Ain't Life Grand (Slash's Snakepit album)
2000 studio album by Slash's Snakepit
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Ain't Life Grand is the second and final studio album by American hard rock band Slash's Snakepit, released on October 10, 2000. The songs "Been There Lately" and "Mean Bone" were released as singles, and along with "Shine", had promo videos created for them.
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| Released | October 10, 2000 | |||
| Recorded | 1999 | |||
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| Genre | Hard rock, blues rock | |||
| Length | 58:38 | |||
| Label | Koch International | |||
| Producer | Jack Douglas | |||
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| Singles from Ain't Life Grand | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Rolling Stone |  [3] |
Track listing
All songs written by Slash's Snakepit; additional writers noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Been There Lately" | 4:28 |
| 2. | "Just Like Anything" | 4:23 |
| 3. | "Shine" | 5:21 |
| 4. | "Mean Bone" | 4:40 |
| 5. | "Back to the Moment" | 5:33 |
| 6. | "Life's Sweet Drug" | 3:53 |
| 7. | "Serial Killer" | 6:19 |
| 8. | "The Truth" | 5:17 |
| 9. | "Landslide" | 5:30 |
| 10. | "Ain't Life Grand" | 4:54 |
| 11. | "Speed Parade" | 3:52 |
| 12. | "The Alien" | 4:27 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 13. | "Rusted Heroes" | 4:51 |
| 14. | "Something About Your Love" | 2:53 |
Notes
- Tracks 1, 3, 6, 10, 11, 13, and 14 written by Slash, Johnny Griparic, Rod Jackson, Matt Laug, and Ryan Roxie.
- Tracks 2, 4, 7–9, and 12 written by Slash, Griparic, Jackson, Laug, Roxie, and Jack Douglas.
- Track 5 written by Slash, Griparic, Jackson, Laug, Roxie, and Jeff Paris.
Personnel
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Slash's Snakepit
Additional musicians
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Production
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Miscellaneous
- The album cover artwork has been released by ConArt, a graphic company owned by Slash's brother.
- The cassette promo version KOC-PRO-1062 entitled Snippet's From: Slash's Snakepit Ain't Life Grand contains 3 unreleased tracks that contain a "personal message from Slash".
- There is an early version of Ain't Life Grand released in very limited quantity by Interscope before Slash left the company in 2000 that was meant for the company's staff only. Two unreleased songs are on it: "Bleed" and "What Kind Of Life". Also included is the rare song "Something About Your Love".[4][5] This versions tracklist is as follows:
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Been There Lately" | |
| 2. | "Anything (Just Like Anything)" | |
| 3. | "Shine" | |
| 4. | "One Mean Bone (Mean Bone)" | |
| 5. | "Break You (Back to the Moment)" | |
| 6. | "The Truth" | |
| 7. | "Landslide" | |
| 8. | "Ain't Life Grand" | |
| 9. | "Speed Parade" | |
| 10. | "Serial Killer" | |
| 11. | "Something About Your Love" | |
| 12. | "The Alien" | |
| 13. | "Bleed" | |
| 14. | "What Kind of Life?" |
Charts
| Chart (2000) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)[6] | 56 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7] | 58 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[8] | 96 |