Living the Dream (Slash album)

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All tracks are written by Slash and Myles Kennedy

Living the Dream
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Studio album by
Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators
ReleasedSeptember 21, 2018 (2018-09-21)
RecordedJanuary–May 2018
StudioSnakepit Studios and NRG Recording
Genre Hard rock
Length52:20
Label Snakepit, Roadrunner
Producer Michael "Elvis" Baskette
Slash chronology
Live at the Roxy 9.25.14
(2015)
Living the Dream
(2018)
Living the Dream Tour
(2019)
Myles Kennedy chronology
Year of the Tiger
(2018)
Living the Dream
(2018)
The Ides of March
(2021)
No.TitleLength
1."The Call of the Wild"3:59
2."Serve You Right"5:12
3."My Antidote"4:17
4."Mind Your Manners"3:38
5."Lost Inside the Girl"6:30
6."Read Between the Lines"3:37
7."Slow Grind"3:35
8."The One You Loved Is Gone"4:50
9."Driving Rain"4:10
10."Sugar Cane"3:09
11."The Great Pretender"5:25
12."Boulevard of Broken Hearts"4:06
Total length:52:20

Personnel

Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators

Production

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [16] 4
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [17] 2
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [18] 20
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [19] 15
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [20] 36
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI) [21] 10
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [22] 21
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [23] 21
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [24] 6
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [25] 2
Irish Albums (IRMA) [26] 28
Italian Albums (FIMI) [27] 3
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [28] 15
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [29] 26
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [30] 9
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [31] 16
Scottish Albums (OCC) [32] 1
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [33] 6
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [34] 4
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [35] 1
UK Albums (OCC) [36] 4
US Billboard 200 [37] 27
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [38] 1
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [39] 3

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