Lifeline (Roy Ayers album)

Lifeline
Studio album by Roy Ayers
Released	1977
Studio	Electric Lady, New York City Sigma Sound, New York City Record Plant, Los Angeles
Genre	Jazz-funk soul jazz
Label	Polydor
Producer	Roy Ayers William Allen (co.) Edwin Birdsong (co.)
Roy Ayers chronology
Everybody Loves the Sunshine (1976) Lifeline (1977) Let's Do It (1978)
Singles from Lifeline
"Running Away" Released: 1977

Lifeline is a studio album by Roy Ayers Ubiquity. It was released in 1977 through Polydor Records. Recording sessions for the album took place at Sigma Sound Studios and Electric Lady Studios in New York City, and at Record Plant in Los Angeles. Production was handled by Ayers himself with co-production by Edwin Birdsong and William Allen. The album features contributions from singers Dee Dee Bridgewater and Sylvia Cox, keyboardist Philip Woo, guitarists Calvin Banks, Chuck Anthony, Glenn Jeffrey and James Mason, drummer Steve Cobb, percussionist Chano O'Ferral, saxophonist Justo Almario, and trumpeter John Mosley.

The album peaked at number 72 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and at number 9 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in the United States. Its lead single, "Running Away", reached peak position No. 19 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.