Lifeline is an album by Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals. The album was recorded in Paris in the fall of 2006 after the lengthy European leg of the Both Sides of the Gun

Both Sides of the Gun

Both Sides of the Gun, is a Ben Harper album released in 2006. Split into two discs, the title suggests at the two sides of Harper's musical nature. The first disc is made of mostly acoustic and string-driven songs hinted at on the last track of Harper's previous album Diamonds on the Inside...

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 7 days on analog

Analog signal

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, Harper's eighth studio album was released on 28 August 2007.

The album debuted at number nine on the U.S. Billboard 200

Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

chart, selling about 41,000 copies in its first week.

Track listing

1. "Fight Outta You"
2. "In the Colors"
3. "Fool for a Lonesome Train"
4. "Needed You Tonight"
5. "Having Wings"
6. "Say You Will"
7. "Younger Than Today"
8. "Put It on Me"
9. "Heart of Matters"
10. "Paris Sunrise #7"
11. "Lifeline"