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Life on the Line

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Released
  
1977

Label
  
Island

Life on the Line (1977)
  
Thriller (1979)

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

  1. "Do Anything You Wanna Do" (Graeme Douglas, Ed Hollis) - 4:19
  2. "Quit This Town" (Hollis, Douglas) - 2:27
  3. "Telephone Girl" (Paul Gray, Barry Masters, Steve Nicol) - 2:28
  4. "What's Really Going On" (Gray) - 2:17
  5. "Ignore Them (Still Life)" (Douglas, Hollis) - 4:43
  6. "Life on the Line" (Douglas, Gray, Hollis) - 4:04
  7. "(And) Don't Believe Your Eyes" (Douglas, Hollis) - 3:35
  8. "We Sing... The Cross" (Douglas, Gray) - 2:48
  9. "Beginning of the End" (Douglas, Gray) - 8:17

Bonus Tracks On Reissue:

  1. "I Might Be Lying" (Dave Higgs) - 5:16
  2. "Ignore Them (Always Crashing in the Same Bar)" - 3:34
  3. "Schoolgirl Love" (Douglas, Masters) - 3:21
  4. "Till the Night is Gone (Let's Rock)" - 3:13
  5. "Flipside Rock" (With Robin Tyner) - 2:39
  6. "Do Anything You Wanna Do" (Live) - 4:05
  7. "What's Really Going On" (Live) (Douglas, Hollis) - 2:17
  8. "Why Can't It Be" (Live) (Higgs) - 2:39
  9. "Distortion May Be Expected" - 5:07

Personnel

  • Barrie Masters - Vocals
  • Graeme Douglas - Guitar, Backing Vocals
  • Dave Higgs - Guitar, backing vocals
  • Paul Gray - Bass, Backing Vocals
  • Steve Nicol - Drums, Backing Vocals

    • Charts

    Singles

    References

    Life on the Line Wikipedia
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