Lifeline (Ben Harper album)

Lifeline
Studio album by
Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals
ReleasedAugust 28, 2007
StudioGang Studios, Paris
Genre
Length40:54
LabelVirgin
ProducerBen Harper
Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals chronology
Both Sides of the Gun
(2006) 		Lifeline
(2007) 		White Lies for Dark Times
(2009)
Singles from Lifeline
  1. "Fight Outta You"
    Released: 2007
  2. "In the Colors"
    Released: 2008
  3. "Fool for a Lonesome Train"
    Released: 2008
Ben Harper discussing Lifeline in 2007

Lifeline is an album by Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals. It was recorded in Paris in the fall of 2006 after the lengthy European leg of the Both Sides of the Gun tour. Harper and the Innocent Criminals wrote the tracks while on tour and would rehearse the songs during sound checks while at each venue. Recorded in only seven days on analog, the album was released on August 28, 2007.[1][2] It is Harper's eighth album.

Lifeline debuted at number 9 on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling about 41,000 copies in its first week.[3] As of November 2008, the album has sold 173,000 copies in United States.[4]

  1. ^ Rolling Stone, September 2007.
  2. ^ "The Spectrum - Arts and Entertainment - Sept 7, 2007". Archived from the original on 12 December 2007. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  3. ^ Jonathan Cohen, "'High School Musical 2' Starts Third Week At No. 1", Billboard.com, September 5, 2007.
  4. ^ Cohen, Jonathan (November 11, 2008). "Ben Harper Rocks Out With New Band". Billboard. Retrieved January 23, 2019.