Songs of the Ungrateful Living

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Songs of the Ungrateful Living
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 18, 2011 (2011-10-18)
Recorded2010–2011
StudioMartyr Inc Studios (Los Angeles, California)
Length51:06
Label Martyr Inc.
Producer
Everlast chronology
Love, War and the Ghost of Whitey Ford
(2008)
Songs of the Ungrateful Living
(2011)
The Life Acoustic
(2013)
Professional ratings
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Songs of the Ungrateful Living is the sixth solo studio album by the American recording artist Everlast. It was released on October 18, 2011, a follow-up to Love, War and the Ghost of Whitey Ford , by Martyr Inc Records in partnership with EMI. [5] This was Everlast's second record released on his own label.

Contents

The album peaked at No. 48 on the Billboard 200, and its lead single, "I Get By", peaked at No. 23 on the Billboard Alternative Songs.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Long at All" E. Schrody 2:57
2."Gone for Good"
3:13
3."I Get By"
3:39
4."Little Miss America"E. Schrody3:59
5."My House"
3:34
6."Long Time"
  • D. Holbert
  • E. Schrody
3:27
7."Friday the 13th"
  • D. Holbert
  • E. Schrody
2:31
8."The Crown"
  • D. Holbert
  • E. Schrody
3:48
9."Sixty-Five Roses"
  • D. Holbert
  • E. Schrody
3:11
10."Moneymaker"E. Schrody3:13
11."The Rain"
3:26
12."Some of Us Pray"
  • D. Holbert
  • E. Schrody
2:55
13."I'll Be There for You"
3:51
14."Even God Don't Know"
  • D. Holbert
  • E. Schrody
  • J. Whitler
4:13
15."A Change Is Gonna Come" S. Cooke 3:17
Total length:51:06
Bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Everyone Respects the Gun"E. Schrody 
2."Final Trumpet"E. Schrody 
3."Black Coffee" (Live Acoustic)
 
4."What It's Like" (Live Acoustic)E. Schrody 
5."White Trash Beautiful" (Live Acoustic)E. Schrody 

Notes

Samples [6]

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2011)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [7] 55
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [8] 58
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [9] 30
US Billboard 200 [10] 48
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [11] 14
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [12] 10
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [13] 10

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