page_title: What We Live For
section_title: Composition
hierarchical_section_title: What We Live For / Composition
caption_attribution_description: English: American Authors, performing at the Heaven music venue in London.
context_page_description: What We Live For is the second studio album by American pop rock band American Authors, produced by returning collaborators Aaron Accetta and Shep Goodman. Running at 42 minutes and comprising twelve tracks, the album was released worldwide by Island Records on July 1, 2016. The album marks the third major release by the band under the American Authors moniker, and largely continues the sound of their debut album, Oh, What a Life.
  What We Live For debuted at number 60 on the Billboard 200 and spawned four singles: "Go Big or Go Home", "Pride", "What We Live For" and "I'm Born to Run". To promote the album, the band went on a U.S. tour to promote the record ahead of its release.
context_section_description: What We Live For largely continues the sound of the band's debut studio album, Oh, What a Life. Lead singer Zac Barnett stated that "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." Lyrically, the album builds on Oh, What a Life's biographical themes, which followed the band's origins and journey; What We Live For documents the band's experiences during the present and their perspective on the future.
caption: The album features biographical themes concerning the band's perspective on their present and future. (Pictured: American Authors performing in November 2014)
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