Life (Hardline album) explained
| Life |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Hardline |
| Cover: | Life Hardline.jpg |
| Released: | April 26, 2019 (International edition)
April 17, 2019 (Japanese edition) |
| Venue: | Italy
United States |
| Studio: | Ivorytears Music Works, Somma Lombardo;- The Box Studio, CT;
- Tanzan Music, Ospedaletto Lodigiano;
- Batcave Studios, Panama City Beach, FL
|
| Genre: | Hard rock |
| Length: | 50:07 (International edition)
55:16 (Japanese edition) |
| Label: | - Frontiers (International edition)
- Nexus and Seven Seas (Japanese edition)
|
| Producer: | Alessandro Del Vecchio |
| Prev Title: | Human Nature |
| Prev Year: | 2016 |
| Next Title: | Life Live |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
Life is the sixth album by American-Italian hard rock band Hardline.[1] [2] It was released on April 26, 2019[3] [4] and was produced by Italian multi-instrumentalist Alessandro Del Vecchio via Neapolitan label Frontiers Records[5] with the single Page of Your Life.[6] This is the first album with Italian musicians Mario Percudani on guitar & Marco Di Salvia on drums [7] [8] 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.[9] [10]
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.[11] 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.
Personnel
- Johnny Gioeli - lead vocals
- Alessandro Del Vecchio - keyboards, backing vocals, producing, recording, mixing, mastering
- Anna Portalupi - bass guitar
- Mario Percudani - guitar, backing vocals
- Marco Di Salvia - drums, backing vocals
Additional personnel
- Serafino Perugino - executive producing
- Andrea Seveso - studio assistant
- Riccardo Bernardi - pictures
- Stan-W Decker - artwork, layout
Notes and References
- Web site: Spinelli . Fabiana . Hardline - 'Life' . Rocktopia . May 16, 2019.
- Web site: LIFE . Hardline.
- Web site: HARDLINE TO RELEASE LIFE ALBUM VIA FRONTIERS MUSIC SRL; FIRST SINGLE "TAKE A CHANCE" STREAMING . BraveWords . February 6, 2019.
- Web site: HARDLINE To Release 'Life' Album In April . Blabbermouth.net. 2019-02-06 .
- Web site: HARDLINE "LIFE" . Frontiers Music Srl Record Label.
- Web site: HARDLINE SHARE "PAGE OF YOUR LIFE" MUSIC VIDEO; LIFE ALBUM OUT NOW . April 26, 2019.
- Web site: HARDLINE – "Life" – New Album! . Rock Arena UK.
- Web site: Smith-Boam . Lindsay . ALBUM REVIEW – HARDLINE – ‘LIFE’ . HRH Mag . August 8, 2019.
- Web site: HARDLINE DEBUTS "TAKE A CHANCE" MUSIC VIDEO . BraveWords . March 7, 2019.
- Web site: Video Premiere: HARDLINE's 'Take A Chance' . Blabbermouth.net. 2019-03-07 .
- Web site: HARDLINE ANNOUNCE FIRST LEG OF 2019 / 2020 LIFE TOUR . BraveWords . April 12, 2019.
