SLAUGHTER – The Wild Life [Remastered & Expanded] *HQ*

As requested, here’s SLAUGHTER 1992’s second album “The Wild Life” in its Remastered & Expanded edition including bonus tracks. Listening “The Wild Life” in its entirety, it’s a hell of a record. Many fans actually think this is a better album than debut Stick It To Ya. The hooks and catchiness are still there, now augmented with mature arrangements.
”The Wild Life” saw the daylight in April 21, 1992, where most ’80s bands began to suffer as the grunge wave started sweeping in. Anyway, Slaughter managed to produce several hit singles: title track “The Wild Life”, “Days Gone By” and “Real Love”.
Musically this album showed a rich variety of musical perspective, from those mandatory emotional-fueled power ballads and melodic rock, to groovy hard rock and hair metal.

“Reach For The Sky” and “Out For Love” are really good openers, but it’s #3, the title track, that steals the show. That first single has blasting chorus and Blas Elias pumped up the groove nicely. “Dance For Me Baby” with its naughty Van Halen-ized beat and “Old Man” with its Aerosmith flair are great examples of Slaughter taking on some past references.
“Days Gone By”, “Real Love”, and “Streets of Broken Heart” are all sensational ballads, hard to top them all, a timeless classic, and to this day, I always found the songs to be very inspiring and adorable.

At the verge of glam’s decadence, Slaughter still delivered a classy US melodic hard effort. It’s plenty of great tunes, hooks, and melodies. This remastered version sounds really good, and there’s a couple of bonuses to enjoy.
HIGHLY Recommended

01 – Reach For The Sky (Remastered 2003)
02 – Out For Love (Remastered 2003)
03 – The Wild Life (Remastered 2003)
04 – Days Gone By (Remastered 2003)
05 – Dance For Me Baby (Remastered 2003)
06 – Times They Change (Remastered 2003)
07 – Move To The Music (Remastered 2003)
08 – Real Love (Remastered 2003)
09 – Shake This Place (Remastered 2003)
10 – Street Of Broken Hearts (Remastered 2003)
11 – Hold On (Remastered 2003)
12 – Do Ya Know (Remastered 2003)
13 – Old Man (Remastered 2003)
14 – Days Gone By (Acoustic / Remastered 2003)
BONUS TRACKS:
15 – Real Love (Original Demo / Remastered 2003)
16 – Perfect World (Remastered 2003)

Mark Slaughter – vocals, guitar, keyboards, piano
Tim Kelly – guitar
Dana Strum – bass
Blas Elias – drums
with:
A.T. Das – guitar
James SK Wan – bamboo flute

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www.amazon.com/WILD-LIFE-remastered-SLAUGHTER/dp/B000BDJ66A