The Will to Live (Ben Harper album)

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The Will to Live is a 1997 album by Ben Harper which showed his continuing folk-centric focus, while at the same time expanding on his rock talents. This was his third album, his second with the Innocent Criminals (uncredited), and was packaged with a special bonus CD in certain countries.

The record would yield his first UK Singles Chart single, "Faded". To date it remains his only UK single entry.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Track listing

All songs written by Ben Harper except as noted.

1. "Faded" – 4:48
2. "Homeless Child" – 3:51
3. "Number Three" – 1:43
4. "Roses from My Friends" – 6:23
5. "Jah Work" – 4:54
6. "I Want to Be Ready" – 4:02
7. "The Will to Live" – 4:57
8. "Ashes" – 3:52
9. "Widow of a Living Man" – 4:10
10. "Glory & Consequence" – 5:40
11. "Mama's Trippin'" (Harper, Jean-Pierre Plunier) – 3:45
12. "I Shall Not Walk Alone" – 5:13

Personnel

Musicians

• Ben Harper – guitar, saz, vocals, weissenborn
• Louis Allen – bass guitar
• Alan Anderson – guitar
• Agnes Baddoo – background vocals
• Brett Banduci – viola
• Patrick Brayer – fiddle, mandolin<ref name="Allmusic"/>
• Dean Butterworth – drums
• Danielle Charles – violin
• Juan Nelson – bass, background vocals
• Eric Person – saxophone
• Amy Piatt – background vocals
• Emily Wright – cello

Production

• Producer: J.P. Plunier
• Engineer: Todd Burke
• Assistant engineers: Peter Doell, Erica Stephenson, Dann Thompson
• Mixing: Eric Sarafin
• Mastering: Dave Collins
• Art direction: J.P. Plunier
• Design: Flavia Cureteu
• Photography: Annalisa, J.P. Plunier

Charts

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Chart performance for The Will to Live

Chart (1997)	Peak position