Life or Death (Lili Añel album)

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Life or Death
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Studio album by Lili Anel
Released October 10, 2008
Recorded 2001 and 2006
Genre Jazz, blues, rock
Length65:33
Label ESC Records
Producer Lili Anel, Cooke Harvey, J.B. Moore
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Life or Death is American singer-songwriter Lili Añel's fourth release and first international album on the German-based record label, ESC Records. [1]

Lili Añel is an American singer-songwriter and performing artist from New York City. She was born in El Barrio, Spanish Harlem and raised in the South Bronx. She moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 2004. She performed locally and on the local NPR station. The single "Supposed to Be" from Every Second in Between was listed in USA Today's Playlist on September 15, 2009, by Steve Jones.

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Lili with her sidekick bassist, Mike Kurman at the Birchmere Alexandria,VA 6/11/09. Lilimikebirchmere2.jpg
Lili with her sidekick bassist, Mike Kurman at the Birchmere Alexandria,VA 6/11/09.

Track listing

  1. Thin Line – 4:03
  2. Nothing In Common – 3:27
  3. If – 5:27
  4. Lay Down Play Dead – 4:39
  5. 2 Much Better – 4:46
  6. Life Or Death – 4:24
  7. Dream Again – 5:53
  8. The Way Out – 3:50
  9. Won’t You Stay – 4:19
  10. Down To Zero – 3:57
  11. No Matter What Love – 4:36
  12. Between Me – 4:58
  13. Over You – 3:47
  14. Land On My Feet – 3:48
  15. I’m Sorry – 3:30

All compositions by Lili Añel except "Down to Zero" by Joan Armatrading.

Joan Armatrading British singer-songwriter

Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading, MBE is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist.

Personnel

Musicians

Drew Zingg is an American rock, blues, soul and jazz guitarist, best known for his performing with Steely Dan and Boz Scaggs.

and string arrangements and textures on "Land On My Feet"

Producers
Engineers

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