Life (Hardline album)

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Life
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 26, 2019 (International edition)
April 17, 2019 (Japanese edition)
Venue Italy
United States
StudioIvorytears Music Works, Somma Lombardo;
  • The Box Studio, CT;
  • Tanzan Music, Ospedaletto Lodigiano;
  • Batcave Studios, Panama City Beach, FL
Genre Hard rock
Length50:07(International edition)
55:16 (Japanese edition)
Label
  • Frontiers (International edition)
  • Nexus and Seven Seas (Japanese edition)
Producer Alessandro Del Vecchio
Hardline chronology
Human Nature
(2016)
Life
(2019)
Life Live
(2020)
Singles from Life
  1. "Who Wants to Live Forever"
    Released: February 24, 2019
  2. "Take a Chance"
    Released: March 7, 2019
  3. "Page of Your Life"
    Released: April 26, 2019
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Metal Heads Forever81/100 [1]
CD & Festival reviewsStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]

Life is the sixth album by American-Italian hard rock band Hardline. [3] [4] It was released on April 26, 2019 [5] [6] and was produced by Italian multi-instrumentalist Alessandro Del Vecchio via Neapolitan label Frontiers Records [7] with the single Page of Your Life. [8] This is the first album with Italian musicians Mario Percudani on guitar & Marco Di Salvia on drums [9] [10] respectively instead of Josh Ramos and Francesco Jovino.

Contents

It was preceded by the release of the singles "Who Wants to Live Forever" (Queen cover) on February 24, 2019, and "Take a Chance" on March 7, 2019. [11] [12]

The first leg of tour dates on their 2019/2020 Life tour began in Italy at the Frontiers Rock Festival with Johnny Gioeli performing an acoustic set on the first night with original Hardline band drummer Deen Castronovo and the current lineup performing the following night. [13] The band was touring throughout Europe and Germany but stopped because of the COVID-19 pandemic. These postponed dates will be rescheduled to 2021. The album received positive reviews.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Alessandro Del Vecchio, Mario Percudani and Johnny Gioeli, except where noted

Life track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Place to Call Home" 3:34
2."Take a Chance" 3:36
3."Helio's Sun" 3:42
4."Page of Your Life"Del Vecchio, Gioeli4:42
5."Out of Time"Del Vecchio, Gioeli3:53
6."Hold on to Right"Del Vecchio, Gioeli4:53
7."Handful of Sand" 4:23
8."This Love" 5:09
9."Story of My Life" 3:48
10."Who Wants to Live Forever" (originally performed by Queen) Brian May 3:53
11."Chameleon" 5:24
12."My Friend" 4:03
Total length:50:07
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."This Love" (acoustic version)5:09

Personnel

Additional personnel

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