''Life Sentence to Love'' is an album by the American punk rock band

Legal Weapon Legal Weapon were a Southern California-based punk band, initially composed of singer Kat Arthur and guitarist Brian Hansen (both previously of the Silencers), bassist Patricia Morrison (formerly of Bags and later of the Gun Club, the Sisters o ...

, released in 1988 on

MCA Records MCA Records was an American record label owned by MCA Inc., which later became part of Universal Music Group. Pre-history MCA Inc., a powerful talent agency and a television production company, entered the recorded music business in 1962 wit ...

. It was produced by

Dave Jerden Dave Jerden is an American record producer, engineer, and mixer who has worked with artists in various genres including alternative rock, punk rock and metal. However, Jerden has stated that he dislikes the term "producer", preferring to refer t ...

Critical reception

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'' gave the album a poor review, calling it "a keyboard-laden cross between Heart and the Cult over which atArthur tries to emote."

Track listing

Personnel

;Legal Weapon *Kat Arthur – vocals *Brian Hansen – guitar, vocals *Adam Maples – drums, vocals *Eddie Wayne – bass guitar, vocals ;Additional musicians and production *Robert Blakeman – photography *Bob Carlyle – additional vocals *Ronnie Champagne – recording *Mark Ettel – recording *Jeff Eyrich – production on "SK8 (Skateboard)" *Tommy Funderburk – additional vocals *Andy Harper – mixing *

– production,

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, mixing *

John Kosh John Kosh, known simply as Kosh, is an English art director, album cover designer, graphic artist, and documentary producer/director. He was born in London, England and rose to prominence in the mid-1960s while designing for the Royal Ballet a ...

– design,

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Bob Ludwig Robert C. Ludwig (born c. 1945) is an American mastering engineer. He has mastered recordings on all the major recording formats for all the major record labels, and on projects by more than 1,300 artists including Led Zeppelin, Lou Reed, Qu ...

– mastering *

Craig Ross Craig David Ross is an American guitarist best known for performing and recording with Lenny Kravitz. Early life Craig Ross was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. He has two daughters named Mia and Devon with his first wife Anna. Si ...

– guitar

References

{{Authority control 1988 albums Albums produced by Dave Jerden Legal Weapon albums MCA Records albums Albums produced by Jeff Eyrich