{{Infobox album | name = Periscope life | type = Album | artist = Kayak | cover = cover_-_periscope_life.jpg | alt = | released = 1980 | recorded = October – November 1979 at The Village Recorder, Los Angeles, USA | venue = | studio = | genre = | length = | label = Vertigo | producer = John Tilly and Kayak | prev_title = Phantom of the Night | prev_year = 1978 | next_title = Merlin | next_year = 1981 }}{{Album ratings | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r42143|pure_url=yes}} link]|}}
'''''Periscope Life''''' is the seventh album by the Dutch progressive rock band Kayak, originally released on LP in 1980.<ref>[https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Kayak&titel=Close+To+The+Fire&cat=a Dutch Charts - Kayak albums chart positions]</ref> The first CD issue (1993) had 2 bonus tracks. In 1998, the album (without the bonus tracks) was part of the Double CD ''3 Originals''
==Track listing== # "Astral Aliens" (Linders/Lapthorn/T. Scherpenzeel) – 3:48 # "What's in a Name" (T. Scherpenzeel) – 4:12 # "Stop That Song" (T. Scherpenzeel) – 3:14 # "If You Really Need Me Now" (Linders/T. Scherpenzeel) – 4:15 # "Periscope Life" (T. Scherpenzeel) – 3:24 # "Beggars Can't Be Choosers" (Linders/Lapthorn/T. Scherpenzeel) – 4:39 # "The Sight" (T. Scherpenzeel) – 3:59 # "Lost Blue Of Chartres" (T. Scherpenzeel) – 3:24 # "Anne" (Linders/T. Scherpenzeel) – 4:19 # "One Way Or Another" (T. Scherpenzeel) – 3:56 # "Sad To Say Farewell" (Linders/T. Scherpenzeel) – 4:22
===Bonus tracks on CD=== # "Total Loss" (Linders/T. Scherpenzeel) – 4:11 # "What's Done Is Done" (T. Scherpenzeel) – 3:39
==Personnel== * Edward Reekers – lead vocals * Johan Slager – electric and acoustic guitars * Ton Scherpenzeel – keyboards, backing vocals * Peter Scherpenzeel – bass guitar, recorders * Max Werner – drums, backing vocals, percussion * Irene Linders – backing vocals * Katherine Lapthorn – backing vocals
===Guest Musicians===
* Jim Price – trombone * Jim Gordon – saxophone, clarinet * Lee Thornburg – trumpet, flugelhorn
==References== {{reflist}} {{Kayak}} {{Authority control}}
Category:1980 albums Category:Kayak (band) albums