Lose This Life

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Lose This Life
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 4, 2003
Recorded2003
Genre Christian rock
Label ForeFront, Epic Japan, Sony BMG Philippines
Producer
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Empty
(2001)
Lose This Life
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Lose This Life is the second and final studio album by American Christian rock band Tait. According to frontman Michael Tait, the songs all have to do with the striving human passion to know, feel and experience God's love.[ citation needed ]

Contents

It was released by ForeFront Records on November 4, 2003. It was later released to the Japanese market on April 15, 2004 through Epic Records Japan [ citation needed ] and on March 27, 2005 through Sony BMG Music Entertainment Philippines.[ citation needed ]

Rob Beckley, lead singer of the alternative rock band Pillar, appears in the second song "Numb". "Lose This Life" is the single that had been released in the U.S. release of Eyeshield 21.

Recording and production

Pre-production for Lose This Life began during the first week of March 2003.

Track listing

Album release
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Lose This Life"Chad Chapin, Mark Heimermann, Michael Tait 5:00
2."Numb" (featuring Rob Beckley)Heimermann, Toby McKeehan, Tait3:49
3."Electric Avenue" Eddy Grant 3:26
4."Fallen"Chapin, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Tait4:21
5."God Can You Hear Me"Chapin, Ashley Clark, Heimermann, Tait5:11
6."Reconnecting"Heimermann, Judson Spence, Tait3:41
7."Child"Chapin, Heimermann, Tait4:22
8."Heartache"Heimermann, Tait5:12
9."Free Will"Chapin, Lonnie Chapin, Paul Colman, Heimermann, Tait, Justin York 3:55
10."Wait"Chapin, Heimermann, Tait3:31
11."Holding out for Grace"Chapin, Tait5:01
12."The Christmas Song"Mel Tormé, Robert Wells4:33
Total length:56:21

"Lose This Life" appeared on Gundam Seed, Gran Turismo 4, MahaGoGo, and the U.S. version of Eyeshield 21.[ citation needed ]

Music video

The title track, "Lose This Life", is the only song so far to have spawned a music video.

Personnel

Tait

Additional musicians

Production

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