Life on the Ropes explained

Life on the Ropes
Type:	studio
Artist:	Sick of It All
Cover:	soia_liferopes.jpg
Released:	September 9, 2003
Recorded:	Atomic Recording, Brooklyn, New York, US
Genre:	Hardcore punk
Length:	38:22
Label:	Fat Wreck Chords^[1]
Producer:	Sick of It All Dean Baltolonis
Prev Title:	Live in a Dive
Prev Year:	2002
Next Title:	Outtakes for the Outcast
Next Year:	2004

Life on the Ropes is a studio album from American hardcore punk band Sick of It All.^[2] Released in September 2003, it was the band's final album of new material on Fat Wreck Chords until 2018's Wake the Sleeping Dragon! The album features guest backing vocals from, among others, John Joseph of Cro-Mags.^[3]

Track listing

• All tracks written by Sick of It All

1. "Relentless"  - 2:24
2. "All My Blessings"  - 1:48
3. "The Land Increases"  - 1:38
4. "Paper Tiger (Fakin' the Punk)"  - 2:08
5. "The Innocent"  - 2:51
6. "Silence"  - 2:38
7. "For Now"  - 2:45
8. "View from the Surface"  - 2:32
9. "Going All Out"  - 2:29
10. "Rewind"  - 2:21
11. "Shit Sandwich (Instra-Mental)"  - 1:04
12. "Butting Heads"  - 2:46
13. "Take Control"  - 2:17
14. "Kept in Check"  - 2:42
15. "On the Brink"  - 2:26
16. "Trenches"  - 3:33

Credits

• Lou Koller  - vocals
• Pete Koller  - guitar
• Craig Setari  - bass guitar
• Armand Majidi  - drums
• John Joseph of Cro-Mags  - guest vocals on Paper Tiger (Fakin' The Punk)
• Opening line by Robert De Niro sampled from the 1978 movie The Deer Hunter
• Recorded at Atomic Recording Company, Brooklyn, New York, US
• Produced by Sick of It All and Dean Baltolonis

Notes and References

1. Web site: Life On The Ropes. Fat Wreck Chords.
2. Web site: Loud Rock. CMJ New Music Report. CMJ Network. Inc. September 1, 2003. CMJ Network, Inc.. Google Books.
3. Web site: Sick of It All Life on the Ropes. exclaim.ca.