Just Like Real Life

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Just Like Real Life
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Studio album by
Released1985
Genre Christian rock, new wave
Label Heartland Records
Producer Gary Platt
Prodigal chronology
Electric Eye
(1984)
Just Like Real Life
(1985)

Just Like Real Life is the third and final studio album by the Christian rock band Prodigal, released in 1985. [1]

Contents

The band created promotional music videos for "Future Now" [2] and "Jump Cut," [3] which were featured on Trinity Broadcasting Network's music video show Real Videos at the time of the album's release.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead VocalsLength
1."Future Now"Loyd BoldmanBoldman3:55
2."Push and Shove"Dave WorkmanWorkman3:00
3."Safety in Numbers"WorkmanRick Fields2:52
4."Answering Machine"BoldmanBoldman3:57
5."Under the Gun"WorkmanFields, Workman3:47
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead VocalsLength
1."Jump Cut (Just Like Real Life)"Boldman, FieldsBoldman3:14
2."Incommunicado"WorkmanWorkman2:50
3."Next Big Thing"BoldmanBoldman2:44
4."Burn It Up"BoldmanBoldman3:16
5."The Big Sleep"BoldmanBoldman3:16
6."Just Make Up Your Mind"WorkmanWorkman3:13

Band members

Other personnel

Production

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References

  1. "CMA entry for Just Like Real Life". Archived from the original on 2006-09-26.
  2. "YouTube: "Future Now"".
  3. "YouTube: "Jump Cut (Just Like Real Life)"".