Life... Is for Living

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Life... Is For Living | type = studio | artist = Sherbet | cover = Sherbet_life.jpg | alt = | released = November 1975 | recorded = 1975 | venue = | studio = Trafalgar Studios, Armstrong Studios, Festival Studios | genre = Rock, pop | length = 36:43<ref>[https://www.allmusic.com/album/life-is-for-living-mw0001052839 Sherbet - Life... Is For Living at Allmusic]</ref> | label = Infinity, Festival | producer = Clive Shakespeare, Garth Porter, John L Sayers | prev_title = Greatest Hits 1970-1975 | prev_year = 1975 | next_title = Howzat | next_year = 1976 | misc = {{Singles | name = Life...Is for Living | type = studio | single1 = Life | single1date = August 1975 | single2 = Only One You | single2date = October 1975 }} }}

'''''Life... Is for Living''''' is the fourth studio album by Sherbet released in November 1975. The album reached at number 3 on the Kent Music Report.<ref>[http://australianmusicdatabase.com/recordings/life-is-for-living-by-sherbet Sherbet - Life... Is For Living at Australian Music Database]</ref>

==Track listing== {{Track listing | extra_column = | headline = Side A | title1 = Arrival | length1 = 1:56 | extra1 = | writer1 = Garth Porter, Clive Shakespeare | note1 = | title2 = Survival | writer2 = Porter, Shakespeare | note2 = | length2 = 2:03 | extra2 = | title3 = Life | length3 = 3:28 | extra3 = | writer3 = Porter, Shakespeare | note3 = | title4 = I Wanna Live | length4 = 4:12 | extra4 = | writer4 = Porter, Shakespeare | note4 = | title5 = Only One You | length5 = 3:46 | extra5 = | writer5 = Porter, Shakespeare | note5 = | title6 = Matter of Time | length6 = 3:00 | extra6 = | writer6 = Porter, Shakespeare | note6 = }}

{{Track listing | headline = Side B | title1 = Just Being You | length1 = 3:50 | writer1 = Porter, Shakespeare | title2 = Bluesong | length2 = 2:46 | writer2 = Clive Shakespeare | title3 = I've Been in It Too Long | length3 = 2:55 | writer3 = Porter, Shakespeare | title4 = Where Do We Go? | length4 = 4:15 | writer4 = Shakespeare | title5 = Survival (Reprise) | length5 = 4:32 | writer5 = Porter, Shakespeare | total_length = 36:43 }}

==Personnel==

==="Survival"=== *Garth Porter – clavinet, Hammond and Yamaha combo organ, Moog *Clive Shakespeare – guitars *Tony Mitchell – bass guitar *Alan Sandow – drums

==="Life"=== *Daryl Braithwaite – lead vocals *Garth Porter – Mu-Tron, clavinet, Moog, organ, harmony vocals *Clive Shakespeare – electric guitar, acoustic classical guitar, harmony vocals *Tony Mitchell – bass guitar, harmony vocals *Alan Sandow – drums, roto-toms

==="I Wanna Live"=== *Daryl Braithwaite – lead vocals *Garth Porter – organ, clavinet, saxophones, harmony vocals *Clive Shakespeare – slide guitars, acoustic guitars, Burns Flyte guitars, harmony vocals *Tony Mitchell – bass guitar, harmony vocals *Alan Sandow – drums, roto-toms, percussion *Dalvanius and The Fascinations – harmony vocals

==="Only One You"=== *Daryl Braithwaite – lead vocals *Garth Porter – Hammond and Yamaha organ, piano, string synthesizer, harmony vocals *Clive Shakespeare – classical guitars, 12 string guitars, harmony vocals *Tony Mitchell – bass guitar, harmony vocals *Alan Sandow – drums *Bruce Sandell – flute

==="Matter of Time"=== *Garth Porter – lead vocals, saxophones, piano *Clive Shakespeare – electric guitar *Tony Mitchell – bass guitar *Alan Sandow – drums *Daryl Braithwaite – Burns Flyte guitar *Geoff Oakes – saxophone solo

==="Just Being You"=== *Daryl Braithwaite – lead vocals, tambourine *Garth Porter – clavinet, piano, saxes, harmony vocals *Clive Shakespeare – lead guitar, Uni-Vibe guitars, 12 string guitars, Burns Flyte guitars *Tony Mitchell – bass guitar, harmony vocals *Alan Sandow – drums *Dal & Fascinations – vocals

==="Bluesong"=== *Tony Mitchell – bass guitar, lead vocals *Garth Porter – Wurlitzer piano *Clive Shakespeare – guitars, harmony vocals *Alan Sandow – drums, gon bop congas *Peter Jones – vibes

==="I've Been In It Too Long"=== *Daryl Braithwaite – vocals *Garth Porter – lead vocals on 2nd verse, piano, saxophones *Clive Shakespeare – ukulele, vocals, harp, kitchen sink *Tony Mitchell – bass guitar, vocals *Alan Sandow – lead vocals on 1st verse, drums

==="Where Do We Go?"=== *Daryl Braithwaite – lead vocals, tambourine *Garth Porter – electric and grand piano, organ, saxophones, harmony vocals *Clive Shakespeare – 12 string guitar, slide guitars, Burns Flyte guitar, harmony vocals *Tony Mitchell – bass guitar, harmony vocals *Alan Sandow – drums, harmony vocals *Dal & The Fascinations – harmony vocals *David Bronn – saxophone *Miguel Carranza – trombone *Bruce Sandell – flute *Russell Smith – trumpet

==="Survival (Reprise)"=== *Daryl Braithwaite – vocals *Garth Porter – electric piano, synthesizers, strings, Yamaha combo organ *Clive Shakespeare – electric guitars, acoustic guitars *Tony Mitchell – bass guitar *Alan Sandow – drums *Russell Smith – trumpet

== Charts == {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" |Chart (1975/76) ! scope="col" |Peak<br>position |- ! scope="row" |Australia Kent Music Report<ref>{{cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|last=Kent|first=David|publisher=Australian Chart Book|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|location=St Ives|page=271|author-link=David Kent (historian)}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;" |3 |}

==Release history== {| class="wikitable" ! Country ! Date ! Label ! Format ! Catalog |- | Australia | November 1975 | Festival | LP, cassette | L 35652 |- | Australia | 23 August 1999 | Festival | CD | D20031 |}

==References== <references />

Category:Sherbet (band) albums Category:1975 albums Category:Festival Records albums Category:Infinity Records albums Category:Albums produced by Clive Shakespeare Category:Albums produced by John L Sayers Category:Albums produced by Garth Porter