Discography | Music, albums and songs".
"Slash's Snakepit Discography | Music, albums and songs".
AllMusic review
"It's Five O'Clock Somewhere". EW.com.
"Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 20, 2007.
Slash; Bozza, Anthony (2007). Slash. HarperCollins. p. 381. ISBN 978-0-00-725775-1.
"Matt Sorum – 1996". 1996. Archived from the original on February 8, 2009. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
"It's Five O'Clock Somewhere on SlashParadise". slashparadise.com. November 10, 2012.
"Australiancharts.com – Slash's Snakepit – It's Five O'Clock Somewhere". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
"Austriancharts.at – Slash's Snakepit – It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
"Ultratop.be – Slash's Snakepit – It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
"Dutchcharts.nl – Slash's Snakepit – It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
"Offiziellecharts.de – Slash's Snakepit – It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
"Norwegiancharts.com – Slash's Snakepit – It's Five O'Clock Somewhere". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
"Swedishcharts.com – Slash's Snakepit – It's Five O'Clock Somewhere". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
"Swisscharts.com – Slash's Snakepit – It's Five O'Clock Somewhere". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
"Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
"Japanese album certifications – Slash's Snakepit – It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 1995年3月 on the drop-down menu

Other sources

"Slash's Snakepit - It's Five O' Clock Somewhere (CD, Album)". Discogs. Retrieved August 9, 2009.
"Slash's Snakepit: It's Five O'Clock Somewhere (1995)". Here Today... Gone To Hell!. Retrieved August 9, 2009.
"It's Five O'Clock Somewhere > Overview". allmusic. Retrieved August 9, 2009.

v t e Slash's Snakepit
Slash Gilby Clarke Eric Dover Mike Inez Matt Sorum James LoMenzo Brian Tichy Johnny Griparic Rod Jackson Matt Laug Ryan Roxie Keri Kelli
Albums	It's Five O'Clock Somewhere Ain't Life Grand
Singles	"Beggars & Hangers-On" "Been There Lately" "Mean Bone"
Related groups	Guns N' Roses Alice Cooper Alice in Chains Jellyfish Pride & Glory Slash's Blues Ball Velvet Revolver

v t e Gilby Clarke
Studio albums	Pawnshop Guitars The Hangover Rubber Swag
Live albums	99 Live
Extended plays	Blooze
Compilation albums	Gilby Clarke
Related	Guns N' Roses Slash's Snakepit Rock Star Supernova Candy

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[es] It's Five O'Clock Somewhere

It's Five O'Clock Somewhere es el álbum debut de la banda de rock Slash's Snakepit liderada por Slash. El disco salió el 4 de febrero de 1995. El álbum fue platino en el mundo entero. Slash originalmente escribió algunas de estas canciones para ser usadas en el álbum sucesor de The Spaghetti Incident? de Guns N' Roses.

[ru] It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere (альбом)

It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere — дебютный альбом рок-группы Slash's Snakepit, выпущенный в феврале 1995 года. Лонгплей имел внушительный коммерческий успех, достигнув 70-й строчки в хит-параде Billboard 200 и завоевав «платиновую» сертификацию от RIAA[1].

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