Ain't Life Grand
Studio album by Widespread Panic
Released	September 6, 1994
Genre	Jam rock,Southern rock
Length	57:38
Label	Capricorn[1]
Producer	John Keane[2]
Widespread Panic chronology
Everyday (1993) Ain't Life Grand (1994) Bombs & Butterflies (1997)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[1]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	[4]

Ain't Life Grand is the fourth studio album by theAthens, GA-based bandWidespread Panic.^[5][6] It was released byCapricorn Records andWarner Bros. Records on September 6, 1994. It was re-released in 2001 byZomba Music Group. On July 3, 2014, the band announced thatAin't Life Grand would be reissued on vinyl in August 2014.^[7]

The band got minor airplay for their cover of Bloodkin's "Can't Get High," as well as their own "Airplane." They performed the song '"Ain't Life Grand'" atMorehouse College forGood Morning America.

The band began rehearsing for the album by recording pre-recording sessions atJohn Keane's home studio like their first album,Space Wrangler. They were so pleased with the results that they decided to use the sessions forAin't Life Grand instead of going into the studio on a future date with their producerJohnny Sandlin.

The album peaked at No. 84 on theBillboard 200.^[8]

Trouser Press wrote that "although the chorus comes straight from the Bon Jovi cliché book, 'Heroes' musters a milder version of Pearl Jam’s taut emotional ambience."^[2]

All songs by Widespread Panic except where otherwise noted.

1. "Little Kin" – 5:04
2. "Ain't Life Grand" – 4:48
3. "Airplane" – 4:11
4. "Can't Get High" (Carter, Hutchens) – 3:49
5. "Heroes" – 5:06
6. "Raise the Roof" – 4:44
7. "Junior" (Junior Kimbrough, Spring) – 4:34
8. "L.A." – 4:12
9. "Blackout Blues" – 5:17
10. "Jack" – 7:06
11. "Fishwater" – 6:10
12. Hidden Track "Waiting for the Wind to Blow Down the Tree in My Back Yard" – 1:47

Widespread Panic

• John Bell – guitar,mandolin, vocals
• John Hermann – keyboards, vocals
• Michael Houser – guitar, vocals
• Todd Nance – drums, vocals
• Domingo S. Ortiz – percussion
• Dave Schools – bass guitar

Guest performers

• David Blackmon –fiddle
• Eric Carter – vocals
• Adriene Fishe – vocals
• John Keane – guitar,pedal steel, vocals
• Dwight Manning –oboe

Production

• David Barbe – assistantengineering
• Marcia Beverley –art direction
• Caram Costanzo –mixing
• Jackie Jasper – photography
• John Keane –production, engineering, mixing
• James Mitchell (Michalopoulos) – artwork
• Clif Norrell – mixing
• Benny Quinn –mastering

• Widespread Panic website
• Everyday Companion
• PanicStream

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• Capricorn Records albums
• Widespread Panic albums
• Albums produced by John Keane (record producer)

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