World on Fire (Slash album)

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World on Fire
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Studio album by
Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators
ReleasedSeptember 10, 2014 (2014-09-10)
Recorded2014
StudioNRG Studios (Los Angeles)
Studio Barbarosa South (Orlando)
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal
Length77:24
Label Dik Hayd International
Roadrunner
Producer Michael "Elvis" Baskette
Slash chronology
Apocalyptic Love
(2012)
World on Fire
(2014)
Live at the Roxy 9.25.14
(2015)
Myles Kennedy chronology
Fortress
(2013)
World on Fire
(2014)
Live at the Roxy 9.25.14
(2015)
World on Fire track listing
No.TitleLength
1."World on Fire"4:31
2."Shadow Life" (Slash, Kennedy, Todd Kerns)4:00
3."Automatic Overdrive"3:35
4."Wicked Stone"5:27
5."30 Years to Life"5:08
6."Bent to Fly"4:56
7."Stone Blind"3:49
8."Too Far Gone"4:07
9."Beneath the Savage Sun"5:48
10."Withered Delilah"3:10
11."Battleground"6:59
12."Dirty Girl"4:14
13."Iris of the Storm"4:00
14."Avalon"3:00
15."The Dissident"4:26
16."Safari Inn" (Slash; instrumental)3:26
17."The Unholy"6:48
Total length:77:24

Personnel

Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators

Production personnel

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for World on Fire
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [44] Silver60,000
United States80,000 [9]

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release history for World on Fire
CountryDate
JapanSeptember 10, 2014
MalaysiaSeptember 11, 2014
AustraliaSeptember 11, 2014
MexicoSeptember 12, 2014
EuropeSeptember 15, 2014
United StatesSeptember 16, 2014
CanadaSeptember 16, 2014
South AmericaSeptember 16, 2014

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