the sound of it. And of course, when you have a good thing, you don't want to change it." Discussing The Wild Life, Dana Strum and Mark Slaughter inevitably mentioned classic rock giants like Queen, Boston and Journey. While Strum characterized the album as a "harder-edged record", music critics described Slaughter's second studio effort as "over-flowing with quick 'n' catchy riffs, memorable melodies, layers of vocal harmonies, and stretches of sound effects". They also took note of the stylistic similarities with Queen stating that it was "hard to believe that Brian May never walked into Burbank's Red Zone Studio during the four-month period Slaughter recorded The Wild Life". The Wild Life contained 13 tracks, all of which were again co-produced by Dana Strum and Mark Slaughter. The only song that didn't make it to the disc and cassette was "The Shuffle", which exclusively appeared on Slaughter's second home video released in tandem with the record. In an interview with Chicago Tribune, Strum proudly stated that Slaughter was "the only self-produced, self-written" new American rock band at the time. He added, "When the fans hear something by Slaughter, they know it's ours." Kelly explained: "Slaughter doesn't try to clump our music into one style. It would be a lie for us to play just one type of music. This record reflects our various influences." Two months before the official April in-store release date of the album, as part of the most ambitious fan thank-you at the time, Slaughter sent out a six-song demo tape of The Wild Life to a large number of active members of its fan club. Strum later explained that it was their "way of giving the fans something the regular public couldn't get". The cassette had the same cover as the album but was stamped "Slaughter Bootleg Demos". It also featured interviews and comments with the band. Following the release, The Wild Life album debuted at No.8 on the Billboard album chart in April 1992 and continued the commercial success of Stick It To Ya.Accompanying the album, a home video with the same title, "The Wild Life", was released. It was a 72-minute long documentary of the making of the album, also including profiles of the band members. Later, it became the band's second home video to certify Gold. It featured the title track video as well as videos to "Days Gone By" and the unreleased at