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.^[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, Record Plant 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, Slash'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, Slash, Dover	4:54
3.	"Beggars & Hangers-On"	Slash, Dover, Duff McKagan	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	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

Charts

Chart performance for It's Five O'Clock Somewhere

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[10]	26
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[11]	15
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[12]	50
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[13]	19
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[14]	19
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[15]	27
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[16]	11
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[17]	15
UK Albums (OCC)[18]	15

Certifications

Certifications for It's Five O'Clock Somewhere

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[19]	Gold	100,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Slash's Snakepit Discography | Music, albums and songs".
2. "Slash's Snakepit Discography | Music, albums and songs".
3. "Slash's Snakepit Discography | Music, albums and songs".
4. "Slash's Snakepit Discography | Music, albums and songs".
5. AllMusic review
6. "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere". EW.com.
7. "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 20, 2007.
8. Slash; Bozza, Anthony (2007). Slash. HarperCollins. p. 381. ISBN 978-0-00-725775-1.
9. "Matt Sorum – 1996". 1996. Archived from the original on February 8, 2009. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
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11. "Austriancharts.at – Slash's Snakepit – It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
12. "Ultratop.be – Slash's Snakepit – It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
13. "Dutchcharts.nl – Slash's Snakepit – It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
14. "Offiziellecharts.de – Slash's Snakepit – It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
15. "Norwegiancharts.com – Slash's Snakepit – It's Five O'Clock Somewhere". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
16. "Swedishcharts.com – Slash's Snakepit – It's Five O'Clock Somewhere". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
17. "Swisscharts.com – Slash's Snakepit – It's Five O'Clock Somewhere". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
18. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
19. "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.