Slave to the Grind

Slave to the Grind
Cover art by David Bierk
Studio album by Skid Row
Released	June 11, 1991 (1991-06-11)
Recorded	1990–1991
Studio	New River Studios (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) Scream Studios (Studio City, Los Angeles)
Genre	Heavy metal hard rock glam metal
Length	48:41
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Michael Wagener
Skid Row chronology
Skid Row (1989) Slave to the Grind (1991) B-Side Ourselves (1992)
Singles from Slave to the Grind
"Monkey Business" Released: May 1991 "Slave to the Grind" Released: September 1991 (UK)[1] "Wasted Time" Released: November 1991[2] "In a Darkened Room" Released: November 1991 (Europe) "Quicksand Jesus" Released: May 1992 (Japan)[3]

Slave to the Grind is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Skid Row, released on June 11, 1991,^[4] by Atlantic Records. The album displayed a harsher sound than its predecessor and lyrics that avoided hard rock cliches. Slave to the Grind is the first heavy metal album to chart at number one on the Billboard 200 in the Nielsen SoundScan era, selling 134,000 copies in its opening week. The album was certified 2× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 1998 for shipping two million copies in the United States. It produced five singles: "Monkey Business", "Slave to the Grind", "Wasted Time", "In a Darkened Room" and "Quicksand Jesus". Skid Row promoted the album opening for Guns N' Roses in 1991 and as a headliner the following year.