Lifeline (Ben Harper album)

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Lifeline
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Studio album by
Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals
ReleasedAugust 28, 2007
StudioGang Studios, Paris
Genre
Length40:54
Label Virgin
Producer Ben Harper
Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals chronology
Both Sides of the Gun
(2006)		Lifeline
(2007)		 White Lies for Dark Times
(2009)
Singles from Lifeline
  1. "Fight Outta You"
    Released: 2007
  2. "In the Colors"
    Released: 2008
  3. "Fool for a Lonesome Train"
    Released: 2008
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The BragStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [3]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Okayplayer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Robert Christgau Scissors icon black.svg [7]

Lifeline is an album by Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals. It was recorded in Paris in the fall of 2006 after the lengthy European leg of the Both Sides of the Gun tour. Harper and the Innocent Criminals wrote the tracks while on tour and would rehearse the songs during sound checks while at each venue. Recorded in only seven days on analog, the album was released on August 28, 2007. [8] [9] It is Harper's eighth album.

Contents

Lifeline debuted at number 9 on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling about 41,000 copies in its first week. [10] As of November 2008, the album has sold 173,000 copies in United States. [11]

Thom Jurek at AllMusic described the album as "...a deeply focused, loose, and laid-back record that is musically compelling and deeply soulful, and contains some of Harper's finest songs to date". [1]

Track listing

All songs written by Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, except "Paris Sunrise #7" and "Lifeline" written by Ben Harper.

  1. "Fight Outta You" – 4:10
  2. "In the Colors" – 2:57
  3. "Fool for a Lonesome Train" – 3:30
  4. "Needed You Tonight" – 2:46
  5. "Having Wings" – 3:27
  6. "Say You Will" – 2:58
  7. "Younger Than Today" – 3:24
  8. "Put It on Me" – 3:30
  9. "Heart of Matters" – 4:31
  10. "Paris Sunrise #7" – 5:17
  11. "Lifeline" – 4:28

Personnel

Charts

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for Lifeline
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [28] Gold35,000^
France (SNEP) [29] Gold200,000 [30]
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [31] Gold15,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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