Life on the Line

The Globe and Mail concluded: "This band is so topical, so accurate on contemporary street feeling (the alternation between active-passive is scary but authentic), that Life on the Line qualifies as more than a collection of tunes; it's a document that pegs 1977 as it hasn't yet been pegged." ==Track listing==

• "Do Anything You Wanna Do" (music: Graeme Douglas; lyrics: Ed Hollis) – 4:19 • "Quit This Town" (music: Graeme; lyrics: Hollis, Douglas) – 2:27 • "Telephone Girl" (music: Paul Gray, Steve Nicol; lyrics: Barry Masters) – 2:28 • "What's Really Going On" (music & lyrics: Gray) – 2:17 • "Ignore Them (Still Life)" (music: Douglas; lyrics: Hollis) – 4:43 • "Life on the Line" (music: Douglas, Gray; lyrics: Hollis) – 4:04 • "(And) Don't Believe Your Eyes" (music: Douglas; lyrics: Hollis) – 3:35 • "We Sing... The Cross" (music: Douglas, Gray, Nicol) – 2:48 • "Beginning of the End" (music & lyrics: Dave Higgs) – 8:17 ;2000 reissue bonus tracks • "I Might Be Lying" (Dave Higgs) – 5:16 • "Ignore Them (Always Crashing in the Same Bar)" – 3:34 • "Schoolgirl Love" (Douglas, Masters) – 3:21 • "Till the Night Is Gone (Let's Rock)" – 3:13 • "Flipside Rock" (With Robin Tyner) – 2:39 • "Do Anything You Wanna Do" (Live) – 4:05 • "What's Really Going On" (Live) (Douglas, Hollis) – 2:17 • "Why Can't It Be" (Live) (Higgs) – 2:39 • "Distortion May Be Expected" – 5:07 ==Personnel==

;Eddie and the Hot Rods • Barrie Masters – lead vocals • Graeme Douglas – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals, 12-string guitar and organ on "(And) Don't Believe Your Eyes" • Dave Higgs – rhythm guitar, backing vocals, Mellotron on "Beginning of the End" • Paul Gray – bass, backing vocals • Steve Nicol – drums, percussion, backing vocals ;Technical • The Rods, Graeme Douglas, Steve Lillywhite – assistant production • Ed Hollis, Steve Lillywhite – mixing • Steve Lillywhite – engineer • Edward Barker, Keith Morris – design, photography ==Charts==