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4
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Studio album by
Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators
ReleasedFebruary 11, 2022 (2022-02-11)
Studio RCA Studio A (Nashville, Tennessee)
Length43:35
Label Gibson
Producer Dave Cobb
Slash chronology
Living the Dream Tour
(2019)
4
(2022)
Orgy of the Damned
(2024)
Myles Kennedy chronology
The Ides of March
(2021)
4
(2022)
Pawns & Kings
(2022)
4 track listing
No.TitleLength
1."The River Is Rising"3:42
2."Whatever Gets You By"3:40
3."C'est La Vie"4:38
4."The Path Less Followed"3:40
5."Actions Speak Louder Than Words"4:01
6."Spirit Love"4:15
7."Fill My World"5:28
8."April Fool"4:33
9."Call off the Dogs"3:15
10."Fall Back to Earth"6:23
Total length:43:35
Japanese edition bonus tracks [7]
No.TitleLength
11."You're a Lie" (Live at Studio 60)3:44
12."World on Fire" (Live at Studio 60)5:37
13."Driving Rain" (Live at Studio 60)4:17
14."Anastasia" (Live at Studio 60)7:31
Total length:64:52
Japan Deluxe Edition bonus DVD [8]
No.TitleLength
1."The River Is Rising" (Live at Studio 60)3:42
2."Whatever Gets You By" (Live at Studio 60)3:40
3."C'est La Vie" (Live at Studio 60)4:38
4."The Path Less Followed" (Live at Studio 60)3:40
5."Actions Speak Louder Than Words" (Live at Studio 60)4:01
6."Spirit Love" (Live at Studio 60)4:15
7."Fill My World" (Live at Studio 60)5:28
8."April Fool" (Live at Studio 60)4:33
9."Call off the Dogs" (Live at Studio 60)3:15
10."Fall Back to Earth" (Live at Studio 60)6:23
11."You're a Lie" (Live at Studio 60)3:43
12."World on Fire" (Live at Studio 60)5:35
13."Driving Rain" (Live at Studio 60)4:16
14."Anastasia" (Live at Studio 60)7:30
Total length:66:00

Personnel

Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators

Charts

Chart performance for 4
Chart (2022)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [9] 2
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [10] 4
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [11] 23
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [12] 8
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [13] 67
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [14] 11
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [15] 11
French Albums (SNEP) [16] 18
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [17] 4
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [18] 15
Irish Albums (OCC) [19] 29
Italian Albums (FIMI) [20] 15
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [21] 46
Japanese Hot Albums ( Billboard Japan ) [22] 61
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [23] 20
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [24] 8
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [25] 6
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [26] 9
Scottish Albums (OCC) [27] 3
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [28] 10
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [29] 2
UK Albums (OCC) [30] 5
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [31] 2
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [32] 1
US Billboard 200 [33] 93
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [34] 11
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [35] 13

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