''Lifeline'' is the second album by the

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soft rock group

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. Released in 1976, the album reached No. 139 on the ''Billboard'' Top LPs chart in the United States. In 1977,

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recorded "Don't Believe It" with mostly different lyrics for her album ''

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Track listing

Side One #"Crystal" (Jenkins, Lerios) - 3:42 (lead singer: Bud Cockrell) #"Don't Believe It" (

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) - 3:15 (lead singer: David Jenkins) #"Tearin' Down My Mind" (Eugene Autry) - 3:58 (lead singer: Bud Cockrell) #"(I Think) It's Finally Over" (Jenkins, Lerios) - 3:13 (lead singers: David Jenkins, Bud Cockrell) #"Lifeline" (Ron Nagle) - 3:36 (lead singers: David Jenkins, Bud Cockrell) Side Two #"Zero to Sixty in Five" (Jenkins, Lerios) - 5:01 (instrumental) #"Look to the Sky" (Cockrell) - 3:03 (lead singer: Bud Cockrell) #"Never See That Girl Enough" (Jenkins) - 3:28 (lead singer: David Jenkins) #"Who Knows" (Cockrell) - 3:38 (lead singer: Bud Cockrell) #"Good Ship Pablo Cruise" (Jenkins, Lerios, Price) - 3:28 (lead singer: David Jenkins)

Personnel

* David Jenkins -

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, bass on "Who Knows" * Steve Price -

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- bass, vocals *

Cory Lerios Cory Charles Lerios (born February 12, 1951) is an American pianist and vocalist. He is a founding member of the platinum-record-selling soft rock band Pablo Cruise, and since the mid-1980s he has scored music for film and television. History L ...

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*Geoffrey Palmer, Steve Frediani -

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- electric guitar, backing vocals, tambourine on "Lifeline" *Don Francisco,

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- backing vocals *Dan Levitt - guitar harmonies on "Zero to Sixty in Five" *

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- pedal steel guitar on "Look to the Sky" * David Campbell - strings and horn arrangements on "Zero to Sixty in Five"

Production

*Val Garay - producer,

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, Steve Maslow - assistant engineers *

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- mastering *

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- photography *Roland Young - art direction *Junie Osaki - design

References

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