--- product_id: 16329764 title: "Lifeline" brand: "virgin records us" price: "€ 18.97" currency: EUR in_stock: false reviews_count: 8 category: "Music" url: https://www.desertcart.be/products/16329764-lifeline store_origin: BE region: Belgium --- # Lifeline **Brand:** virgin records us **Price:** € 18.97 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Lifeline by virgin records us - **How much does it cost?** € 18.97 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.be](https://www.desertcart.be/products/16329764-lifeline) ## Best For - virgin records us enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted virgin records us brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Product Description At the end of a nine month European tour, Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals landed in a Paris recording studio and completed their new album, Lifeline, in just seven days. The result: a soulful masterpiece with beautifully direct lyrics, undeniable grooves and an effortless energy that recalls the best works of Otis Redding, Bill Withers and Beggars Banquet-era Rolling Stones. Yeah...it's that good. It's no surprise that most bands today don't record albums live, straight to tape, in one room, no Pro Tools, no auto-tune. There are only a handful of modern artists that can pull it off. Since Ben & The Innocent Criminals were so musically connected after such a long tour, they entered the studio immediately. And on a sixteen track tape machine and one full week in the City of Lights, they successfully recorded and mixed an album that will sit alongside all of your old favorites...just like a classic record should. .com Eight albums in just over a dozen years: validation that Ben Harper--mind or body--rarely rests, be it on the road with backing jam band the Innocent Criminals or buried in a studio, where the gifted singer-songwriter lays down his brand of peace-chanting, love-tilting music. His latest is lighter on the rock, with a greater emphasis on gospel, blues, and deeply burning soul. Harper isn't concerned about letting listeners inside that soul, confessing in the title track, "I don't want to wait a lifetime/Yours or mine." The solo acoustic closer is classic wear-your-heart-on-your-sleeve, a trait that seems to drift in and out of songs like the ominous ballad "Younger than Today," which remembers earlier days being better days, or its mood-opposite "Say You Will," where the exultance of a flamboyant piano and gospel backing vocals offset cheesy lines such as "love you like a candle loves a flame." The latter is a standout, along with the bluesy opener "Fight Outta You"; the island-splashed "In the Colors," which recalls early-'70s Van Morrison; and "Put It on Me," with its brilliant lyric, "She cuts cherry pie when she looks you in the eye." All eyes, as his legion builds, are on Ben Harper. All ears, too. --Scott Holte Ben Harper Photos         More from Ben Harper Both Sides of the Gun Diamonds on the Inside Fight for Your Mind Live at the Hollywood Bowl Ben Harper and the Blind Boys of Alabama: Live at the Apollo Pleasure & Pain ## Images ![Lifeline - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51P5ahyG44L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This one could be it *by R***E on September 1, 2007* It baffles me why Ben Harper doesn't receive more accolades than he does. He's one of the best singer-songwriters around. His performances are like vintage soul with new themes added to a timeless groove."Lifeline" could be it--the CD that actually gets him those awards. Til then, psst--you can say you liked Ben Harper early.Harper often traverses the whole emotional gamut in his music and "Lifeline" is no different. His opener, "Fight Outta You" could be a father's advice, a commencement speech, or just a pick-me-up on a bad day:it will be in your honor'til you're not needed any longerdon't believe the headlinescheck it for yourself sometimesthe lies you live become youthe love you lose it numbs youthey say that you've arrivedthat's just a high class bribedon't let them take the fightoutta you"In the Colors" is the hit from this CD if KGSR-Austin's playlist is any indication. It's another song that offers hope to the hopeless:when you again start hopingwith your arms wide opendance with me into the colorsof the duskIf you're a fool for train songs like I am, you're going to love "Fool For a Lonesome Train." You can almost hear the whistle in the rain.Several songs deal with lost love, including "Younger than Today.""Lifeline" has something for just about every mood and I can honestly say that most of the tracks stand out in one way or another. It's very hard for me to believe that Harper and the Innocent Criminals managed to record this CD in 7 days in Paris, but if anyone could, this talented group is the one! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 9 months of touring, 1 week of recording, no pro tools *by D***Y on January 13, 2009* I can't help myself Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals make me feel really chill. But this album rocks my world, because its pure. Its innovative with its humbleness.You can hear the tracks above, but the songwriting with Harper is always steller. the sleeve and lyrics are printed on 100% post consumer waste recycled paper.It was recorded as mentioned before in France, and so it fittingly has a beautiful instrumental tune called Paris Sunrise. This is, and I hesitate to say it, my favorite Ben Harper album.Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals never disappoint me - but I really like the feeling of this album. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Winner of MY FAVORITE CD OF THE YEAR *by J***S on December 22, 2007* Okay, so I can't bestow a prize on Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals. But I would if I could! I loved this CD. It's in continual rotation on my CD player. I know all the songs by heart. And boy is my heart happy! Yes, I'm a fan, as anyone who knows me is fully aware. This band's music speaks to me. Maybe it's because their sound is kind of retro, kind of today, kind of universal. I love all kinds of music, just so it moves me emotionally. The music and words of LIFELINE definitely do that. Was it nominated for a Grammy? If not, it SHOULD have been! As a couple of other reviewers have said: It's music to groove to. 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