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band

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, 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.Slash; Bozza, Anthony (2007). Slash. HarperCollins. p. 381. . The songs "Beggars & Hangers-On" and "Good to Be Alive" were released as singles and promo videos were made for each track. The album was recorded as

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, Saul "Slash" Hudson'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

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Dizzy Reed Darren Arthur Reed (born June 18, 1963), better known by his stage name Dizzy Reed, is an American musician and occasional actor. He is best known as the keyboardist for the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he has played, toured, and recor ...

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as well as associate

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all contributed to the album. Sorum stated that it "could have been a Guns N' Roses album, but ead singer Axl osedidn't think it was good enough".

Track listing

Personnel

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, backing vocals, production *

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– lead vocals *

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, backing vocals * Mike Inez – bass, backing vocals *

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;Additional musicians *

– keyboards, backing vocals *

– harmonica * Paulinho da Costa – percussion ;Production personnel *

Mike Clink Mike Clink is an American record producer. He began his career as an engineer at Record Plant Studios, recording such bands as Whitesnake, Triumph, Guns N' Roses, Mötley Crüe, Megadeth, UFO (including ''Strangers in the Night''), Jefferson ...

– production, engineering * Steve Thompson – mixing *

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– mixing *

Jerry Finn Jermone Gregory Finn (March 31, 1969 – August 21, 2008), sometimes credited as "Huckle" Jerry Finn, was an American record producer and mix engineer. He worked with numerous punk rock and pop-punk artists such as Blink-182, AFI, Sum 41, Alkal ...

– 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

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, a company who sells pin ball machines. *The band also worked on three more songs that have neither been released nor been played live.

Charts

Certifications

References

Other sources * * * {{Authority control 1995 debut albums Slash's Snakepit albums Albums produced by Mike Clink Geffen Records albums