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Life on the Line

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Track listing
Personnel
Charts
References

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| name = Life on the Line
| type = Studio
| artist = Eddie and the Hot Rods
| cover = LifeOnTheLine.jpg
| alt =
| released = 20 December 1977
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Pub rock, new wave, power pop
| length = 34:53 – 1:07:01
| label = Island
| producer = Ed Hollis
| prev_title = Teenage Depression
| prev_year = 1976
| next_title = Thriller
| next_year = 1979
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Life on the Line
| type = studio
| single1 = Do Anything You Wanna Do"/"Schoolgirl Love
| single1date = July 29, 1977
| single2 = Quit This Town"/"Distortion May Be Expected
| single2date = December 16, 1977
| single3 = Life on the Line"/"Do Anything You Wanna Do (Live)
| single3date = March 10, 1978
}}
}}{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}^[1]
| rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide
| rev2Score = B−^[2]
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Life on the Line is the second studio album by English rock band Eddie and the Hot Rods. The album was 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.

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

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

Reissue bonus tracks

"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

Eddie and the Hot Rods

Barrie Masters – vocals
Graeme Douglas – guitar, backing vocals
Dave Higgs – guitar, backing vocals
Paul Gray – bass, backing vocals
Steve Nicol – drums, backing vocals

Charts

Chart (1977)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart	27

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1977	"Do Anything You Wanna Do"	UK Singles Chart	9
1977	"Quit This Town"		36
1978	"Life on the Line"		-

References

1. ^{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=life-on-the-line-mw0000608462|pure_url=yes}}|title=Life on the Line – Eddie & the Hot Rods|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=22 June 2016|last=Thompson|first=Dave}}
2. ^{{cite book|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=6773|chapter=Eddie and the Hot Rods: Life on the Line|accessdate=4 February 2018|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the '70s|last=Christgau|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau|publisher=Ticknor and Fields|year=1981|isbn=0-89919-026-X}}
3. ^¹²{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/15852/eddie-and-the-hot-rods/|title=Eddie and the Hot Rods|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=4 February 2018}}

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