It's Five O'Clock Somewhere (album)

This article is about the Slash's Snakepit album. For the Alan Jackson song, see It's Five O'Clock Somewhere (song).

It's Five O'Clock Somewhere
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Studio album by Slash's Snakepit
Released	February 14, 1995
Recorded	1994 (1994) at Conway Studios, Record Plant Studios and Rumbo Recorders
Genre	Hard rock, blues rock
Length	69:40
Label	Geffen
Producer	Mike Clink and Slash
Slash's Snakepit chronology
It's Five O'Clock Somewhere (1995) Ain't Life Grand (2000)Ain't Life Grand2000

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Entertainment Weekly	A−
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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 decent commercial success, reaching number 70 on the American Billboard 200 albums chart. The song "Beggars & Hangers-On" was released as a single in 1995.

Contents

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, backing vocals, production
• Eric Dover – lead vocals
• Gilby Clarke – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Mike Inez – bass, backing vocals
• Matt Sorum – drums

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.

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