It's Five O'Clock Somewhere (album)

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.[4] The songs "Beggars & Hangers-On" and "Good To Be Alive" were released as singles in 1995 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 at 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 and 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: 1995 "Good to be Alive" Released: 1995

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	A−[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

The album was recorded as Guns N' Roses 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".[5]

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

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.[6]

References

General

• "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.

Specific

1. allmusic review
2. "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere". EW.com.
3. "Rolling Stone review".
4. Slash; Bozza, Anthony (2007). Slash. HarperCollins. p. 381. ISBN 978-0-00-725775-1.
5. "Matt Sorum – 1996". 1996. Archived from the original on February 8, 2009. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
6. "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere on SlashParadise". www.slashparadise.com. November 10, 2012.

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[1]	Gold	100,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

1. "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