Life | ||||
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Released | April 26, 2019 (International edition) April 17, 2019 (Japanese edition) | |||
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Italy United States | |||
Studio | Ivorytears Music Works, Somma Lombardo;
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Genre | Hard rock | |||
Length | 50:07 (International edition) 55:16 (Japanese edition) | |||
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Producer | Alessandro Del Vecchio | |||
Hardline chronology | ||||
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Singles from Life | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Metal Heads Forever | 81/100 [1] |
CD & Festival reviews | [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.
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.
All tracks are written by Alessandro Del Vecchio, Mario Percudani and Johnny Gioeli, except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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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, Gioeli | 4:42 |
5. | "Out of Time" | Del Vecchio, Gioeli | 3:53 |
6. | "Hold on to Right" | Del Vecchio, Gioeli | 4:53 |
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 |
No. | Title | Length |
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13. | "This Love" (acoustic version) | 5:09 |