Life... Is for Living

Life... Is For Living is an album by Sherbet released in 1975.[2] It spawn two singles Life and Only One You. The album reached at number 3 on the Kent Music Report.[3]

Life... Is For Living
Studio album by
Released1975 (1975)
GenreRock, pop
Length36:43[1]
LabelInfinity, Festival
ProducerClive Shakespeare, Garth Porter, John L Sayers
Sherbet chronology
Greatest Hits 1970-1975
(1975)
Life... Is For Living
(1975)
Howzat
(1976)
Singles from Life...Is For Living
  1. "Life"
    Released: 1975
  2. "Only One You"
    Released: 1975

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Arrival"Garth Porter, Clive Shakespeare1:56
2."Survival"Garth Porter, Clive Shakespeare2:03
3."Life"Garth Porter, Clive Shakespeare3:28
4."I Wanna Live"Garth Porter, Clive Shakespeare4:12
5."Only One You"Garth Porter, Clive Shakespeare3:46
6."Matter Of Time"Garth Porter, Clive Shakespeare3:00
7."Just Being You"Garth Porter, Clive Shakespeare3:50
8."Bluesong"Clive Shakespeare2:46
9."I've Been In It Too Long"Garth Porter, Clive Shakespeare2:55
10."Where Do We Go?"Clive Shakespeare4:15
11."Survival (Reprise)"Porter, Shakespeare4:32
Total length:36:43

Co-produced and engineered by John L Sayers at Trafalgar Studios in Annandale, Sydney.

Personnel

"Survival"

  • Garth Porter – clavinet, Hammond organ, Moog, Yamaha combo organ
  • Clive Shakespeare – guitars
  • Tony Mitchell – bass guitar
  • Alan Sandow – drums

"Life"

  • Daryl Braithwaite – lead vocals
  • Garth Porter – mutron, clavinet, Moog, organ, harmony vocals
  • Clive Shakespeare – electric guitar, acoustic classical guitar, harmony vocals
  • Tony Mitchell – bass guitar, harmony vocals
  • Alan Sandow – drums, roto-toms

"I Wanna Live"

  • Daryl Braithwaite – lead vocals
  • Garth Porter – organ, clavinet, saxophones, harmony vocals
  • Clive Shakespeare – slide guitars, acoustic guitars, Burns Flyte guitars, harmony vocals
  • Tony Mitchell – bass guitar, harmony vocals
  • Alan Sandow – drums, roto-toms, percussion
  • Dalvanius and The Fascinations – harmony vocals

"Only One You"

  • Daryl Braithwaite – lead vocals
  • Garth Porter – Hammond organs, Yamaha organs, piano, string synthesizer, harmony vocals
  • Clive Shakespeare – classical guitars, 12 string guitars, harmony vocals
  • Tony Mitchell – bass guitar, harmony vocals
  • Alan Sandow – drums
  • Bruce Sandell – flute

"Matter of Time"

  • Garth Porter – lead vocals, saxophones, piano
  • Clive Shakespeare – electric guitar
  • Tony Mitchell – bass guitar
  • Alan Sandow – drums
  • Daryl Braithwaite – Burns Flyte guitar
  • Geoff Oakes – saxophone solo

"Just Being You"

  • Daryl Braithwaite – lead vocals, tambourine
  • Garth Porter – clavinet, piano, saxes, harmony vocals
  • Clive Shakespeare – lead guitar, Uni-Vibe guitars, 12 string guitars, Burns Flyte guitars
  • Tony Mitchell – bass guitar, harmony vocals
  • Alan Sandow – drums
  • Dal & Fascinations – vocals

"Bluesong"

  • Tony Mitchell – bass guitar, lead vocals
  • Garth Porter – Wurlitzer piano
  • Clive Shakespeare – guitars, harmony vocals
  • Alan Sandow – drums, gon bop congas
  • Peter Jones – vibes

"I've Been In It Too Long"

  • Daryl Braithwaite – vocals
  • Garth Porter – lead vocals on 2nd verse, piano, saxophones
  • Clive Shakespeare – ukulele, vocals, harp, kitchen sink
  • Tony Mitchell – bass guitar, vocals
  • Alan Sandow – lead vocals on 1st verse, drums

"Where Do We Go?"

  • Daryl Braithwaite – lead vocals, tambourine
  • Garth Porter – electric piano, grand piano, organ, saxophones, harmony vocals
  • Clive Shakespeare – 12 string guitar, slide guitars, Burns Flyte guitar, harmony vocals
  • Tony Mitchell – bass guitar, harmony vocals
  • Alan Sandow – drums, harmony vocals
  • Dal & The Fascinations – harmony vocals
  • David Bronn – saxophone
  • Miguel Carranza – trombone
  • Bruce Sandell – flute
  • Russell Smith – trumpet

"Survival (Reprise)"

  • Daryl Braithwaite – vocals
  • Garth Porter – electric piano, synthesizers, strings, Yamaha combo organ
  • Clive Shakespeare – electric guitars, acoustic guitars
  • Tony Mitchell – bass guitar
  • Alan Sandow – drums
  • Russell Smith – trumpet

Charts

Chart (1974) Peak
position
Australia Kent Music Report[4] 3

Release history

Country Date Label Format Catalog
Australia 1975 Festival LP L 35652
Australia 23 August 1999 Festival CD D20031
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gollark: Group identification symbol things should be *at least* 64 bits to avoid accidents!
gollark: It's quite dodecahedral to go around trying to assign even simple (pairs of) numbers to the Evil People™.
gollark: I feel as if you have are reading too much into numbers which may be, you know, basically random.

References

  1. Sherbet - Life... Is For Living at Allmusic
  2. Sherbet - Life...Is For Living (Album) at Itunes
  3. Sherbet - Life... Is For Living at Australian Music Database
  4. Kent, David (1975). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 94. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988.


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