℗ 2016 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
| Released | July 1, 2016 |
| Duration | 42m 27s |
| Record Label | Island Records |
| Genre | Alternative |
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1.1
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What We Live For
American Authors |
2:59 | |||
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1.2
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I'm Born To Run
American Authors |
3:27 | |||
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1.3
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Pride
American Authors |
3:11 | |||
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1.4
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Right Here Right Now
American Authors |
3:02 | |||
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1.5
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Nothing Better
American Authors |
3:39 | |||
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1.6
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Replaced
American Authors |
3:33 | |||
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1.7
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Go Big Or Go Home
American Authors |
2:49 | |||
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1.8
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Mess With Your Heart
American Authors |
4:03 | |||
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1.9
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No Love
American Authors |
3:33 | |||
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1.10
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Pocket Full Of Gold
American Authors |
3:00 | |||
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1.11
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Superman
American Authors |
4:08 | |||
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1.12
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Mind Body Soul
American Authors |
5:03 |
"... (the title track) cements their theme of adventures, with lyrics laden with road trip imagery, bubbling over with ebullience."
- Billboard
What We Live For is the second release from Brooklyn indie pop-rockers American Authors, the follow-up to 2014's very successful debut Oh, What A Life. This album was preceded by two singles in 2015 and two more in 2016, three of which became top 40 adult radio and rock hits. Producers and co-writers Aaron Accetta and Shep Goodman reprise their roles from the band's first album here.
"... we tried to take a lot of the stuff that our fans like and love about us from Oh, What A Life and take that to the next level as far as sounds go ... (we) brought back some of the old instruments like mandolin and banjo, but also experimented with a lot of different sounds like vocal samples. We brought back a lot of piano (and) bigger harmonies."
- Zac Barnett, lead singer
44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Island Records Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | 0.00 0.00 to 0.00 | -10.79 -12.41 to -9.61 | -8.00 -9.40 to -6.80 | 5 5 to 6 | |
| 1 | What We Live For | 0.00 | -9.61 | -7.0 | 5 |
| 2 | I'm Born To Run | 0.00 | -10.74 | -8.2 | 5 |
| 3 | Pride | 0.00 | -10.20 | -7.6 | 5 |
| 4 | Right Here Right Now | 0.00 | -9.74 | -7.1 | 5 |
| 5 | Nothing Better | 0.00 | -11.36 | -8.6 | 5 |
| 6 | Replaced | 0.00 | -11.21 | -8.5 | 6 |
| 7 | Go Big Or Go Home | 0.00 | -10.34 | -7.6 | 5 |
| 8 | Mess With Your Heart | 0.00 | -12.41 | -9.4 | 6 |
| 9 | No Love | 0.00 | -10.42 | -8.0 | 5 |
| 10 | Pocket Full Of Gold | 0.00 | -9.71 | -6.8 | 5 |
| 11 | Superman | 0.00 | -11.41 | -8.1 | 6 |
| 12 | Mind Body Soul | 0.00 | -12.32 | -9.1 | 6 |