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Life on the Wire is the fourth studio album by British jazz-funk duo Morrissey–Mullen, released in 1982 by Beggars Banquet Records. It peaked at No. 47 in the UK Albums Chart.[2]

Life on the Wire
Studio album by Morrissey–Mullen
Released	1982 (1982)
Studio	Scorpio Sound, London, England
Genre	Jazz-funk
Label	Beggars Banquet
Producer	Chris Palmer
Morrissey–Mullen chronology
Badness (1981) Life on the Wire (1982) It's About Time (1983)
Singles from Life on the Wire
"Life on the Wire" Released: 1982 "Come and Get Me" Released: 1982

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Life on the Wire" (Claire Hamill, Jim Mullen) – 5:19
2. "Takin' Time" (John Critchinson) – 5:22
3. "Face of a Child" (Hamill, Mullen) – 5:55
4. "Come and Get Me" (Hamill, Mullen) – 4:37

Side two

5. "Brazil Nut" (Alan Gorrie) – 5:17
6. "Ships that Pass in the Night" (Hamill, Mullen) – 5:04
7. "Making Waves" (Critchinson) – 5:20
8. "Running Out of Time" (Hamill, Dick Morrissey) – 4:38

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the Life on the Wire liner notes.[3]

• Dick Morrissey — tenor and soprano saxophones; flute
• Jim Mullen — guitar
• Claire Hamill — vocals
• Carol Kenyon — vocals
• Tony Beard — drums
• Chris Fletcher — percussion
• John McKenzie — bass
• John Critchinson — keyboards
• Danny Schogger — synthesizer

Charts

Chart (1982)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)[4]	47

References

External links

• Life on the Wire at Discogs (list of releases)

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