''Life'' was the 4th studio album by hard rock band

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released on 23 August 1995 on

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. This album was written in

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's house over a couple weeks time in March 1995. This time they opted for convenience, recording everything separately, drums in Park studios, bass in

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’s pad, guitars in a small room just outside Stockholm. The tapes were then sent to Jeff in Los Angeles where he would do vocal overdubs. The first time the band was all together in the same room was during mixing. Although there are some great tracks on the album, maybe it should have been done differently. The mixing was done by Mats Lindfors. Marcel was unhappy with the result. The Japanese label were hurried, having planned their release date, and opted for the original mix. The European version is therefore a remix. When the album was released in the summer of 1995, it didn’t do as well as the predecessors. The labels involved had problems with distribution, people were getting fired, the Japanese label went bankrupt.

Track listing

# "Tears in the Sky" - 4:17 # "Temptation" - 4:21 # "A Life" - 5:07 # "Sympathy" - 4:38 # "All That Really Matters" - 3:46 # "Loveblind" - 3:09 # "

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" - 4:34 # "So Long" - 4:24 # "Body" - 3:27 # "Soul 2 Soul" - 4:34 # "How Was I to Know (Bonus Japanese)" - 3:49 # "Hands Of Time (Bonus Japanese)" - 4:52 Track 7 originally recorded by

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on the album

Personnel

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– bass *

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* Julie Greaux –

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Jamie Borger Jamie Borger (born 28 May 1964) is a Swedish drummer who has played in the bands Talisman, Treat and Last Autumn's Dream. Over the years, he also has recorded with Alfonzetti, Adam Thompson, Baltimore, Human Clay, Swedish Erotica and Jeff Scott ...

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Singles and Promos

* Crazy (CD Single) (1995)

References

Talisman Discography
{{Authority control Talisman (band) albums 1995 albums