Lifeline (Roy Ayers album)

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.

Lifeline
Studio album by Roy Ayers
Released	1977
Studio	Electric Lady Studios (New York City) Sigma Sound Studios (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

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

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.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"This Side of Sunshine"	William Allen	3:16
2.	"Running Away"	Roy Ayers Edwin Birdsong	3:55
3.	"Gotta Find a Lover"	Roy Ayers Edwin Birdsong	7:10
4.	"I Still Love You"	Roy Ayers	4:09
5.	"Lifeline"	Roy Ayers	2:50
6.	"Cincinnati Growl"	Roy Ayers	3:54
7.	"Fruit"	Roy Ayers Carl Clay	3:53
8.	"Sanctified Feeling"	Edwin Birdsong	5:42
9.	"Stranded in the Jungle"	Roy Ayers	4:30
10.	"Together"	Roy Ayers	3:39

Personnel

• Roy Ayers – vocals, vibraphone, electric piano, Deagan vibraharp, arrangement (tracks: 2–7, 9–10), producer
• Edwin L. Birdsong – vocals, piano, arrangement (track 8), co-producer
• William Henry Allen – bass, arrangement (track 1), co-producer
• Dee Dee Bridgewater|Denise Eileen Garrett – vocals
• Sylvia Cox – vocals
• Philip Woo – Moog synthesizer, ARP String Synthesizer, electric piano, piano
• Chuck Anthony – guitar
• Calvin Banks – guitar
• Glenn S. Jeffrey – guitar
• James Philip Mason – guitar
• Kwame Steve Cobb – drums
• Chano O'Ferral – congas, percussion
• Justo Almario – tenor saxophone
• John Clifford Mosley, Jr. – trumpet
• Michael Hutchinson – engineering
• David Wittman – engineering
• Bruce Hensal – engineering
• Jerry Solomon – engineering
• James Patrick Green – engineering
• Basil Pao Ho-Yun – art direction
• Kathie McKinty – photography

Chart history

Chart (1977)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[2]	72
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[3]	9

References

1. Ankeny, Jason. "Lifeline – Roy Ayers / Roy Ayers Ubiquity". AllMusic. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
2. "Roy Ayers Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
3. "Roy Ayers Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 2, 2018.

External links

• Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Lifeline at Discogs (list of releases)