Life Is Music

Life Is Music
Studio album by the Ritchie Family
Released	1977
Recorded	Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Genre	Disco
Length	34:19
Label	Marlin
Producer	Jacques Morali, Richie Rome
The Ritchie Family chronology
Arabian Nights (1976) Life Is Music (1977) African Queens (1977)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Life Is Music is the third studio album recorded by American female vocal trio the Ritchie Family, released in 1977 on the Marlin label.

History

The album features the title track, which peaked at No. 8 on the Hot Dance/Disco chart along with songs "Lady Luck" and "Disco Blues". "Life Is Music" also peaked at No. 74 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jacques Morali, Richie Rome, Henri Belolo and Phil Hurtt, except where noted.

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Life Is Music"	Jacques Morali, Max Gazzola, Richie Rome, Henri Belolo, Phil Hurtt	6:39
2.	"Lady Luck"		3:57
3.	"Long Distance Lover"	Jacques Morali, Richie Rome, Peter Whitehead, Henri Belolo	6:41
Total length:			17:17

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Liberty"	5:35
2.	"Super Lover"	5:45
3.	"Disco Blues"	5:42
Total length:		17:02

Personnel

• Cheryl Mason Jacks, Cassandra Ann Wooten, Gwendolyn Oliver – vocals
• Richie Rome – electric piano, acoustic piano
• Charles Collins – drums
• Bobby Eli, Craig Snyder, Dennis Harris – guitars
• Larry Washington, – congas
• Don Renaldo – strings, horns
• Jose Hermeto Michelena Do Santos – maracas
• David "Tambourine" Campbell – tambourine
• Michael "Sugar Bear" Foreman – bass
• Buddy Turner, Johnny Belmon, Jerry Atkins, Victor Drayton – male vocals

Production

• Jacques Morali, Richie Rome – producers, arrangers
• Henri Belolo – general supervisor
• Ken Present – engineer
• Darrell Rogers, Jeff Stewart, Dirk Devlin, Carla Bandini – assistant engineers
• Rodolphe Haussaire – photographer

Charts

Chart (1977)	Peak [2]
Australia (Kent Music Report) [3]	23
U.S. Billboard Top LPs	100

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US R&B [2]	US Dan [2]
1977	"Life Is Music"	74	8
	"Lady Luck"	—
	"Disco Blues"	—

References

1. Life Is Music review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
2. The Ritchie Family > US Charts at AllMusic . Retrieved 2016-07-11.
3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 253. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.

External links

• Life Is Music at Discogs (list of releases)