Life Goes On (Gerry Rafferty album)
Life Goes On is the tenth and final studio album from Scottish soft rock musician Gerry Rafferty. Released on 30 November 2009 by Hypertension Music, it was the singer's final recording published before his 2011 death.
Reception
Writing for Is this music?, Gary Marshall gave the album a three out of five, praising the singer's voice and some select tracks but noting that the album is over-produced and clearly made up of leftovers from previous albums.Track listing
All songs written by Gerry Rafferty, except where noted.- "Kyrie Eleison" – 3:50
- "The Waters of Forgetfulness" – 4:53
- "Don't Speak of My Heart" – 5:58
- "Because" – 2:47
- "Everytime I Wake Up" – 5:20
- "Love and Affection" – 5:57
- "The Land of the Chosen Few" – 4:00
- "Life Goes On" – 3:06
- "Another World" – 3:52
- "Time's Caught Up On You" – 3:51
- "Conscious Love" – 4:28
- "Over My Head" – 2:50
- "Hang On" – 4:02
- "It's Easy to Talk" – 4:34
- "The Maid of Culmore" – 4:08
- "Your Heart's Desire" – 5:51
- "Adeste Fidelis" – 4:08
- "Silent Night" – 3:30
Personnel
- Andy Patterson – bells, programming, engineering
- Gerry Rafferty – vocals, programming
- Giles Twigg – percussion, engineering
- Arran Ahmun – drums, percussion
- Mel Collins – saxophone
- Doug Cook – engineering
- Brad Davis – engineering
- Brian Europe – assistant and vocal engineering
- Philippe Garcia – engineering
- Tom Gonzalez – vocal engineering
- Bryn Hawarth – guitar
- Barry Hammond – drum engineering
- Jean Jacques Lemoine – engineering
- Hugh Murphy – engineering, recording, production
- Chris Potter – engineering
- Don Priest – engineering
- Gerry Rafferty – vocals, programming, production
- Pavel Rosak – keyboards, bass guitar, percussion, brass, marimba
- Tim Young – additional engineering
- Arran Ahmun – hi-hat, cymbal, tambourine
- Hugh Burns – electric guitar
- Liane Carroll – backing vocals
- Doug Cook – assistant engineering
- Joe Egan – backing vocals
- Mo Foster – bass guitar
- Barry Hammond – additional engineering
- Melanie Harrold – backing vocals
- Andrew Jackman – bassoon and string arrangement
- Julian Littman – backing vocals
- Nicky Moore – backing vocals
- Hugh Murphy – production
- Dan Priest – mixing
- Gerry Rafferty – backing and lead vocals, high-string guitar, programming, production
- Pavel Rosak – keyboards, drum programming
- Mike Ross – string recording
- Gavin Wright – strings
- Andy Patterson – engineering
- Gerry Rafferty – vocals, programming
- Giles Twigg – engineering
- Arran Ahmun – percussion
- Kenny Craddock – Hammond organ, keyboards
- Brian Europe – assistant engineering
- Mo Foster – bass guitar
- Zahir Kahn – assistant engineering
- Gerry Rafferty – backing and lead vocals, electric guitar, programming
- Martin Raymond – assistant engineering
- Ronnie Rehse – German reading
- Arturo Tappin – saxophone
- Giles Twigg – drums, percussion, guitar, reading from Digital Delirium, programming, engineering
- Arran Ahmun – hi-hat, cymbal, tambourine
- Hugh Burns – electric guitar
- Doug Cook – assistant engineering
- Mo Foster – bass guitar
- Barry Hammond – additional engineering
- Andrew Jackman – horn, oboe, and string arrangement
- Hugh Murphy – production
- Andy Patterson – engineering
- Dan Priest – mixing
- Gerry Rafferty – backing and lead vocals, programming, production
- Pavel Rosak – keyboards, drum programming
- Mike Ross – string recording
- Giles Twigg – engineering
- Gavin Wright – strings
- Gerry Rafferty – backing and lead vocals, acoustic guitar, programming
- Giles Twigg – drums, percussion, programming, engineering
- Arran Ahmun – hi-hat, cymbal, tambourine
- Hugh Burns – guitar
- Mel Collins – saxophone
- Doug Cook – assistant engineering
- Mo Foster – bass guitar
- Barry Hammond – additional engineering
- Andrew Jackman – string arrangement
- Hugh Murphy – production
- Andy Patterson – engineering
- Dan Priest – mixing
- Pavel Rosak – keyboards, bass guitar and drum programming
- Gerry Rafferty – backing and lead vocals, programming, production
- Mike Ross – string recording
- Giles Twigg – engineering
- Gavin Wright – strings
- Doug Cook – assistant engineering
- Kenny Craddock – Hammond organ, keyboards
- Brian Europe – assistant engineering
- Zahir Khan – assistant engineering
- Pino Palladino – bass guitar
- Martin Raymond – assistant engineering
- Gerry Rafferty – backing and lead vocals, electric piano, programming
- Giles Twigg – bass guitar and drum programming, engineering
- Arran Ahmun – hi-hat, cymbal, tambouring, toms, cowbell, congas, talking drum, agogô, finger cymbals
- Hugh Burns – guitar
- Liane Carroll – backing vocals
- B. J. Cole – pedal steel guitar
- Mel Collins – saxophone
- Doug Cook – assistant engineering
- Joe Egan – backing vocals
- Barry Hammond – additional engineering
- Melanie Harrold – backing vocals
- Julian Littman – backing vocals
- Nicky Moore – backing vocals
- Hugh Murphy – production
- Dan Priest – mixing
- Pavel Rosak – keyboards; bass guitar, drum, and percussion programming
- Mike Ross – string recording
- Gerry Rafferty – backing and lead vocals, acoustic guitar, programming, production
- Gavin Wright – strings
- Arran Ahmun – percussion
- Kenny Craddock – Hammond organ, keyboards
- Brian Europe – assistant engineering
- Karen Griffiths – backing vocals
- Bryn Hawarth – slide guitar
- Zahir Kahn – assistant engineering
- Mark Knopfler – electric guitar
- Cindy Legall – backing vocals
- Tamara Marshall – backing vocals
- Pino Palladino – bass guitar
- Gerry Rafferty – backing and lead vocals, electric piano, programming, production
- Martin Raymond – assistant engineering
- Giles Twigg – drum and percussion programming, engineering
- Arran Ahmun – drums
- Doug Cook – additional engineering
- Brad Davis – additional engineering
- Brian Europe – assistant vocal engineering
- Mo Foster – bass guitar
- Philippe Garcia – assistant engineering
- Tom Gonzalez – vocal engineering
- Barry Hammond – drum engineering
- Jean Jacques Lemoine – engineering
- Ian Lynn – keyboards, strings
- Hugh Murphy – engineering, recording, production
- Andy Patterson – engineering
- Chris Potter – additional and assistant engineering
- Dan Priest – additional engineering
- Gerry Rafferty – acoustic guitar, vocals, production
- Tim Young – additional engineering
- Arran Ahmun – hi-hat, cymbal, tambouring
- Mel Collins – saxophone
- Doug Cook – assistant engineering
- Joe Egan – backing vocals
- Mo Foster – bass guitar
- Bryn Hawarth – bottleneck guitar
- Barry Hammond – additional engineering
- Julian Littman – backing vocals
- Nicky Moore – backing vocals
- Hugh Murphy – production
- Andy Patterson – engineering
- Dan Priest – mixing
- Gerry Rafferty – backing and lead vocals, programming, production
- Mike Ross – string recording
- Pavel Rosak – keyboards, drum and percussion programming
- Gavin Wright – strings
- Arran Ahmun – hi-hat, cymbal, tambourine
- Liane Carroll – backing vocals
- B. J. Cole – pedal steel guitar
- Doug Cook – assistant engineering
- Joe Egan – backing vocals
- Mo Foster – bass guitar
- Barry Hammond – additional engineering
- Melanie Harrold – backing vocals
- Bryn Hawarth – bottleneck guitar
- Julian Littman – backing vocals
- Nicky Moore – backing vocals
- Hugh Murphy – production
- Andy Patterson – engineering
- Dan Priest – additional engineering
- Gerry Rafferty – backing and lead vocals, acoustic guitar, programming, production
- Pavel Rosak – keyboards, drum and percussion programming
- Mike Ross – string recording
- Gavin Wright – strings
- Andy Patterson – engineering
- Gerry Rafferty – back and lead vocals, programming
- Giles Twigg – engineering
- Arran Ahmun – drums and percussion
- Alan Clark – Hammond organ, keyboards, synthesizer
- Mel Collins – saxophone
- Kenny Craddock – Hammond organ, keyboards, synthesizer
- Jerry Donahue – electric rhythm guitar
- Mo Foster – fretless bass guitar
- Gerry Rafferty – harmony and lead vocals, organ, synthesizer, acoustic guitar, piano, programming
- Andy Patterson – engineering
- Giles Twigg – engineering
- Andy Patterson – bells, engineering
- Gerry Rafferty – vocals, programming
- Giles Twigg – engineering
- Andy Patterson – engineering
- Gerry Rafferty – vocals and programming
- Giles Twigg – engineering