Lifetime (Real Life album)

1990 studio album by Real Life

Lifetime is the third studio album by the Australian band Real Life, released in October 1990 by Curb Records. The album is the first release by the band without co-founder Richard Zatorski involvement.^[1] The tracks "God Tonight" and "Kiss the Ground" reached the Modern Rock and Dance charts in the United States.

Reception

Tomas Mureika from AllMusic believed the album was "better than much of the pop music out at the time, it feels too much like a commercial product rather than a labor of passion like Heartland or Flame." adding ""Kiss the Ground" "Push of Love" and "Let's Start a Fire" are all perfectly solid synth pop songs—but, alas, the era of synth pop was over by 1990 and Sterry had yet to discover the type of music that would ultimately make Real Life great again."^[1]

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from the album liner notes.^[2]

Real Life

• David Sterry – vocals, guitar
• Steve Williams – keyboards
• Allan Johnson – bass
• Danny Simcic – drums

Additional musicians

• Tracy Ackerman – backing vocals (3, 5, 8)
• Susie Ahern – backing vocals (3, 5, 8)
• Miquette Giraudy – backing vocals (6)

Technical

• Real Life – producer (1-3, 5, 9, 10)
• Steve Hillage – producer (4, 6-8)
• Nigel Wright – co-producer (1-3, 5, 9, 10)
• Doug Brady – engineer
• Paul Kosky – engineer
• Melita Jagic – engineer
• Bruce Johnson – engineer
• Robin Sellars – engineer
• Tom Baker – mastering
• Wilson Design Group – art direction, design
• James Widdowson – photography

Release history

References

1. Mureika, Tomas. "Lifetime – Heartland". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
2. Lifetime (Inner sleeve). Real Life. Curb. 1990. DI-77271.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)