The Good Life (Kashmir album)

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The Good Life
Kashmir-The Good Life.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 16, 1999
RecordedDecember 1997 - January 1999
Genre Rock
Length49:47
Label Sony
Producer Joshua and Kashmir, additional production & mix:James Guthrie
Kashmir chronology
Cruzential
(1996)
The Good Life
(1999)
Zitilites
(2003)

The Good Life is a 1999 album by Danish rock group Kashmir, which served to greatly increase the popularity of the band. They changed their musical style from the genre of groovecore as seen in their earlier albums Travelogue and Cruzential , into more soft rock. The group was rewarded with 6 Danish grammys for the album.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Mom in Love & Daddy in Space"4:32
2."Make It Grand"4:34
3."Lampshade"6:04
4."Graceland"4:47
5."It's O.K. Now"4:52
6."Miss You"4:36
7."New Year's Eve"4:39
8."Mudbath"4:42
9."Gorgeous"6:49
10."Kiss Me Goodbye"4:04

Charts

Chart (2010)Peak
position
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [1] 38
Chart (2020)Peak
position
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [1] 6

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [2] 5× Platinum100,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.


  1. 1 2 "Danishcharts.dk – Kashmir %5BDK%5D – The Good Life". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  2. "Danish album certifications – Kashmir – The Good Life". IFPI Danmark . Retrieved November 18, 2020.

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