Life on the Wire explained

Life on the Wire
Type:	studio
Artist:	Morrissey–Mullen
Cover:	LifeOnTheWire.jpg
Studio:	Scorpio Sound, London, England
Genre:	Jazz-funk
Label:	Beggars Banquet
Producer:	Chris Palmer
Prev Title:	Badness
Prev Year:	1981
Next Title:	It's About Time
Next Year:	1983

Life on the Wire is the fourth studio album by British jazz-funk duo Morrissey–Mullen, released in 1982 by Beggars Banquet Records. It peaked at No. 47 in the UK Albums Chart.^[1]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Life on the Wire" (Claire Hamill, Jim Mullen)  - 5:19
2. "Takin' Time" (John Critchinson)  - 5:22
3. "Face of a Child" (Hamill, Mullen)  - 5:55
4. "Come and Get Me" (Hamill, Mullen)  - 4:37

Side two

5. "Brazil Nut" (Alan Gorrie)  - 5:17
6. "Ships that Pass in the Night" (Hamill, Mullen)  - 5:04
7. "Making Waves" (Critchinson)  - 5:20
8. "Running Out of Time" (Hamill, Dick Morrissey)  - 4:38

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the Life on the Wire liner notes.^[2]

• Dick Morrissey — tenor and soprano saxophones; flute
• Jim Mullen — guitar
• Claire Hamill — vocals
• Carol Kenyon — vocals
• Tony Beard — drums
• Chris Fletcher — percussion
• John McKenzie — bass
• John Critchinson — keyboards
• Danny Schogger — synthesizer

Notes and References

1. Guinness World Records. British Hit Singles & Albums, p. 34. Guinness, 2004. ISBN 0851121993, 9780851121994. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
2. Life on the Wire. Morrissey–Mullen. 1982. Beggars Banquet Records. CD booklet.