''Lose This Life'' is the second and final studio album by American Christian rock band Tait. According to frontman

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, the songs all have to do with the striving human passion to know, feel and experience God's love. It was released by

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on November 4, 2003. It was later released to the Japanese market on April 15, 2004 through

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and on March 27, 2005 through Sony BMG Music Entertainment Philippines. Rob Beckley, lead singer of the alternative rock band

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, appears in the second song "Numb". "Lose This Life" is the single that had been released in the U.S. release of

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Recording and production

Pre-production for ''Lose This Life'' began during the first week of March 2003.

Track listing

"Lose This Life" appeared on

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, MahaGoGo, and the U.S. version of

Music video

The title track, "Lose This Life", is the only song so far to have spawned a

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Personnel

Tait *

– vocals * Justin York – guitars * Lonnie Chapin – bass * Chad Chapin – drums Additional musicians * Mark Heimermann *

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* Jerry McPherson * Adam Lester * Jay Johnson * Javier Solis * Todd Robbins *

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(from

) – lead vocals (2) * Carl Marsh – orchestra arrangements (12) * Gavyn Wright – concertmaster (12) *

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– orchestra (12) Production * Michael Tait – producer (1–11) * Mark Heimermann – producer (1, 2, 4–10) * Matt Bronleewe – producer (3) * Chad Chapin – producer (11) * Brown Bannister – producer (12) * Brent Milligan – executive producer, A&R direction *

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– A&R direction * Todd Robbins – engineer, mixing (1, 3, 8, 9, 11, 12) * Glen Spinner – engineer * Shane D. Wilson – engineer * Michael H. Brauer – mixing (2, 4–7, 10) * Steve Bishir – recording (12) * Grant Greene – assistant engineer * Greg Lawrence – assistant engineer * Melissa Mattey – assistant engineer * Chris Barnett – assistant engineer (12) * Tracy Martinson – digital editing (12) *

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– mastering (1–11) *

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– mastering (12) * Amy Guenthner – A&R coordinator * PJ Heimmerman – production manager (1, 2, 4–10) * Shawn Andrews – production coordinator * Susannah Parrish – creative coordinator * Scott McDaniel – art direction * Room 120 – design *

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– photography * Jennifer Catron – artist development

References

Tait (band) albums 2003 albums ForeFront Records albums {{2000s-Christian-rock-album-stub