Life on the Line

Life on the Line
Studio album by Eddie and the Hot Rods
Released 1977
Genre Pub rock, new wave, power pop
Length 34:53 - 1:07:01
Label Island
Producer Ed Hollis
Eddie and the Hot Rods chronology
Teenage Depression (1976) Life on the Line
(1977)		 Thriller
(1979)
Singles from Life on the Line
  1. "Do Anything You Wanna Do"/"Schoolgirl Love"
    Released: July 29, 1977
  2. "Quit This Town"/"Distortion May Be Expected"
    Released: December 16, 1977
  3. "Life on the Line"/"Do Anything You Wanna Do (Live)"
    Released: March 10, 1978
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

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.

The album featured three singles: "Do Anything You Wanna Do", which peaked at number #9 in the UK Singles Chart,[2] "Life on the Line", which peaked at #27,[3] and "Quit This Town", which reached #36.[4]

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

Charts

Chart (1977) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart 27
Singles
Year Single Chart Position
1977 "Do Anything You Wanna Do" UK Singles Chart 9
"Quit This Town" 36
1978 "Life on the Line" 27

References

  1. ↑ Life on the Line at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Eddie and the Hot Rods, "Do Anything You Wanna Do" chart position Retrieved June 22, 2016.
  3. ↑ Eddie and the Hot Rods, "Life on the Line" chart position Retrieved June 22, 2016.
  4. ↑ Eddie and the Hot Rods, "Quit This Town" chart position Retrieved June 22, 2016.
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