''The Lower East Side of Life'' is the second studio album to be released by American singer

Eric Heatherly Eric Lafon Heatherly (born February 21, 1970) is an American singer. In 2000, he debuted with a cover of The Statler Brothers' "Flowers on the Wall", the first of three singles from his debut album ''Swimming in Champagne'', which was issued in 2 ...

. It was released in 2005, after Heatherly had recorded two unreleased albums on two different labels. The album was released on Heatherly's personal label, NashVegas Records, in association with

Koch Entertainment Koch Entertainment was an American record label and a distributor of film, television, and music. It was purchased by Canadian entertainment company Entertainment One in 2005. History First years The company began in 1975 as part of Koch Intern ...

, and no singles were released from it.

Critical reception

'' Country Standard Time'' describes the album as containing "honest country songs."

Track listing

Musical credits

*José Arbelaez -

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*Eric Darken - percussion *Eric Heatherly -

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, background vocals,

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, synthesizer,

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* Chris McHugh - drums *Greg Morrow - drums

References

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