The Way Life Goes
| The Way Life Goes | |
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| Studio album by Tom Keifer | |
| Released | 30 April 2013 |
| Recorded | 2003-2013 |
| Genre | Hard rock, blues rock |
| Length | 51:36 |
| Label | Merovee Records |
| Producer | Chuck Turner, Tom Keifer, Savannah Keifer |
The Way Life Goes is the debut solo album by Cinderella frontman Tom Keifer. It was released on 30 April 2013.
Background
Tom Keifer had been working on The Way Life Goes since 2003. It was released on 30 April 2013 through Merovee Records, part of Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group. This is the first new studio material from Keifer or Cinderella since Still Climbing in 1994.
"The Flower Song" was the album's lead single, released for radio airplay on 4 February 2013. "Solid Ground" followed on 11 March.
Reception
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Hard Rock Hideout | [2] |
| Metal Forces | [3] |
The Way Life Goes has received mostly positive critical reviews since its release.
Allmusic gave the album a possible four stars out of five, with reviewer Stephen Erlewine saying, "This is who he is: a man slightly out of time and a musician who's gotten better at his craft over the years, winding up with the best record he's ever made". Writer William Clark of Music Enthusiast Magazine wrote "Although us fans have had to wait nearly twenty years to hear some new material from the renowned musician, when those first few racing guitar licks to “Welcome To My Mind” come cranking out of your speakers, you instantly know this album was more than worth the wait".
Metal Forces calls the album "an impressive piece of work that is multi-layered and jam-packed full of emotion with not a duff tune to be found", while Hard Rock Hideout described the album as having "fantastic song writing, and outstanding playing fill The Way Life Goes and Tom Keifer's voice has never sounded better!".
The Way Life Goes sold 5,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at No. 78 on The Billboard 200 chart.
Track listing
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- "Solid Ground" (Tom Keifer, Savannah Keifer)
- "A Different Light" (Tom Keifer, Savannah Keifer)
- "It's Not Enough" (Tom Keifer, Savannah Keifer, Kent Agee)
- "Cold Day In Hell" ((Tom Keifer, Jim Peterik)
- "Thick And Thin" (Tom Keifer)
- "Ask Me Yesterday" (Tom Keifer, Savannah Keifer, Jim Peterik)
- "Fools Paradise" (Tom Keifer)
- "The Flower Song" (Tom Keifer, Jim Peterik)
- "Mood Elevator" (Tom Keifer, Savannah Keifer)
- "Welcome To My Mind" (Tom Keifer, Savannah Keifer, Blair Daly)
- "You Showed Me" (Tom Keifer)
- "Ain't That A Bitch" (Tom Keifer, Savannah Keifer, Conley White)
- "The Way Life Goes" (Tom Keifer)
- "Babylon" (Tom Keifer, Savannah Keifer, Doug Gordon)
Personnel
- Tom Keifer - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, keyboard
- Greg Morrow - drums, percussion
- Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
- Tony Harrell - piano, B3 organ, Wurlitzer, Clavinet
Additional Personnel
- Jeff LaBar - guitar (9)
- Pat Buchanan - guitar and harmonica (4,6,8,11,13)
- Gary Burnette - guitar (11)
- Ron Wallace - acoustic guitar (6)
- Etta Britt - background vocals (1,4,6,8,13)
- Crystal Taliaferro - background vocals (1,4)
- Savannah Keifer - background vocals (2,3,6,9,10)
- Vicky Carraco - background vocals (4,6,8,13)
- Chuck Turner - background vocals (9)
- Jim Horne - saxophone (4)
Production
- Produced, recorded, engineered and mixed by Tom Keifer, Savannah Keifer, and Chuck Turner.
References
- ↑ Erlewine, Stephen (2013). "The Way Life Goes - Tom Keifer". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
- ↑ Rockitt, Rob (8 May 2013). "Tom Keifer – The Way Life Goes (2013)". Hard Rock Hideout.
- ↑ Arnold, Neil. "Tom Keifer - The Way Life Goes". Metal Forces. Retrieved 19 June 2013.