Released 1977 | Length 34:53 - 1:07:01 Producer Ed Hollis | |
Genre Pub rock, new wave, power pop |
Life on the Line is the second studio album released by pub rock band Eddie and the Hot Rods that reached #27 on the UK Albums Chart. It is mixed by Ed Hollis and Steve Nicol, produced by Ed Hollis and engineered by Steve Lillywhite. The album is considered a step in the Punk direction for The Rods sound.
Contents
The album featured three singles: "Do Anything You Wanna Do", which peaked at number #9 in the UK Singles Chart, "Life on the Line", which peaked at #27, and "Quit This Town", which reached #36.
Track listing
- "Do Anything You Wanna Do" (Graeme Douglas, Ed Hollis) - 4:19
- "Quit This Town" (Hollis, Douglas) - 2:27
- "Telephone Girl" (Paul Gray, Barry Masters, Steve Nicol) - 2:28
- "What's Really Going On" (Gray) - 2:17
- "Ignore Them (Still Life)" (Douglas, Hollis) - 4:43
- "Life on the Line" (Douglas, Gray, Hollis) - 4:04
- "(And) Don't Believe Your Eyes" (Douglas, Hollis) - 3:35
- "We Sing... The Cross" (Douglas, Gray) - 2:48
- "Beginning of the End" (Douglas, Gray) - 8:17
Bonus Tracks On Reissue:
- "I Might Be Lying" (Dave Higgs) - 5:16
- "Ignore Them (Always Crashing in the Same Bar)" - 3:34
- "Schoolgirl Love" (Douglas, Masters) - 3:21
- "Till the Night is Gone (Let's Rock)" - 3:13
- "Flipside Rock" (With Robin Tyner) - 2:39
- "Do Anything You Wanna Do" (Live) - 4:05
- "What's Really Going On" (Live) (Douglas, Hollis) - 2:17
- "Why Can't It Be" (Live) (Higgs) - 2:39
- "Distortion May Be Expected" - 5:07
Personnel
Charts
References
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